Yes. You can press command+f5 at the login screen to start VoiceOver. Additionally, once logged in, you can enable speech on this screen in the future: Press CTRL+option+m to bring up the menu bar. Down arrow until you reach system preferences, and then press enter. When system preferences opens, interact with the preference panes scroll area, then type “user”. Press VO+space to click the button. Interact with the users, groups and login options list. VO+right until you land on the login options group, then stop interacting. Click the button labeled "Click the lock to make changes.” and enter your password. If you authenticate successfully, you will hear the sound of a lock opening. Navigate to the checkbox labeled “Use VoiceOver in the login window” and press VO+space to check it. There are other options in here you may want to customize, for example I use a name/password prompt on the login screen instead of the user selector. If you need special input methods for login (i.e. alternative keyboard layouts or accented etc characters in foreign language passwords), you can enable that as well from here. Press CMD+q to quit system preferences.
Bill > On Jan 2, 2016, at 6:04 PM, Adam Morris <li...@damorris.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > I've just purchased a second hand mac. > I've not used one before Friday so am a total beginner. > > It is running OS10 but not the latest. > When my mac starts I have to put in a password. > This screen doesn't speak. > Now when I start the mac it seems to load but when i type my password and > press enter I get the error sound. > I can get sighted assistance to get past this and get it talking to go in and > uncheck the box to ask for password on startup. > Is there a way to get past this point without sighted assistance? > > -- > > > Adam Morris > > email: > a...@damorris.com <mailto:a...@damorris.com> > > > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara > Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/> > --- > 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
