Hey, What's your problem with Fred :)? Just because he lilts, or almost sings, what he's saying doesn't deserve such malice. Maybe he's happy with actually being chosen to talk, since he's like the kid that's always picked last.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 26, 2017, at 08:59, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote: I too experience this at every installation and have always been able to use the standard VO commands to change speech settings. The only problem I have is with Fred. >From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did it." --Carl Sagan E-mail: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> On 6/26/2017 7:54 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi David, > > Your assertion that it has nothing to do with muting or volume level is > not necessarily valid. The base system that is part of the installers > and the Recovery system accesses resources differently than the regular > MacOS. So, if VO is behaving normally after the installation has > finished, then it is accessing the full suite of system resources. The > base system has a limited set of settings as you can affirm by the > limited functionality of VO in general. > > This is not to minimize your frustration, just to clarify things a little. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jun 26, 2017, at 07:40, David Griffith <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > I I am not sure if my message got through yesterday. > > However I have had exactly the same issue on my iMac with installing > Sierra. > > I have installed loads of OS versions before without issue before coming > up against this accessibility barrier. > Voiceover only comes to life after the Sierra installer has completed. > Sighted help was telling me that every time I pressed command F5 > Voiceover on would appear as text on screen but no sound would emerge. > This has nothing to do with muting or volume levels as everything > suddenly reverts to normal Voiceover feedback as soon as the installer > finishes. > > I contacted Appole Accessibility about this but they pretty much > dismissed my concerns by claiming that I was the only person who had > ever reported this as an issue. > > So if others are experiencing the same issue on their iMacs then I > would urge you to report it to Appole Accessibility and perhaps they > will take it seriously and investigate. > > > David Griffith > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986 > <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986>> for > Windows 10 > > *From: *Nickus de Vos <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > *Sent: *25 June 2017 12:00 > *To: *[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > *Subject: *Installer not talking on my iMac > > Hi all > I had to format and install a clean copy of Sierra for a friend over the > weekend and thought while I have the installer on a USB flash drive I > might as well do my iMac as well, since I’ve been wanting to do a clean > install for a while. > > Everything worked as expected on my friends MBP and I did the clean > install for him, Voiceover talked me through the entire process as > expected. 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