Re: Checking the battery level on my new MacBook

Thanks for that reminder. The correct command is actually VO+F7 twice. I totally forgot about this as I’ve been using the shell script method forever. Hai > On Oct 1, 2024, at 12:34 PM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > Yes, Speak Battery Status is now a VoiceOver command, so you don’t need to > use

Re: Checking the battery level on my new MacBook

Thanks to everybody for chiming in on this. It’s just what I was looking for. Take care.Blessings,BrianOn Oct 1, 2024, at 12:07 PM, Hai Nguyen Ly wrote:Thanks for that reminder. The correct command is actually VO+F7 twice. I totally forgot about this as I’ve been using the shell script method for

Re: Checking the battery level on my new MacBook

Yes, Speak Battery Status is now a VoiceOver command, so you don’t need to use the shell script function. It can be reached as already mentioned with the VO-F8 three times, or you can assign it to any of the commanders that are available. > On Oct 1, 2024, at 12:21 PM, Hai Nguyen Ly wrote: >

Re: Checking the battery level on my new MacBook

Brian,You can create an Apple script using the following and bind it to a keyboard shortcut using the keyboard commander in VoiceOver utilities. I don’t remember if this list is set up to accept attachments, but I’ve included a copy of the script just in case. set cmd to "/usr/bin/pmset -g batt | g

RE: Checking the battery level on my new MacBook

AM To: Mac Visionaries Subject: Checking the battery level on my new MacBook Is there a voice-Over command key combo I can use to find out the battery status of my MacBook? I’m running the latest Mac operating system. Thanks for anyand all help. Blessings, Brian -- The following information is

Re: Checking the battery level on my new MacBook

Hello, you can press VO F7 three times also you can press VO M twice then Vo right or left until you hear the battery percentage. Remember to smile even when it's not popular. Roosevelt Bradley 3 On Tue, Oct 1, 2024 at 10:54 AM Brian Hansen wrote: > Is there a voice-Over command key combo I c

Re: Checking the battery level on my new MacBook

Hi, the way I do it is I press the BOM key twice This gets me into the status menu. I then use the left and right arrows to walk through the items, and one of them is battery level. It will give you the percentage and whether it’s charging or not. Hope this helps. Sent from my iPhone > On

Checking the battery level on my new MacBook

Is there a voice-Over command key combo I can use to find out the battery status of my MacBook? I’m running the latest Mac operating system. Thanks for anyand all help. Blessings, Brian -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any que

RE: Here Are The Steps to Get Your iOS 17.2 iPhone / iPad to Automatically Announce When the Battery Level Falls Below or Rises Above a Certain Percentage

Thank you for these instructions, Mark. It worked well. - Original Message - From: MacVisionaries Date: Sunday, December 17, 2023 03:41 PM To: MacVisionaries Subject: Here Are The Steps to Get Your iOS 17.2 iPhone / iPad to Automatically Announce When the Battery Level Falls Below or

Here Are The Steps to Get Your iOS 17.2 iPhone / iPad to Automatically Announce When the Battery Level Falls Below or Rises Above a Certain Percentage

Hello Everyone, If you would like to have your iPhone automatically announce when the battery level falls below a certain percentage, with VoiceOver enabled, do the following: 1. Launch the Shortcuts app. 2. Select the Automation tab, located near the bottom of the display. 3. Select the Add

Re: How to check battery level on a M2 Mac?

7;Ron S' via MacVisionaries >> wrote: >> >> Pressing VO plus F7 once, twice, three times speaks time and date, Battery >> level, signal strength respectively. I am running an Intel Macbook air >> Ventura but I would have thought it would work on an M series. >> Ron.

Re: How to check battery level on a M2 Mac?

Hi, Yes it works on all machines that are on m1 such as the Mac book air m1. Matthew > On Oct 28, 2023, at 2:15 PM, 'Ron S' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Pressing VO plus F7 once, twice, three times speaks time and date, Battery > level, signal strength resp

Re: How to check battery level on a M2 Mac?

