Hello Anne, Thank you very much for your response. I have what might be a naive question, so please bare with me and be forgiving.
You wrote: "If you have access to another Mac, you should download Mavericks to that one without installing it, then make a bootable USB key with which to reinstall Mavericks on your own machine." Does this mean that I will always need to reboot from this external source? If not, once I have booted from it, is my next step to repair permissions, or somehow attempt to do an entire re-install? Thank you. Mike > On 9,Apr,2014, at 11:41, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Mike, > > If you have access to another Mac, you should download Mavericks to that one > without installing it, then make a bootable USB key with which to reinstall > Mavericks on your own machine. > > When you get Mavericks installed cleanly on your machine, do not copy over > the Infovox iVox voices. Wait until you've got everything else sorted out > then redownload the Infovox iVox voice manager and get the latest versions of > the voices. > > You can download the Mac voices for German from VoiceOver Utility under > Speech. Click the Default voice pop up button and go down to Customize and > press Return. You'll find a table with all the available voices. Just check > the ones you want and download them. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 9 Apr 2014, at 10:02, Mike Busboom <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, Anne, >> >> Sorry for not getting back to you in a more expeditious manner. VoiceOver >> is barely working, but as a very helpful friend on this list has encouraged >> me to do, I will try to remain relaxed and focused. >> >> The German voices I have are from Infovox. I never used the German >> VoiceOver voices. how would I get them, and what do I need to do to get the >> Infovox voices to "speak" German again? >> >> Secondly and unfortunately, I just installed the upgrade over what I was >> previously, which was Mountain Lion. I can't repair permissions because I >> get no response from VO when I click on a lot of the buttons, even when they >> are the default selection. I may just bring my Mac to the Apple store, >> along with my Time Machine Capsule. >> >> It took me a very long time to even write this simple note, because VO >> frequently just stops talking for several minutes at a time. However, >> stopping, and then re-starting VO works some of the time, when VO isn't >> turning itself off while I write. It's odd. Sometimes when I am writing, >> the Mac suddenly says: "VoiceOver off." I have a feeling that the problems >> will go away, once permissions have been repaired. >> >> Kindest regards, and please excuse the typos and mistakes! >> >> Mike >> On 7,Apr,2014, at 15:41, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello Mike, >>> >>> First of all, are you using the German voices provided by Apple or the >>> Infovox iVox voices? >>> >>> How did you do your upgrade. Did you do a clean install and import your >>> data from a Time Machine back up or did you just install Mavericks on top >>> of Mountain Lion? >>> >>> I think there's a lot to be said for doing a clean install and importing >>> your data from a back up and of course, you need to repair permissions >>> after that. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> >>> On 7 Apr 2014, at 15:09, Mike Busboom <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Everyone, >>>> >>>> I just upgraded to Mavericks and I am experiencing some of the same things >>>> that others have encountered and mentioned on the list. VoiceOver is very >>>> choppy, and I really hope that this problem doesn't stick with me forever. >>>> >>>> I am having another problem, however, where I could use some insight. I >>>> am unable to switch between German and English though when I cycle through >>>> the voice options using the Control-Option-Command combination, along with >>>> the arrow keys, the German voices are there. However, when their names >>>> are announced, they are done so using Alex and his American pronunciation. >>>> I am unable to get my Mac to speak German with the proper German >>>> pronunciation. >>>> >>>> Does anyone have any ideas about how to address this issue? >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> Mike >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. On 9,Apr,2014, at 11:41, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Mike, > > If you have access to another Mac, you should download Mavericks to that one > without installing it, then make a bootable USB key with which to reinstall > Mavericks on your own machine. > > When you get Mavericks installed cleanly on your machine, do not copy over > the Infovox iVox voices. Wait until you've got everything else sorted out > then redownload the Infovox iVox voice manager and get the latest versions of > the voices. > > You can download the Mac voices for German from VoiceOver Utility under > Speech. Click the Default voice pop up button and go down to Customize and > press Return. You'll find a table with all the available voices. Just check > the ones you want and download them. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > On 9 Apr 2014, at 10:02, Mike Busboom <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, Anne, >> >> Sorry for not getting back to you in a more expeditious manner. VoiceOver >> is barely working, but as a very helpful friend on this list has encouraged >> me to do, I will try to remain relaxed and focused. >> >> The German voices I have are from Infovox. I never used the German >> VoiceOver voices. how would I get them, and what do I need to do to get the >> Infovox voices to "speak" German again? >> >> Secondly and unfortunately, I just installed the upgrade over what I was >> previously, which was Mountain Lion. I can't repair permissions because I >> get no response from VO when I click on a lot of the buttons, even when they >> are the default selection. I may just bring my Mac to the Apple store, >> along with my Time Machine Capsule. >> >> It took me a very long time to even write this simple note, because VO >> frequently just stops talking for several minutes at a time. However, >> stopping, and then re-starting VO works some of the time, when VO isn't >> turning itself off while I write. It's odd. Sometimes when I am writing, >> the Mac suddenly says: "VoiceOver off." I have a feeling that the problems >> will go away, once permissions have been repaired. >> >> Kindest regards, and please excuse the typos and mistakes! >> >> Mike >> On 7,Apr,2014, at 15:41, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello Mike, >>> >>> First of all, are you using the German voices provided by Apple or the >>> Infovox iVox voices? >>> >>> How did you do your upgrade. Did you do a clean install and import your >>> data from a Time Machine back up or did you just install Mavericks on top >>> of Mountain Lion? >>> >>> I think there's a lot to be said for doing a clean install and importing >>> your data from a back up and of course, you need to repair permissions >>> after that. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> >>> On 7 Apr 2014, at 15:09, Mike Busboom <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Everyone, >>>> >>>> I just upgraded to Mavericks and I am experiencing some of the same things >>>> that others have encountered and mentioned on the list. VoiceOver is very >>>> choppy, and I really hope that this problem doesn't stick with me forever. >>>> >>>> I am having another problem, however, where I could use some insight. I >>>> am unable to switch between German and English though when I cycle through >>>> the voice options using the Control-Option-Command combination, along with >>>> the arrow keys, the German voices are there. However, when their names >>>> are announced, they are done so using Alex and his American pronunciation. >>>> I am unable to get my Mac to speak German with the proper German >>>> pronunciation. >>>> >>>> Does anyone have any ideas about how to address this issue? >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> Mike >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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