I'm afraid that was my experience too on my late 2010 macbook air. I had to give up using Alex for this not to happen. What age is your computer? I've reported it to accessibility at apple. You may wish to report it too. > On 17 Dec 2016, at 12:33, Chris G <jedikent@mysticaccess.email> wrote: > > Hi, > I have a Macbook pro 13 inch with 16gb ram and a TB SSHD. This is the one > that has the DVD drive on the right side. > > I have the latest mac os installed on it. > > From time to time using Alex the speech will just die. I can still move > around the screen and hear the VO sound effects. If I toggle VO with command > F5 it doesn't come back. I must press and hold power to get the computer up > and running again. > > Does anyone have any suggestions, maybe if I were to use another voice other > than Alex? > > ChrisI could be in the middle of navigating around and poof, no speech. It is > random. > > > -- > Chris Grabowski > Mystic Access > Where the magic is in learning. > http://www.MysticAccess.com > > Check out our eclectic and comprehensive assistive technology podcasts at: > http://www.MysticAccessPodcast.com > > Join our free announce-only mailing list to receive product news, podcast > updates and exclusive coupon codes. Please send a blank email to: > > manews-subscribe@mysticaccess.email > > Contact: > > Phone: (716) 543-3323 (Ext. 500) > > Twitter: MysticAccess > Facebook: mysticaccessempower > > -- > 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. You can reach mark at: > macvisionaries+modera...@googlegroups.com 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.
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