Pressing VO plus F7 once, twice, three times speaks time and date, Battery level, signal strength respectively. I am running an Intel Macbook air Ventura but I would have thought it would work on an M series. Ron. > On 28 Oct 2023, at 17:41, joseph hudson wrote: > > Hi morris, the

Re: How to check battery level on a M2 Mac?

Hi morris, the quickest way, I've always just checked battery level is by hitting the OM twice and then using my quick navigation to get to where the battery is. I don't believe that there is a keystroke for that. Joseph Hudson EmailFaceTime/iMessage jhud7...@twc.com Connect with

How to check battery level on a M2 Mac?

Hi the subject line says it all. Is there a key stroke in Vo that will quickly give me battery info? Maurice Mines. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you f

Logictech K780 battery level

Hello, Many thanks for the tip of pairing the keyboard with my iPhone and then using the Today screen to find the battery level. That worked fine! Using the bluetooth part of the menu bar on the iMac did not display the battery level to VoiceOver. It might have been visible to a sighted user

Re: Logictech K780 battery level

does not provide battery status on my Bose headphones, so it may or may not work on the Logitech keyboard. - Brad - On May 20, 2020, at 13:42, Paul Hopewell wrote: Hello, Is there a VoiceOver accessible way to check the battery level on a Logictech K780 bluetooth keyboard? I checked the box to

Re: Logictech K780 battery level

If yo have also paired the keyboard t your iPhone (do you have one?), you can check battery level for most connected devices in the Today View screen by swiping left to page 1 From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What

Logictech K780 battery level

Hello, Is there a VoiceOver accessible way to check the battery level on a Logictech K780 bluetooth keyboard? I checked the box to show battery level in the menu bar while installing Logictech Options but I cannot see the battery level anywhere. Many thanks … Paul Hopewell -- The following

RE: Battery level

onaries Subject: Re: Battery level Well Petrus, you're lucky. When I connect my phone to a Bluetooth speaker, Voiceover still comes through the speaker and there's no way to select otherwise. I've tested this with both a Google Home Mini and an Amazon Echo Dot 3 with the same result

Re: Battery level

Well Petrus, you're lucky. When I connect my phone to a Bluetooth speaker, Voiceover still comes through the speaker and there's no way to select otherwise. I've tested this with both a Google Home Mini and an Amazon Echo Dot 3 with the same result. Regards, Shawn, Sent from Sophia, the MacBook

Re: Battery level

Hi, >From what I can figure out, all it does is monitor your battery charging >patterns so that it can manage how/when it brings the iPhone to full charge. >So, for example, if you normally plug your iPhone in at bedtime and leave it >charging all night, then it will figure out that pattern an

Re: Battery level

Hi! I really don’t understand the optimizations feature. Its off here too. /A > 7 okt. 2019 kl. 22:44 skrev Petrus Tuerlings : > > Well I turned off optimise battery setting and it didn’t really do anything. > I’m guessing it is something to do with the new bluetooth where I can have > voice ov

Re: Battery level

Thanks Tim, I’ll give that a go as well. > On 8/10/2019, at 09:46, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi, > > Didn't do much for me either. I've since turned off Background App Refresh > in Settings, General and it has made the biggest difference. > > Later... > > > Tim Kilbur

Re: Battery level

Hi, Didn't do much for me either. I've since turned off Background App Refresh in Settings, General and it has made the biggest difference. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Jamf Certified Associate Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 7, 2019, at 14:44, Petr

Re: Battery level

Well I turned off optimise battery setting and it didn’t really do anything. I’m guessing it is something to do with the new bluetooth where I can have voice over coming through my phone and the media coming through the speaker. I’m thinking this might use more battery? But i’m not complaining a

Re: Battery level

Sent from Petrus's iPhone > On 4/10/2019, at 18:15, 'Shawn Krasniuk' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Make sure that Optimize Battery Charging is turned off. You can do this by > going into settings/battery/battery health. Some of us that were running the > betas had the problem where our b

Re: Battery level

Make sure that Optimize Battery Charging is turned off. You can do this by going into settings/battery/battery health. Some of us that were running the betas had the problem where our batteries were draining rapidly and we discovered that Optimize Battery charging was the culprit. We turned that

