Re: Problem with Speech category of VoiceOver Utility.

2015-01-19 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Phil, By changing all the categories except Default and Content to a different voice, I’ve made the VO-Cmd-Arrow keys say Default every time. However, the changes work for Content as well. Changes also work when I switch to a different voice. I think this must be a change with Yosemite as

Re: Problem with Speech category of VoiceOver Utility.

2015-01-19 Thread Phil Halton
Nope! it was always set to default in the content category, as with all the other categories as well. I didn’t change anything in the various categories. What is interesting to me is the fact that the Speech attribute hotkeys were saying the category name along with the attribute name, example “

Re: Problem with Speech category of VoiceOver Utility.

2015-01-19 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Phil, The commands for changing speech attributes on the fly have always only worked on the default voice. As a bilingual Mac user, I always set the Content voice to Default so that I can read in either French or English and switch the voice rapidly. Perhaps when looking in the VoiceOver

Re: Problem with Speech category of VoiceOver Utility.

2015-01-18 Thread Phil Halton
Hi John, Yes, but that checkbox only reveals the additional categories of voice settings. Checking it does not alter the workings of the speech attribute hotkeys (VO CMD arrow keys). Good thought though. > On Jan 18, 2015, at 4:00 PM, John Panarese wrote: > > There is a checkbox in the Voi

Re: Problem with Speech category of VoiceOver Utility.

2015-01-18 Thread John Panarese
There is a checkbox in the Voice tab of Speech preferences that allows you to set the typing voice and other options. Maybe, you had that checked? Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com

Re: Problem with Speech category of VoiceOver Utility.

2015-01-18 Thread Phil Halton
I have an update on this problem. I don’t know what I did, but now the speech attribute hotkeys (VO command arrows) are working normally. Now when I VO command arrow right and left I only hear the attribute name and not the category as well. for example voice, rate, pitch, volume etc, and the ch