Just for the record, it seems to impact the Alex voice on iOS. The main difference is that you can simply restart VoiceOver and everything is fine, but on the Mac, the entire system becomes useless until you restart. On iOS, if you use Samantha, a Siri voice, or other Nuance voices, you'll be fine. Same with the Mac, but Alex is default on the Mac whereas Samantha is default on iOS. > On Feb 15, 2016, at 08:08, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: > > Just in case anything like this happens again, I found that it did not impact > my iPhone. So by switching over to my phone to deal with mail, I was able to > get rid of all his messages. Thank you, Cara, Chris, and Mark for getting on > this so quickly. > Cheers, > Donna >> On Feb 15, 2016, at 5:24 AM, Ray Foret Jr <rforet7...@comcast.net >> <mailto:rforet7...@comcast.net>> wrote: >> >> It shut down my Alex also. Had to reset my Mac and now am using the US >> English Tom voice which it seems not to effect. >> >> >> Sent from my Mac, The Only computer with full accessibility for the blind >> built-in >> >> Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, >> >> Still a very happy Comcast XFinity Voice Guidance, Mac, Verizon Wireless >> iPhone6+ and Apple TV user! >> >>> On Feb 14, 2016, at 9:55 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu >>> <mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Everyone, >>> >>> I became aware of the offensive emails and the deliberate string to shut >>> down the Alex screen reader this morning. >>> >>> At that time, I looked at the email address of the sender and recognized it >>> as one that I had just banned, last night, from the V iPhone list, for >>> posting offensive language. >>> >>> For whatever reason, when I attempted to locate her/his address in the >>> members list of this group, I could not find it. Yet, the posts continued >>> to come to the list. >>> >>> I was away from my computer for most of the day but, upon returning home >>> about an hour or so ago, I managed to locate the user and first, change >>> his/her posting privileges and then remove him from the list. >>> >>> To be quite honest, the account I located was unlike any I've seen in any >>> groups. So, it is possible, more messages will come through but I think I >>> located the right address. Only time will tell. >>> >>> Please know that I, on behalf of Cara, am paying close attention and am >>> doing all I can to rid the list of such nuisances. >>> >>> For the record, the malicious string shut down my speech synthesizer, as >>> well. Very, very annoying. Like others in this groups, I had to use my >>> Windows computer with a non-mac screen reader to discover the source of the >>> problem. >>> >>> Please know that we are in this together and, together, we'll get through >>> it. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 >>> <mailto: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 >> <mailto: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/ > <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>.
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