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SOUND CUES 1.0
(OS-10)
A PUBLICATION FROM THE...
SIGHT LOSS
INFORMATION
DETECTIVE
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VoiceOver UTILITY - MACOS-10.4 OR LATER
APPLE COMPUTER
1-800-767-2775
DESCRIBED BELOW ARE SEVERAL IMPORTANT BUILT-IN, MACINTOSH VoiceOver (VO) SOUNDS. THESE ACTION-RELATED AND ATTENTION-GETTING ALERTS SHOULD BE HELPFUL FOR VISION LOSS MAC USERS. ALSO, THE SYSTEM-WIDE VOLUME-SLIDER CONTROL FOR THESE AUDIBLE SIGNALS IS LOCATED IN SYSTEM PREFERENCES UNDER THE SOUND EFFECTS TAB (RECOMMEND SETTING VOLUME AT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT).
1. VO INFORMATION CUES...
A. E-MAIL TABLE BLANK ROW
- SOUND = DEEP BASE BONG
B. E-MAIL END OF TEXT
- SOUND = FAST CHIRP
- OCCURS ONLY WITH AUTOMATIC VO READING
C. KEYBOARD NON-RESPONSE
- SOUND = LIGHT BONG
D. TEXT HIGHLIGHTED
- SOUND = FAST CHIRP
2. VO ORIENTATION CUES...
A. MENU END
- SOUND = LOW TONE
- OCCURS ONLY WITH PRESS CONTROL-OPTION-ARROW
B. MENU WRAPAROUND
- SOUND = HIGH TONE
- OCCURS ONLY WITH PRESS ARROW KEY
C. WEBPAGE LOADED
- SOUND = HIGH MUSICAL NOTE
- SAME ALERT IF BROWSER IS OPENED OFFLINE
3. UNIVERSAL CUES...
A. E-MAIL UPLOAD
- SOUND = LEFT-TO-RIGHT WOOSH
- THIS IS NOT A VO ALERT SOUND
B. E-MAIL DOWNLOAD DONE
- SOUND = QUICK CHIME
- THIS IS NOT A VO ALERT SOUND
C. MODEM HANDSHAKE
- SOUND = FAST STATIC HISS
- THIS IS NOT A VO ALERT SOUND
D. SIGN-ON INTERRUPTION DIALOG
- SOUND = DEEP BASE TONE
- THIS IS NOT A VO ALERT SOUND
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