Re: Battery level

I’ve been on 13.1.2 since Wednesday and that’s when I noticed it starting. > On 4/10/2019, at 15:05, Maria Reyes wrote: > > Do you have 13.0 if so, update to iOS 13.1.2 that should fix it. > > want to join my WhatsApp group VIP Apple Users? Email me privately and I will > happily add you. >

Re: Battery level

Do you have 13.0 if so, update to iOS 13.1.2 that should fix it. want to join my WhatsApp group VIP Apple Users? Email me privately and I will happily add you. maria2...@gmail.com > On Oct 3, 2019, at 10:01 PM, Petrus Tuerlings wrote: > > Hi all, > Has anyone noticed a difference in their bat

Battery level

Hi all, Has anyone noticed a difference in their battery since IOS 13? I thought we were supposed to get slightly better battery performance with IOS 13 but mine seems to be the opposite. I’m thinking the new feature with the bluetooth speakers and voice over coming through the phone while the m

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

I am becoming intrigued with the idea of using Chrome so may install it. Are there differences in keystrokes? Is ChromeVox part of Chrome or is it a separate installation? And what is its purpose? Thanks. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . I have seen the truth and it makes no sense. E-mail:

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

Hi, I find it useful. There are some situations, especially in Google-land, that ChromeVox is better at dealing with. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jan 3, 2017, at 16:19, Anders Holmberg wrote: Hi! I actually don’t have chromevox installed. Maybe i should take the plunge

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

Hi! I actually don’t have chromevox installed. Maybe i should take the plunge and do that. /A > 4 jan. 2017 kl. 00:03 skrev Tim Kilburn : > > Hi, > > I just have Chrome set to update itself. So, it simply does it in the > background and you don't even notice it. Chrome does the updates while t

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

Hi, I just have Chrome set to update itself. So, it simply does it in the background and you don't even notice it. Chrome does the updates while the browser is open, so there's no need to restart the browser or anything of the sort. Updates to ChromeVox are also done on the fly. Occasionall

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

Hi! Can chrome tell me when there are new updates for it availlable? /A > 1 jan. 2017 kl. 00:52 skrev Kevin Chao : > > Chrome beats Safari in performance, security, accessibility, and other > metrics. > > On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 3:09 PM Scott Granados > wrote: >

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

I would be fine with a percentage on the status menu if it was accessible, fortunately there are other ways to get it. Yes, the new processors have something called turbo boost, as far as I know, the end user has no control over the setting, though there may be a hidden command to change the pr

RE: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

Doesn't chrome beat everything in these areas for web browsers. -Original Message- From: 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] Sent: Sunday, 1 January 2017 1:09 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: reading battery level i

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

Kevin Chao wrote: > Chrome beats Safari in performance, security, accessibility, and other > metrics. A further advantage is that it runs under Mac OS, Linux, Windows, Android and Chrome OS. Those of us who use multiple devices appreciate its ability to synchronize bookmarks, history and other da

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

Chrome beats Safari in performance, security, accessibility, and other metrics. On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 3:09 PM Scott Granados wrote: > From what I’ve read as well, google chrome is much more efficient in power > use than safari. Safari is supposedly a big power draw. Some people are > using c

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

>From what I’ve read as well, google chrome is much more efficient in power use >than safari. Safari is supposedly a big power draw. Some people are using >chrome in it’s place for better battery results. > On Dec 31, 2016, at 10:33 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > From all I've read, it's not as si

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

t of this problem with an interesting > tip. It's not a perfect solution, but you can just ask Siri "what's my > battery" (or a similar query) and it'll speak the battery level. > > -- > Alex Hall > > > > >> On Dec 30, 2016, at 21:28

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

I've been using AppleScript mapped to RIGHT_OPTION-B (it worked pre-Sierra and wasn't phased by .2): Say The Time: Similar to Apple’s time script, but speaks using VoiceOver’s default synth. https://blog.bryansmart.com/2014/07/24/some-scripts-for-voiceover/ On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 8:33 AM Chris Me

