On Tue, 28 Jun 2022, Les Kriegler wrote:
Well, you are very fortunate then. Because I don???t think that is typical. But I am glad to know that you were able to find a quiet environment in which to work. Sent from my iPhoneOn Jun 28, 2022, at 6:41 PM, Jonathan Cohn <jon.c.c...@gmail.com> wrote: ???The voices are retrieved from VoiceOver Utility. I don't believe you need VoiceOver running to do this. Here are the seps that a sighted person would do as best as I can tell. Open the finder 2. In a finder window use the Go menu to switch to utilities 3. Open the program 4. Click on speech in the category area 5. Make sure Voices is selected. 6. The first line here is your default voice with an edit button at the end of the line. 7. If you click the the edit button at the end of the line you can not only select the voice, but also adjust Tone, Intonation, Volume and speed. 8 Find the combo box for the voices and the last item in it is ""Customize???" 9. This will bring up a table of checkboxes and voice names (over 200 of them ) 10. Check / uncheck boxes for voices you are interested in and then close the dialog. The downloads of voices does not start until this dialog box is closed. You can re-open the dialog to check the progress of downloads of voices. The Mac will substitute what it thinks is a similar voice if the download for your voice has not completed. Best wishes, Jonathan CohnOn Jun 28, 2022, at 17:26, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> wrote: That is what an apple store is for. My first priority to be honest is getting a solid enough voice. The onboard tutorial is helping, but again I am far more used to greater keyboard dexterity, meaning I will make mistakes while trying to learn voiceover itself. Oh yet another question on that front. does voiceover have to be on to update the voices from compact to enhanced? Tim explained how it is done, cannot seem to get back there, but that can be a task for one of my mac using homemates, if I can turn off vo I mean.On Tue, 28 Jun 2022, E.T. wrote: Karen, I would strongly suggest you put your focus solely on mastering Voiceover before venturing into other areas. Get a handle on the Voiceover commands as well as those the the standard Mac commands. Find a local Voiceover user and invite him/her to come over and work with you. From E.T.'s Keyboard... "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." --John F. Kennedy My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.comOn 6/28/2022 1:49 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: Well...apparently I must have missed a detail. going to the dock does not let you type a program name at all. It does put you on a list, but as I am still finding or configuring a solidly understandable voice, not all programs are well easy to follow. Again part of why I want to run text edit, typing practice that does not cause a problem. and on another note, there seem to be groups everywhere, Honestly I am working from the assumption that should I manage to launch text edit I would end up on a text field. I might add, that there is not a more fluid display layout...its quite frustrating when I cannot discover how to repeat what I just heard, and there is an identifier of a command I still cannot translate. On Mon, 27 Jun 2022, Herbie Allen wrote:It???s the first thing on your Doc. Hit enter, on Finder, and you???re > good to go.DOn Jun 27, 2022, at 21:30, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> > > wrote:and just to confirm, the command to open the finder?On Mon, 27 Jun 2022, Herbie Allen wrote:VO D is the Doc, VO Shift D is the Desktop. A lot of default apps > > > are in the Doc, but if not, Open the finder and do a Command shift > > > A. This will bring up the apps folder. You can also use Siri to > > > open apps.On Jun 26, 2022, at 22:18, Karen Lewellen > > > > <klewel...@shellworld.net> wrote:I am not interested in running the terminal if voiceover is not > > > > 100% no idea how to even get there.Are applications normally in the docs? Something I read from another voiceover source suggested that > > > > vo-d just takes you to the desktop. Still want to access voiceover help keys and the like, which do > > > > not seem to be terminal associated. Likewise pages could serve the same typing practice goal.All of my Linux Ubuntu shell work is via a service, called > > > > shellworld, using my non Linux screen reader.On Sun, 26 Jun 2022, Jonathan Cohn wrote:Hello,If applications are in the dock then pressing the VO-D then the > > > > > first few letters of the applications followed by return will > > > > > launch the application. Alternatively, you could use the open command in terminal. open -a textedit will open and activate the textedit application open myDocument.txt will open myDocument.txt in the default application for that > > > > > file open -a textedit myDocument.txt will open myDocument.txt in the textedit applicationHere is some more info:joncohn@speedy ~ % open: unrecognized option `--help' Usage: open [-e] [-t] [-f] [-W] [-R] [-n] [-g] [-h] [-s <partial > > > > > SDK name>][-b <bundle identifier>] [-a <application>] [-u URL] > > > > > [filenames] [--args arguments] Help: Open opens files from a shell. By default, opens each file using the default application > > > > > for that file. If the file is in the form of a URL, the file will be > > > > > opened as a URL. Options: -a Opens with the > > > > > specified application. -b Opens with the > > > > > specified application bundle identifier. -e Opens with > > > > > TextEdit. -t Opens with default > > > > > text editor. -f Reads input from > > > > > standard input and opens with TextEdit. -F --fresh Launches the app fresh, > > > > > that is, without restoring windows. Saved persistent state is > > > > > lost, excluding Untitled documents. -R, --reveal Selects in the Finder > > > > > instead of opening. -W, --wait-apps Blocks until the used > > > > > applications are closed (even if they were already running). --args All remaining > > > > > arguments are passed in argv to the application's main() > > > > > function instead of opened. -n, --new Open a new instance of > > > > > the application even if one is already running. -j, --hide Launches the app hidden. -g, --background Does not bring the application > > > > > to the foreground. -h, --header Searches header file > > > > > locations for headers matching the given filenames, and opens > > > > > them. -s For -h, the SDK to > > > > > use; if supplied, only SDKs whose names contain the argument > > > > > value are searched. Otherwise the > > > > > highest versioned SDK in each platform is used. -u, --url URL Open this URL, even if it > > > > > matches exactly a filepath -i, --stdin PATH Launches the application with > > > > > stdin connected to PATH; defaults to /dev/null -o, --stdout PATH Launches the application with > > > > > /dev/stdout connected to PATH; --stderr PATH Launches the application with > > > > > /dev/stderr connected to PATH to --env VAR Add an enviroment > > > > > variable to the launched process, where VAR is formatted AAA=foo > > > > > or just AAA for a null string value.Jonathan CohnOn Jun 26, 2022, at 19:57, Karen Lewellen > > > > > > <klewel...@shellworld.net> wrote:Hi folks,One thing I am personally finding I seriously need is basic > > > > > > keyboard typing practice. On my main computers, because I have been using them for so > > > > > > many years, I am a swift typist who is very very very used > > > > > > to keeping my hands on the main keyboard and knowing where I > > > > > > am from a screen reader standpoint as well. I am personally feeling that some time with either textedit, > > > > > > or pages, will let me just practice typing with no fear that I > > > > > > will set something off with the mac itself. I want to be so solid with my typing that entering my password > > > > > > without input will be effortless, I doubt I can turn off > > > > > > having to provide his for my apple ID for example. so, at this stage, what is the fastest way to load textedit? > > > > > > say using the menu bar, if that is an option? I will want to know as well how to keep certain programs I use > > > > > > often either in the finder, or in the menu, bar, which > > > > > > ever is most practical. 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