Hi Gavin! I hope this will be of some help to you [It was for me] Colin Well It would help if I put in the text! :]
> To make this easier, you can set up events for Adium for specific sound sets. > This means that you can technically enable various different events for sound > sets, so if you like the iChat sounds, for example, you can switch to iChat > when creating another notification preset. Obviously, you are not required to > select different sounds, so if you want, you can simply leave that alone and > simply use it for an easy switch of spoken events. > > To find the Events preferences, hit Command-Comma to go into Preferences, > then interact with the Toolbar. Next, move to the events button and hit > VO-Space to select it. In some cases in Adium, you are not thrown out of the > toolbar as you should be,so simply stop interacting and move right with the > VoiceOver keys to focus on the events table. > > If you just want to use the "Default notifications" you can leave the pop up > alone which governs what notifications you are currently using. This allows > for a high degree of customisation, allowing you to include extras should you > wish to download them. It is also worth noting that it appears that you can > save as many configurations as you would like to save. > > If you want to assign an event to a current notification, select the "Events" > table, then interact with it. Now, simply move down with either VO-Down or > down arrow on its own to move through the table, and when you see an > notification you would like to assign an event to, simply stop interacting > with the table, then VO-right until you reach the "Add" button and hit > VO-Space. To see what events are currently assigned to a notification, simply > move to the third column right next to the name of the notification. If you > are not interacting, VoiceOver will automatically read all the columns in a > row. In this case, if you want to expand a notification to remove one or more > of its events, you can either use VO-Backslash to expand it or simply use the > right arrow key which performs the same action. When expanding a > notification, simply move to the event you would like to edit or remove, stop > interacting if you are, and VO-right to either the "Edit" or "Remove" > buttons. Editing obviously lets you recreate the event as you see fit. > > Adding events is also relatively simply. You simply hit the "Add" button > after selecting the notification you would like to add an event to, then > select the type of event such as "Speak event." When selecting the different > pop up choices, the options will change to reflect your selection. In the > case of "Speak event," options to select exactly what is spoken such as name > and time appear, including whether or not to use a custom speech rate and > pitch as well as voice. If you uncheck the custom checkboxes, it will obey > the options set under System Preferences in the Speech category. > > Additionally, you may also switch off Cursor Tracking with VO-Shift-F3. In > this case, you obviously do not need these events in case you want to read > them as they come in at your own leisure. Switching off Cursor Tracking is > actually very handy, as the keyboard focus doesn't move the VoiceOver cursor. > This enables you to read what you have written using the arrow keys only, and > quickly read incoming information in any application as soon as it comes in > by simply leaving the VoiceOver cursor in the preferred area. This is handy > in Applications like Skype as well, particularly Skype 5.1. > > When you interact with the HTML content area, which VoiceOver reports as > "unknown," you are primarily always put at the top of the chat. You can use a > command like FN-Shift-VO-End to get to the bottom and FN-Shift--VO-Home to > get to the top, though primarily you may be able to ditch the Shift key in > favour of only using FN-VO home and end. > > I hope this helps. I wanted to provide the information about the events so > that it might make it a bit easier and make it so that you have to move > around less within Adium. > > Regards, > Nic On 28 Oct 2011, at 21:40, Gavin wrote: > Hi guys, me again. > > Has anybody managed to get VoiceOver to speak the names of contacts in > Adium's contacts table. All I hear is, "empty, empty, empty" when I scroll up > and down. Is it the version of Adium I'm using? Or perhaps the services with > which I'm using it? I have it connected to Facebook and MXit. I've got the > latest Adium version, if that helps. > > Regards, > > Gavin > > -- > 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.
