I actually see this issue regularly on both my Macs. It happens when the computer needs your password after a period of inactivity, and VoiceOver isn’t on. For example, when I’m using VMWare Fusion and allow the computer to go to sleep, I can’t turn VoiceOver back on until I correctly enter my password and hit ENTER. I suspect this is a bug in OS X.
Grant > On Feb 21, 2016, at 7:48 AM, Anne Robertson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Alex, > > In that situation, I would shut down the computer and reinitialise the PRAM > as something is clearly very wrong. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > > >> On 21 Feb 2016, at 16:40, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I did, yes. Sorry, I should have said that. >>> On Feb 21, 2016, at 10:28, gs <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Did you try Function CMD F5? >>> >>> On Feb 21, 2016, at 10:15 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I wondered about that, but I had a sighted person check. The Mac was >>> waiting for the password, since it's set to automatically log into the only >>> account on the machine, so cmd-f5 definitely should have done something. >>>> On Feb 21, 2016, at 09:54, Jonathan Cohn <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I believe that when the login screen does this, it means it is really the >>>> lock screen and not the login screen. >>>> >>>> If there switch users is enabled, you might be able to get to the full >>>> login screen, though I can’t remember where the button for that is, or if >>>> there is a keyboard shortcut. >>>>> On Feb 21, 2016, at 09:11, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hey all, >>>>> I've run into this from time to time on 10.11: hit command-f5, and you >>>>> get the error ding instead of VoiceOver. Right now, I'm seeing it on my >>>>> sister's Air, at the logon screen, but I've seen it on my machines as >>>>> well. I figured it was a beta thing, but the Air in front of me doesn't >>>>> run any betas. Has anyone found any way of getting VO to come on, >>>>> especially at the logon screen where you can't access System Preferences >>>>> or Terminal? Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Have a great day, >>>>> Alex Hall >>>>> [email protected] -- 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 [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
