yes, but, since it already reads the url, email address or sigature, why oh wy do they persist in also telling us 1 has been detected, it's driving me nuts. It's even more so in ml than in Lion. I wish we could toggle this off.
On Jul 28, 2012, at 9:34 AM, Henry D. Hollithron <teetah1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good Day: > > Here is the relevant extract from chapter 7 of the VoiceOver Getting > Started guide, which is the last option in the VoiceOver help menu. Of > course, VoiceOver now appears to be more specific about which data has been > detected, but I think the instructions still apply. > > HTH: > Henry > > Use data detectors in Mail messages > Mail can detect specific information or data in messages and make it easier > for you to use the data. For example, Mail can recognize phone numbers and > add them to Contacts, or recognize a date and time and create an event in > Calendar. > In a message you’ve received, move the VoiceOver cursor over a phone number, > email address, URL, street address, date, or time. > Mail outlines the data as a field with a pop-up menu, and VoiceOver speaks > “data detector.” > To open a shortcut menu that contains commands for using the data, press > VO-Shift-M. > For example, if the data detector is the URL of a website, you can choose > Open URL from the shortcut menu. > > On 28 Jul 2012, at 09:51, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hiall, >> I was reading an email to find a guy's phone number. I found it, and vo said >> "signature detected". I'd love it if the mac could automagically put the >> contact info into a new ocntact for me, but I don't know how to do it. How >> would I go about this, or any data detector, like an event or email >> detection? I am running Mountain Lion if that matters. Thanks. >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > Education never ends. It is a series of lessons, with the greatest for the > last. > Sherlock Homes > > > -- > 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.
