What install path did you take? If you upgraded unless you are hanging on some screen, you should have gotten vo to talk by now.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Cavendish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 5:21 AM Subject: Re: SOS: can't get mu VO to work after upgrading to Leopard Dear Esther, I hear no boing sound when pressing fn+f6. The only fundction keys that produce a sound is f9 f10 and f11 without pressing the fn key and f11 will produce a boing sound with or without pressing the fn key. I've tried starting vo presentation by presssing control+option+shift f8 but that hasn't started anything either. I've tried messing about with the control+option+command left/right arrow and then arrow up but to no avail. I still haven't been able to find anybody who could look at the screen for me. A friend promised he might be able to call later on this afternoon if I haven't resolved the issue. I'm sorry to be such a bore. I've been using computers for over 10 years, and here I am feeling like a silly child. Bear with me, guys. Simon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Esther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 1:07 AM Subject: Re: SOS: can't get mu VO to work after upgrading to Leopard > Dear Simon, > > Let's assume that you have a working VoiceOver installation, and > that your Function keys are turned on to use software function instead > of hardware function. If your volume is turned up (from pressing > FN + F5) then when you press F6 you should hear a kind > of "boing" sound (I think they call it "funk"). Press FN+F6 once. > You should not hear any sounds at all. Now try pressing Command > and F5. Does VoiceOver come on? If not, press FN+F6 a second > time and try Command + F5 again. > > The "funk" sound occurs whether or not you have VoiceOver running. > Please believe that it is unlikely you could have done anything to > the VoiceOver installation. It's just a question of getting it properly > started. And nothing that you've done isn't something someone > else hasn't already had problems with already. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > On Wednesday, December 12, 2007, at 02:31PM, "Richie Gardenhire" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>The one thing I learned from that experience, to try those steps >>Esther outlined; Leopard has audible cues that will indicate when >>VoiceOver is turned on, given all things have been tried. Thanks >>again, Esther. Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska. >>On Dec 12, 2007, at 3:18 PM, Esther wrote: >> >>> Dear Simon, >>> >>> Is it possible that you pressed FN+num lock by mistake? The most >>> likely things are: (1) you don't have the volume up high enough to >>> hear the VoiceOver voice or (2) you accidentally managed to >>> press the num lock (F6) key so that your keyboard is not sending >>> the characters you expect. (Item 2 happened to Richie Gardenhire, >>> and is a particular problem to be aware of if you press keys while >>> VoiceOver is not running). >>> >>> If you switched hardware and software functions for the Function >>> keys. I think you need to press FN+F6 to toggle the num lock. >>> >>> I'm sure there is no problem with your VoiceOver install. I think >>> it is one of the two problems I mentioned above. Make sure you >>> (now) use FN+F5 to put your MacBook at maximum speaker >>> volume before you try anything else. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Esther >>> >>> >>> On Dec 12, 2007, at 02:10PM, Simon Cavendish wrote: >>>> Dear Esther, >>>> >>>> Tried it all to no avail. Before installing Leopard, I had changed >>>> the >>>> keyboard setting to desktop to avoid having to press the FN key all >>>> the >>>> time, and that setting seems to have been kept by leopard. I know >>>> that >>>> because when I press FN with the functions keys, I hear various >>>> funny noises >>>> which I recgonise as changing volume or brightness. I've tried >>>> hitting the >>>> f6 key but I don't know now whether it's on or off. I've tried >>>> various >>>> combinations and VO is still silent. Does it sound serious to you? >>>> >>>> Simon >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Esther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac >>>> OS X by >>>> theblind" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 11:54 PM >>>> Subject: Re: SOS: can't get mu VO to work after upgrading to Leopard >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi Simon, >>>>> >>>>> Remember that on a Macbook you need to hold down the FN key as >>>>> well as >>>>> the Command and F5 keys to get VoiceOver to start up. You may >>>>> also want >>>>> to hold down the F5 key on the Macbook for a while before turning on >>>>> VoiceOver, since I think it's the hardware Volume up key on the >>>>> Macbook. >>>>> (The top row should be Escape, F1, F2, F3, F4, F5. ) >>>>> >>>>> The other possible gotcha if your VoiceOver was not turned on >>>>> before your >>>>> friend left is that you hit the F6 (num lock) key on the keyboard >>>>> instead >>>>> of >>>>> F5. If so, try to press F6 again to toggle num lock off, and >>>>> issue your >>>>> command >>>>> of FN+Command+F5 to turn on VoiceOver. >>>>> >>>>> Hope this helps. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Esther >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed December 12, 2007, at 01:42PM, Simon Cavendish wrote: >>>>>> Dear All, >>>>>> >>>>>> I've just installed Leopard on my new Macbook. it turned out that >>>>>> it came >>>>>> with Tiger installed, and leopard on a CD. So I've just had it >>>>>> installed >>>>>> with sighted assistance, as I'm not that experienced in VO yet. >>>>>> All went >>>>>> smoothly and my friend has gone now. But when I tried to get my >>>>>> VO to >>>>>> start with the usual combination of keys Command+f5 so that i >>>>>> could use my >>>>>> Macbook, nothing happens. Does anyone know what might have >>>>>> happened? This >>>>>> command worked perfectly well in tiger. >>>>>> >>>>>> S O S from desperate simon! >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> >> >