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

Probably not the best idea in a meeting though, I expect. > On Dec 31, 2016, at 12:00 AM, 'Peggy' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I have a Macbook Air. I didn't have a problem checking battery status until I > updated my mac a couple of weeks ago. I use siri to check the battery, very > easy t

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

>From all I've read, it's not as simple as that. The new processors have two >modes, one high-power and one low-power, between which they switch constantly. >Thus, any battery time indicator on the new Pro will almost certainly be >inaccurate, because a few minutes at high power could be the sam

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

Interesting. Maybe that's on the new Macs. On my 2013 MBA, Command space opens spotlight and option space brings up Siri. Cheers, Donna > On Dec 31, 2016, at 9:05 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > I don't knowhow, but my new Pro is set to open Spotlight when you hit > cmd-space. If you hold that down

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

Command+space is actually the default spotlight command, you could change that in keyboard preferences, but that's the default. > On Dec 31, 2016, at 9:05 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > I don't knowhow, but my new Pro is set to open Spotlight when you hit > cmd-space. If you hold that down for a sec

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

n the newest macbook pro. > On Dec 30, 2016, at 8:36 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > > Apple Accessibility replied to my report of this problem with an interesting > tip. It's not a perfect solution, but you can just ask Siri "what's my > battery" (or a similar

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

I don't knowhow, but my new Pro is set to open Spotlight when you hit cmd-space. If you hold that down for a second, though, Siri appears. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 31, 2016, at 09:23, Donna Goodin wrote: > > One small correction, I think you mean Option+Space. :) > Cheers, > Donna >> On

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

One small correction, I think you mean Option+Space. :) Cheers, Donna > On Dec 31, 2016, at 6:32 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > As of Sierra, you can. Hold down cmd-space until you hear the tone, then > speak. As far as I can tell, this is like iOS in that you can keep holding > the keys down, or rel

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

As of Sierra, you can. Hold down cmd-space until you hear the tone, then speak. As far as I can tell, this is like iOS in that you can keep holding the keys down, or release them immediately and let Siri figure out, by a pause in your speaking, when you've finished your command. -- Alex Hall

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

Hi. This is all very helpful. Just out of interest, how do you use Siri on the Mac?? I use it on my IPhone etc all the time, but didn't know you could do it on Mac too. Thanks. Eleanor Sent from my iPad > On 31 Dec 2016, at 05:00, 'Peggy' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > I have a Macbook

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

I have a Macbook Air. I didn't have a problem checking battery status until I updated my mac a couple of weeks ago. I use siri to check the battery, very easy to do. Peggy and Dixie Marie Sent from my iPhone On Dec 30, 2016, at 4:02 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: Hey everyone, going to cover a few di

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

Apple Accessibility replied to my report of this problem with an interesting tip. It's not a perfect solution, but you can just ask Siri "what's my battery" (or a similar query) and it'll speak the battery level. -- Alex Hall > On Dec 30, 2016, at 21:28, Mike A

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

Ah ok, so Apple broke it. Wonder why they messed with something that worked for so long, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Nice to know it wasn't just me though, will definitely let Apple know about this, having to open system preferences just to check my battery is quite annoying. > On Dec 30, 2

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

Mike, In the meantime, Shawn has a great little script that he has generously shared with the list. Strongly suggest you download it, because it's much faster and easier than using the status menu anyway. Cheers, Donna > On Dec 30, 2016, at 3:51 PM, Daniel Miller wrote: > > Hi Mike. They took

Re: reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

Hi Mike. They took away the time remaining indicator on the status bar, which messes it up for voiceover users since voiceover does not read the percentage that's visually there. Urge everybody to write to accessibility and apple.com and get them to revert this behavior immediately. Sent from

reading battery level in sierra, and a few other things

Hey everyone, going to cover a few different things in one message. First, as the subject says, has anyone else had issues reading the time remaining or percentage of a macbook battery in sierra? This happens on my 2010 macbook, and my girl friend's 2015 macbook pro. While in the status menus,