Colin, I totally forgot about this hidden little gem. Thanks that is one annoyance ticked off my list :)
Chris On 3 Jul 2012, at 00:40, Red.Falcon wrote: > Hi there! > I do not know if this is something you might find useful! > But open VO+H+H will bring up vo commands and in the first option general > there is add pronunciation in which you can put in the first field the word > you want to change then in the second field write it so it sounds the way you > wish it to sound! > And if that is to your satisfaction then you can set other options after the > second field! > As a example I got mine to say Boy zone in stead of boys1! > And mine does say third when I put 3rd I changed my numbers from digits to > words and now 1000 says one thousand! > > hth Colin > > On 3 Jul 2012, at 00:02, Jesus Garcia wrote: > >> thank you very much, as I said new user this is good very good. Never saw >> that in the documentation or the tutorials. I hope someone soon does a high >> end tutorial from beginning to end on voice over with the common apps such >> as safari, the email and text editor. I certainly would be prepared to pay >> for something along those lines. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker >> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 18:59 >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: what Voiceover bugs people want or are hoping will be fixed or >> squashed in Mountain Lion? >> >> Hi, >> >> pressing VO command H brings you to the next heading. Adding shift to that >> goes to the previous heading. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rica...@appletothecore.info >> Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >> On Jul 2, 2012, at 6:53 PM, Jesus Garcia <jesusga...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> So, long as we are talking about fixes one would like to see I would >>> also like to see a little easier navigation of headings on web pages. >>> Perhaps as a relative new user to the mac I am missing something, but >>> I find it easier to navigate HTML headings in web pages with windows >>> screen readers then with voice over. Again this may be my missing >>> something major. And yes the dictionary would be nice my name >>> especially I would like to hear it with its Spanish pronunciation >>> again a miner issue, but one I would like to be able to correct. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Moore >>> Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 18:37 >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: what Voiceover bugs people want or are hoping will be >>> fixed or squashed in Mountain Lion? >>> >>> Hmmm I remember a while back putting a list of 15 improvements. I >>> can't remember them all now, so perhaps I have just learnt to live without >> them. >>> I did report them to Apple though as bugs and feature enhancements. >>> >>> The VoiceOver busy is the biggest annoyance which is caused by the >>> pathetic slow buffering system voice over uses. So I would like to >>> see that rewritten from the ground up. There are a few random >>> performance bugs that happen now and then which require me to switch >>> voice over off then back on again. So overall performance could do with >> being improved. >>> >>> I would also like to know what web page I am looking at when switching >>> between tabs, being told that is an HTML page is not exactly helpful. >>> I would also like to navigate line by line just by pressing the down >>> arrow or up key. VO still needs a bit of work when reporting how many >>> HMTL elements are on a web page, some windows screen readers seem to >>> find more tables and headings than VO, especially in the buggy rotor. >>> >>> I would like the ability to edit form fields in a PDF with Preview, >>> but I believe this is coming in the next Mountain Lion release >>> (according to Apple's website). >>> >>> I would appreciate MIDI event editing in GarageBand, and a huge update >>> to iWork. There just is not enough accessible productive software on the >> Mac. >>> There is more to using a Mac than just Skype and Mail surely? >>> >>> Not sure if that bug still exists when using the real speak voices >>> where the pitch used to shift up and down randomly. I stopped using >>> those voices as it became too annoying. >>> >>> I would also like the ability to edit voice over's dictionary. For >>> example if you type third as in the number 3 followed by the letters r >>> and d, you get 3rd (three road), surely this should be a third? So I >>> think the ability to edit some of VO's assumptions would be nice, or >>> maybe VO should grow up and become a tad more intelligent. I would >>> like more control over how VO reads out numbers too. >>> >>> Maybe developers should also be given the option to name what VO calls >>> an HTML area, as something else? For example when using adium the >>> chat window is called an HTML area, am sure a chat window or >>> conversation window would be more meaningful. >>> >>> Last but not least, I find VO a bit slow when first entering the >>> iTunes store. The page takes a while to render. Well actually >>> visually it does not, but VO seems to think it does. Actually come to >>> mention it when VO says something is busy, a sighted person can still >>> move the mouse and perform the action they require, it is just VO's buffer >> which is busy. >>> >>> I spotted another bug today too. When ordering a smart case for my >>> iPad, VO was unable to read out the colour options. When trying to >>> select a colour, VO simply said "space radio button" for each of the 6 >>> colours. The work around seemed to be select a colour, go back to the >>> top of the screen and read out the description to see if the default >>> green had changed. Or look in the basket and hope to god you have not >>> selected pink. I eventually performed this task via the Apple Store >>> app on my iPhone which performed perfectly. >>> >>> Chris >>> On 2 Jul 2012, at 19:16, Daniel McGee wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, a while ago on this list I saw someone mention that they >>>> would >>> like so and so bug to be fixed in Mountain Lion. >>>> I would just really like to start a discussion on if there are not >>>> many >>> enhancements to Voiceover in the next OS, then what bugs would you >>> like fixed and hope Apple has done there job with it. >>>> I'll go 1st. >>>> For me its safari. two things for me. >>>> 1. Now and then when I go back a page with CMD left bracket Voiceover >>> doesn't announce my list of headings or links that I have set in VO >> utility. >>> >>>> 2. continuing this previous page thing, because I don't always know >>>> when >>> the page is fully loaded when going back, I get the lovely "Voiceover >> Busy!" >>> Not! >>>> This is using Lion V7.4 and Safari 5.1.7 >>>> >>>> So what are yours? >>>> >>>> I hope this will become an interesting topic because I'm interested >>>> to see >>> what people can come up with and I'm sure there will be some good ones! >>>> >>>> So everyone, the dance floor is yours! 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