Hi Kawal, You might like to give this sequence of commands a shot:
1. turn on the keyboard lock using VO-semicolon. 2. place your thumb and index finger on the trackpad. 3. flick your index finger to the right. Hopefully you will hear that the trackpad has been turned on. 4. Turn keyboard lock off using vo-semicolon. I've been playing with a few gestures on the trackpad to try to determine the algorithms apple are using to get the appropriate feedback. In the user manual, they recommend a clockwise flick to get the trackpad commender started, however experimentation has shown that placing the fingers on the trackpad as I described above, and flicking one to the right seems to do the trick. Apologies if it doesn't work, but hope it helps. Dónal On 4 Jun 2010, at 14:18, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: > Erick, > > I did go into Utilities and find that option but no where to turn it on. > however I'll try it again. Thanks so much for your help. I always > read your posts with interest on all the lists you participate in. > > Kawal. > On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 09:10 -0400, "erik burggraaf" > <e...@erik-burggraaf.com> wrote: >> Hi, I suggest you press vo f8 for the voiceover utility. >> Go down to commanders or press c. >> Tab to trackpad and press space bar. >> Tab to enable trackpad commander and press space bar to check. >> >> This is quite the long way of doing it, but if you aren't used to the >> trackpad on your macbook, now you have a point of reference. IE, you >> know for sure that the trackpad is on. >> >> Then I suggest you right away turn on the keyboard help control option k, >> and practice the gestures a little bit. >> >> You can also flick around this commanders window without doing any damage >> as far as I know. >> >> It takes longer, but I really think this is the most reliable way to get >> up and running with trackpad. >> >> Best, >> >> Erik Burggraaf >> User support consultant, >> Website: http://www.erik-burggraaf.com >> Toll-free: 888-255-5194 >> >> On 2010-06-04, at 8:55 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: >> >>> I've tried that several times and at times Voice Over gets muted so have >>> to unmute it. Sometimes I don't let my fingers touch the screen because >>> I end up in a different menu or sometimes I might be looking for the >>> track pad as I can't see where it is so am busy feeling for it and my >>> fingers have touched something and I've activated a different menu! I >>> even had a friend try to help me and I could not do it whereas when I >>> had the Ipod before sending it back I did it perfectly! So what next? >>> >>> On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:12 -0700, "Sarah Alawami" <marri...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> rotate your fingers in a clockwise motion like a nob snd at th same time >>>> hold the vo keys down. >>>> >>>> Take care. >>>> >>>> S >>>> On Jun 4, 2010, at 1:22 AM, Kawal Gucukoglu wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Mark. >>>>> >>>>> I still can't turn my Track Pad on and not for the case of trying! If >>>>> anyone has a technique that works to turn the darn thing on, please pass >>>>> it along. >>>>> >>>>> Kawal. >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:36 -0700, "M. Taylor" <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>> On my MacBookPro, I've been using various areas of the TrackPad to bring >>>>>> up >>>>>> various applications; for example, 2-finger double-tapping the bottom of >>>>>> the >>>>>> TrackPad to launch the Dock or tapping the upper part of the TrackPad to >>>>>> bring up the Apple Menu. >>>>>> >>>>>> Saves a lot of time. >>>>>> >>>>>> Mark >>>>>> >>>>>> Get to know yourself as you get to know me on The Secret Life of Mark >>>>>> Marcus >>>>>> Live Talk Show >>>>>> http://candleshore.com/secrets >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anne Robertson >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 1:43 PM >>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>>>> Subject: Re: Getting Out of the Box on the Mac >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jun 3, 2010, at 10:29 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> and anothe rkeystroke you can use is control f2. thats the one I've been >>>>>> using. >>>>>> >>>>>> That is the key stroke to take you to the Apple menu. Control-F3 takes >>>>>> you >>>>>> to the Dock. >>>>>> Control-F8 takes you to the Status menus. >>>>>> Command-Shift-D takes you to the Desktop. >>>>>> >>>>>> All these shortcuts are documented against their corresponding menu >>>>>> items. >>>>>> >>>>>> VoiceOver does not "Teach" us to do anything in particular. It simply >>>>>> gives >>>>>> us options we can use. The specific VO commands are useful when we work >>>>>> with >>>>>> the VO keys locked, which was a common thing to do before Snow Leopard >>>>>> and >>>>>> Quick Nav. >>>>>> >>>>>> The standard Mac shortcuts are second nature to me because I've been >>>>>> using a >>>>>> Mac for 14 years, and many shortcuts go back a long way. Others are very >>>>>> recent, such as Command-Shift-O to go to your Documents folder. >>>>>> >>>>>> I always teach people the standard Mac shortcuts because you never know >>>>>> when >>>>>> you'll need them. >>>>>> >>>>>> It's worth taking the time to look closely at menus to see just how many >>>>>> useful shortcuts there are. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> >>>>>> Anne >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> ____________ >>>>> Kawal Gucukoglu >>>>> kawal_gucuko...@sent.com >>>>> >>>>> (MSN): >>>>> kawal_gucuko...@sent.com >>>>> >>>>> (Skype User ID): >>>>> kawalgucukoglu >>>>> >>>>> (Mobile/Text): >>>>> >>>>> +447905618396 >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> ____________ >>> Kawal Gucukoglu >>> kawal_gucuko...@sent.com >>> >>> (MSN): >>> kawal_gucuko...@sent.com >>> >>> (Skype User ID): >>> kawalgucukoglu >>> >>> (Mobile/Text): >>> >>> +447905618396 >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > ____________ > Kawal Gucukoglu > kawal_gucuko...@sent.com > > (MSN): > kawal_gucuko...@sent.com > > (Skype User ID): > kawalgucukoglu > > (Mobile/Text): > > +447905618396 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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