Well, for the time being I just put all the voices back to Alex and things seem 
to be smoother.
I am just now playing with activities, so am not even sure I'll stick with the 
ones I now have set up.
thanks,
Cait

On Jul 22, 2014, at 11:59 AM, Brian Fischler <brianfisch...@me.com> wrote:

> I have also noticed this as I have a lot of different voices for different 
> apps. What I have noticed when everything is working there is only a slight 
> delay when switching from say mail to safari, but for some reason every now 
> and then things slow to a halt almost making the computer unusable. When this 
> happens I restart my computer. Yes this is frustrating as I hate restarting 
> but it seems to get everything playing nice together again.
> On Jul 22, 2014, at 10:58 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote:
> 
>> The problem seems to be when using Nuance voices. Even if none of your 
>> activities change voices, just the act of using a Nuance voice appears to 
>> cause slowness. Try switching to Alex and see if that helps, though I 
>> realize that is not a solution. Please remember to email 
>> accessibil...@apple.com to let them know about the problem.
>> On Jul 22, 2014, at 7:38 AM, isaac.heb...@gmail.com wrote:
>> 
>>> Yes I have experienced slowness when using different voices with different 
>>> apps.  especially when  switching to another app.
>>> On Jul 22, 2014, at 6:33 AM, Caitlyn Furness <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> Is anybody else experiencing your mac seeming to get bogged down when you 
>>>> are using activities with voiceover?
>>>> 
>>>> I just loaded a new set of vo preferences a few days ago and it's got 
>>>> several activities set up.  It now seems to take forever to change 
>>>> windows, for example.  It's driving me a little nuts.  If I can't figure 
>>>> out how to speed things back up, I'll just revert back to my old settings, 
>>>> but thought I'd ask..
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Cait
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