Hi, As a matter of interest. When VO was first introduced, pressing ctrl once paused VO speech, then pressing a second time would restart speech. Performing a quick double-press of the ctrl would stop speech. I’m pretty sure that the double-press action has been deprecated. So, I’m guessing that the single press action will pause speech. If you do something else with VO after the pause, then it will not be restarted with the second press of the ctrl key.
Regarding Dave’s comment about having to press it a number of times. I believe that has to do with buffering of speakable content. If you are using Alex, this buffering is especially noticeable. Alex is a special voice to the Mac in that it purposely buffers content in order to analyze the content to come up with the most natural way to read this content. That’s why you’ll hear Alex pause and take a breath at strategic places when reading long passages. As far as I’m aware, other voices don’t have this degree of buffering for analysis. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On May 21, 2021, at 10:25 AM, Dave Carlson <dgcarlson0...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Traci, > Seems like I need to tap the control key more than once to completely stop VO > at times. It’s a hit-or-miss proposition. > > Dave Carlson > Oregonian, Farfar, Engineer, Musician, Pioneer, and Woodworker > > On May 21, 2021, at 9:21 AM, Traci Duncan <our4p...@gmail.com > <mailto:our4p...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hello, didn't it used to be when you hit the control key voiceover would stop > talking completely? Now it seems like it's just a pause button. Are there > alternative options? > > Thank you, > Traci > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu> and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can > reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com <mailto:caraqu...@caraquinn.com> > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/A47E3CE6-F114-4E97-A2FB-D900AFD127BA%40gmail.com. > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/FF9A8F1F-865D-4B76-804C-52F775165232%40gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/FF9A8F1F-865D-4B76-804C-52F775165232%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/A828E99F-DB7F-45F3-B978-55FAA367CF0D%40me.com.
