Go to the system preferences and select "date and time". Under the "clock" tab, there is a check box for announcing time. Check it and use the pop-up button next to it to select when you want it announced.
Eric On 3/3/11, joseph <joseph.bi...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi, how can you make the mac announce the time automatically at the hour, > quarter etc? > On 3 Mar 2011, at 22:43, Eric Brinkman wrote: > >> This doesn't work. I only have one option key on my Mac (it's the >> Macbook Air that came out at the end of October), but it's the second >> key to the left of the space bar. Pressing and holding it and then >> pressing T does nothing. >> >> Eric >> >> On 3/3/11, Donna Goodin <goodi...@msu.edu> wrote: >>> Hi Erick >>> >>> Yes, Left Option plus T >>> Donna >>> On Mar 3, 2011, at 5:30 PM, 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. > > -- 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.
