Hi Eric, Many thanks for that tip. My friend managed to fix the problem by "using sighted help to reset the VO options in the VO utility at least twice". I don't think she is entirely clear about exactly what she did. Anyway she is up and working again. Best regards....
Paul Hopewell On 6 Jul 2012, at 02:59, Eric Caron wrote: > Hi Paul, > > I wonder if your friends problem is anything like my recent crash where > voice over only worked in the finder. Not sure why but re starting with the > p, R, Command, and Option keys got mine up and working again. I held the > keys down during the start up and waited until I heard the chime three times. > then lifted my hands away and it was happy again. > > Did you find a solution to this problem yet? > > best. > > > Eric Caron > On Jul 3, 2012, at 2:51 PM, Paul Hopewell wrote: > >> Hello, >> A friend of mine has a MacBook (not sure which model) running the latest >> level of Mac OS lion software (she did a software update yesterday). For >> some reason VoiceOver has stopped working for her. With sighted help she has >> checked that neither sound nor speech are accidentally muted and that the >> VoiceOver volume is at a sensible level. >> >> I note that there have been recent posts about VoiceOver unexpectedly not >> working but as it has always worked for me on my iMac I did not read these >> posts. >> >> Does anyone have any suggestions on what the problem might be and on how it >> could be fixed. I wonder if it is related to the PF keys on a MacBook which >> change hardware settings and which have no equivalent on the iMac. >> >> I would much appreciate your advice. >> Best regards.... >> >> Paul Hopewell >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> [email protected] >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
