Okay, I found the calibrate slider. By default it's set at 100%. Even when I adjust it, I hit the F10 key and hear a tone that means it's not recognized, even though I defined it as the key I wished. So I'm missing something here.
Les On Jul 30, 2012, at 9:30 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Did you restart? That is also helping out it seems. The front window thing is > not necessary, it's just nice so you can, for instance, speak the name of a > button and have that button activated. For instance, as I type this, a "send" > button is somewhere in the dialog. I could just hold down f10 (or whatever > key I chose for speakable objects) and say "send" and it would do it. You can > find this in the dictation and speech item of system preferences. Go there, > select "speakable objects" from the table, vo-right to the three tabs, > activate the commands tab, then find the next table. Here you can use the > checkboxes in the first column to turn on or off the items in the second. I > just turned everything on, but you can turn on and off whatever you like. By > the way, the "listening key" tab is where you can change your key. Let us > know if you have problems. > On Jul 30, 2012, at 9:23 PM, Jeff Berwick <mailingli...@berwick.name> wrote: > >> I am having intermittent success with this….By intermittent, I mean it >> worked for me once. I remember seeing somebody say that you needed to check >> off something about in front windows or applications and saw this once, I >> can't, however, find this again. >> >> Can anybody direct me? >> >> Thx, >> Jeff >> >> On 2012-07-30, at 9:07 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >>> Hi guys >>> Does anybody know why it makes a difference if you reassigned your key to >>> F10 as some people have done already? I haven't done that, and I seem to be >>> having a problem at times. What is the reason for reassigning it? Also if >>> you have a MacBook Pro, can you use the F10 key by itself without the FN >>> key? >>> >>> Eugenia Firth >>> gigifi...@sbcglobal.net >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jul 30, 2012, at 7:51 PM, Les Kriegler <kriegle...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Alex, >>>> >>>> This is great info! I think I'm missing a step, perhaps I've been hacking >>>> around too long and I'm suffering from Information Overload. I went into >>>> System preferences and made certain Speakable Items were turned on. But >>>> I'm unable to find the subsequent dialogs you spoke of. Can you help? >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> Les >>>> On Jul 30, 2012, at 7:00 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> I, too, set my speakable objects key to f10, restarted the mac, and now >>>>> it is working. Here's what I discovered so far: >>>>> "switch to [app name]" will switch you to an app, provided that app is >>>>> already running. >>>>> "open [app name]" will open an app not already open, including >>>>> third-party apps you install, not just the ones the mac comes with. >>>>> "what time is it" will speak the current time. >>>>> "what's today's date" will speak the date >>>>> "quit this application" will close the currently focused app; "hide this >>>>> application" does the same but minimizes it >>>>> There are more commands which you can get to by saying "show me what to >>>>> say". Interact with the table, then interact with the item you want. >>>>> VO-right to the "collapsed" item and vo-space on it to expand, then stop >>>>> interacting and move right until you get to the commands list. If nothing >>>>> else, I love the time and app focusing commands. Also, in the preferences >>>>> dialog for speakable items, you can enable front window, which lets you >>>>> speak the name of a control in the currently focused window to be >>>>> activated or switched to, I'm not sure how that works yet. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 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. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. > > > > 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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