VoiceOver Utility
VoiceOver, a new feature of Mac OS X, is a built-in screen reader that helps visually impaired people use their computers. Once configured, VoiceOver enables you to hear descriptions of everything onscreen, move around the screen, select items, and read and manipulate text.A complete discussion of VoiceOver is beyond the scope of this book. However, in this section, I introduce you to VoiceOver Utility, the application you use to configure VoiceOver.Chapter 21 .To learn more about configuring and using VoiceOver, open VoiceOver Utility and choose Help > VoiceOver Help. Then follow the links to get the information you need.
To configure VoiceOver
1. | Open the VoiceOver Utility icon in the Utilities folder (Figure 1 ). |
2. | The VoiceOver Utility window appears. Click buttons to set options in each of five categories:
Figure 90. The default settings in VoiceOver Utility's Verbosity pane.![]() Figure 91. The default settings in VoiceOver Utility's Navigation pane.![]() Figure 92. The default settings in VoiceOver Utility's Voices pane. In this illustration, I ve clicked the triangle beside the first row to display options for specific categories of spoken text.![]() Figure 93. The default settings in VoiceOver Utility's Display pane.![]() Figure 94. The default settings in VoiceOver Utility's Pronunciation pane.![]() |
3. | Choose VoiceOver Utility > Quit VoiceOver Utility, or press ![]() |