Hello, I’ll read the info. Thanks. My iMac is a 27 inch mid 2010 machine and I’ll bet that’s why I don’t have the feature. But I’m going to purchase a new machine shortly. Cant wait till I get it.
> On Oct 18, 2014, at 12:54 PM, Grant Hardy <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you are running Yosemite and are only getting the beeps, your Mac probably > doesn't support this feature. The guide dozen clarify which models support > these speech services. This link should take you to the relevant section of > the guide: http://help.apple.com/voiceover/info/guide/10.10/#/vo36047 > <http://help.apple.com/voiceover/info/guide/10.10/#/vo36047> > > Grant > > Sent from mobile > > On Oct 18, 2014, at 12:43 PM, Joseph <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Hello, > How might I activate that feature. At this time all I get is the beeps and no > Voice Prompts. > >> On Oct 18, 2014, at 12:38 PM, Grant Hardy <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I noticed in Apple’s VoiceOver getting started guide for Yosemite, they >> mention that on some machines, speech services are available at the >> FileVault login window. Of course, it has always been reasonably easy to >> interact with FileVault by pressing CMD+F5 before typing in your username, >> and learning what the audible tones mean. But on my machine, I’m now given >> an audible prompt to enter my username and password when I press CMD+F5. >> This is a Yosemite feature, but I’m not sure which machines have it. I’m >> also not sure whether this is something that is now present on the startup >> volume or whether it is included in the firmware. These speech services >> still don’t seem to be available in some places, such as when holding down >> the OPTION key when booting up the Mac to select a startup disk. >> >> Grant >> >> >> -- >> 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] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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.
