You don't have to hit the F10 key, you can just start speaking the list of phrases. Best, Donna On Jul 31, 2012, at 5:40 AM, Les Kriegler <kriegle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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. > 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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