Symptom
When you press a key, you hear an alert sound or some spoken text, but the function you expected the key to perform does not occur.
Keys affected in this manner when used singly:
Solution
Choose a key combination instead of a single key in the Spoken User Interface tab of the Speech pane in System Preferences.
Figure 1 Selecting a single key--incorrect action
Figure 2 Selecting a key combination--correct action
Note: Be careful not to use existing key combinations as these will also lose their original functions. Examples of existing key combinations are Command-S for Save and Command-P for Print.
When you press a key, you hear an alert sound or some spoken text, but the function you expected the key to perform does not occur.
Keys affected in this manner when used singly:
- Up Arrow
- Left Arrow
- Right Arrow
- Down Arrow
- Home
- End
- Del
- Page Up
- Page Down
- Tab
- Esc
Solution
Choose a key combination instead of a single key in the Spoken User Interface tab of the Speech pane in System Preferences.
Figure 1 Selecting a single key--incorrect action
Figure 2 Selecting a key combination--correct action
Note: Be careful not to use existing key combinations as these will also lose their original functions. Examples of existing key combinations are Command-S for Save and Command-P for Print.