Oh ok, this is comparable to touching near the top of the screen on the iPhone (I had an iPhone with VO before I bought this computer). Thanks! I'm surprised I didn't find this in the voiceover documentation. Makes me think I'm not getting my money's worth out of this machine.
Eric On 3/3/11, Andre Nuno Soares <andre.nuno.soa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Just to add to what Donna and Colin said, the fastest way to get the date > and time without the keyboard commander is to press Control F8 and then left > arrow. > Control F8 (or VO M, M) jumps you to the status bar, where you have icons > for clock, battery, bluetooth, etc. > Pressing left arrow once puts you on the clock icon. > Note that in fact the clock icon is the last one on the row, and the left > arrow wraps around to the last position. This doesn't happen if you have > QuickNav on. > > > HTH, > André > > On Mar 3, 2011, at 10:48 PM, Colin M wrote: > >> Hi Eric! >> You can enable keyboard commander and allow vo to be controlled by apple >> scripts! >> 1, open vo utility vo+f8 >> 2, scroll until you get to the vo controlled by apple scripts button and >> check it! >> 3, go to the table and interact with it and scroll down to commanders and >> then stop interacting! >> 4, scroll th the keyboard tab and check it then scroll the enable button >> and check that! >> 5, you will now need to pick which option key you would like to use it >> should be set on the right one but you can select the left one if you >> prefer! >> 6, if you then scroll to the table of items and interact with it you will >> see some preset scripts one of which is read time using the command [ in >> my case ] right option+t! >> you will also have the option to make your own shortcuts and seeing you've >> got a mbp there should be trackpad options as well! >> anyway I hope thats some help! >> Colin >> Qapla! >> >> Chegh chew jaj Vam jaj Kak >> >> On 3 Mar 2011, at 22:30, Eric Brinkman wrote: >> >>> Hi listers, >>> >>> I've had my macbook for a few months now, searched the voiceover help >>> and listened to a few of the podcasts on blindcooltech. But I've >>> found no info on how I can have VO tell me the time. The only >>> time-related voice feature I've found is the ability to announce the >>> time on the quarter-hour, half-hour, or hour in the settings. Is >>> there a way to have the time announced when I want to hear it? >>> >>> Thanks in advance. >>> >>> Eric >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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.
