Kevin, Long shot but have you by any chance tapped the touch pad three twice quickly with three fingers?
This is a mute for the voiceover voice. I don't think it's an yissue for you but worth asking. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Karen Lewellen Sent: Saturday, 18 May 2019 3:06 PM To: list voiceover <[email protected]> Subject: re: Alex related question from another list? Simon, Kevin's answer is below. Subject: Re: OT: Why does Alex cut out after 15 minutes Okay. I have now switched from Ava to Alexand will see how long it takes for Alex to stop speaking. At that point, I’ll try turning VO off and then back on with CMD F5. Actually, Alex just stopped as I’m typing this. I will now turn VO OFF. I know that VO is off now because if I press the VO keys with the left or right arrow, I get a beep. I will now turn VO ON. I turned VO ON and Alex did not speak. I pressed VO CMD Right Arrow and the rate dialog appeared at 55%. I have enough vision to see this. Alex did not speak. When I pressed VO CMD Left Arrow to return to the voices, no dialog appeared and I started hearing the beep that suggested VO was turned OFF. I don’t know now whether VO is ON or OFF. Alex does not speak. There is no VO rectangle that I can see. I have some vision. The only thing I can do is to reboot the computer and hope that speech will return. I have no reason to believe that Alex is not downloaded. It worked on this computer for years. But hasn’t worked in years. I’m working without speech as I type this portion of the response. I’m using my limited vision and my memory to keep my place in the document. Other than CMD F5, what is the other long way of turning VO ON or OFF? Thanks so much, Kevin > On May 17, 2019, at 9:37 PM, Karen Lewellen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Kevin, > What happens if you do a command f5? That is the keystroke to turn voiceover > on and off. Does Alex return then? > first question from the mac list. > > > > On Fri, 17 May 2019, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > >> Thanks. I’m sorry that I confused the subject of one message with the body >> of another that had been bounced as undeliverable. Hope someone can tell me >> why Alex cuts out after 15 or so minutes. It’s been doing it ever since El >> Cap. I have Sierra on a 2010 Mac mini now. >> >> >>> On May 17, 2019, at 8:49 PM, Karen Lewellen via Midimag-ex >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Kevin, >>> I have shared your question with the Mac Visionaries list. Will share >>> the solution when it comes. >>> Kare >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 17 May 2019, Kevin Gibbs via Midimag-ex wrote: >>> >>>> This is something that’s bugged me for years. I have a Mid 2010 Mac mini >>>> which is my admin computer. It is not my music machine with the exception >>>> of having my iTunes library on it. It is running 10.12.6. I’m wondering >>>> why the Alex VO voice stops running after 15 minutes or so. You have to >>>> restart the machine to get VO to work again. This doesn’t happen with any >>>> other voice. Ideas? >>>> >>>> Kevin >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Midimag-ex mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mailman.midimag-xt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/midimag-ex >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Midimag-ex mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mailman.midimag-xt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/midimag-ex >> -- 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: [email protected] 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/SY2PR01MB29875D47C8E2A0C9A912F1A98A040%40SY2PR01MB2987.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
