Hello George, Remember that the question was about an iBook where the Mute key was F3. Also, VoiceOver in earlier versions of OS X did not have all the commanders we have now so the possibilities for muting speech were fewer.
Cheers, Anne On 12 Aug 2014, at 03:47, George Cassell <[email protected]> wrote: > If the MUTE key (F10) was accidentally pressed, it would mute the audio. Try > pressing the F10 key to see what happens. Remember, F10 is a toggle, so each > time you press it, it's either turning MUTE on or off. > > -- George > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Karen Lewellen > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2014 8:00 AM > Subject: Re: an odd voiceover question? > > I know it is not a volume issue, but would mute turn itself on? > Karen > > On Sun, 10 Aug 2014, George Cassell wrote: > > > Make sure you don't have MUTE enabled, and that you don't have the volume > > turned all the way off. > > > > -- George > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Karen Lewellen > > To: list voiceover > > Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2014 1:52 PM > > Subject: an odd voiceover question? > > > > > > Greetings list, > > I suspect there is a simple solution for this problem. > > I have an ibook running Leopard. > > It is largely presently for training, but I did have someone use the > > laptop for an on line task. > > I did command f5 to turn voice over off so the person could use the > > computer, run safari swiftly. > > when we finished I did command f5 again wanting to restore voice over > > before I shut down the machine. > > However it simply beeped at me. We did check together, finding that > > voice over is listed as running. > > I shut down waited a couple of days, then tried turning the machine on > > again. still no voice over, and again command f5 is not changing anything > > but a beep. a second check this afternoon indicates that voice over is > > running. > > I suspect a mute of some kind , but I am not sure how, or what steps are > > needful to correct the situation. > > ideas? > > Kare > > > > -- > > 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. 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.
