Ok, tried switching to Fred, issue still happens, regardless of whether speakers are connected or whether the voice over utility is set to the default sound device or set to the built in output. Looks like I may be restoring my el capitan backup. was going to upgrade my macbook but maybe I will skip that for now, I would consider that a major bug, and I'm surprised it's still in 10.12.2, I'm starting to understand why people are saying Apple's software quality is not what it used to be, I would have to agree. > On Dec 23, 2016, at 2:51 PM, Mike Arrigo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, that is the voice I'm using. Interestingly, it does not seem to happen > when I use the internal speaker instead of external speakers. I tried > specifying the output device in the voiceover utility rather than using the > system default, will see if that makes a difference, otherwise I will switch > voices, a very strange bug indeed. >> On Dec 23, 2016, at 1:27 PM, christopher hallsworth >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi are you using Alex? If so, there's your answer. Only macs produced in >> 2010 are affected though. >>> On 23 Dec 2016, at 19:22, Mike Arrigo <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hey everyone, so, I decided to upgrade to sierra starting with my 2010 mac >>> mini, also just upgraded the memory to 4 GB. I must say, so far I have had >>> a few major problems. First, the recovery disk assistant does not seem to >>> work with sierra to allow you to clone the recovery partition to an >>> external USB drive. I was able to do this manually using terminal, but the >>> task is now definitely more time consuming. I did get this done and my >>> recovery usb drive now works. A more serious issue relates to voiceover, >>> I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this. Several times, for no >>> apparent reason, voiceover just quits speaking. It's hard to tell when it >>> will happen, I have not found any pattern to consistently reproduce it, but >>> when it happens, I have to completely reboot to get speech back. The audio >>> itself is not muting, error sounds still play, and pressing command+F5 to >>> reenable it does not work either. I've actually tried unplugging my >>> speakers from the mac mini, and am using the internal speaker, and so far >>> it is working, though I would rather not use this as my solution, just >>> trying to do some process of elimination. Has anyone else experienced this >>> with sierra, and if so, have you found any way around it. 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