It took awhile for me to get this done because it turned out I needed to replace the rechargable battery in my Orbit Reader.
That replacement battery arrived today, got inserted into the Orbit, connected to the Macbook, and this Voice Over user is back in business thanks to Cord-M over USB. Many thanks. PS: I did call Apple Accessibility Support. They weren't all that helpful, though they tried. They had me reinstall the entire OS which did not fix the issue. That tells me we should be able to fix this problem over ssh, because the setting is obviously hiding in some configuration file, probably some plist file somewhere in user space. If reinstalling the OS doesn't clear the issue, I can't imagine what other explanation there could be. Best, Janina Devin Prater writes: > Plug it in, and VO will connect to it automatically. > Devin Prater > r.d.t.pra...@gmail.com > > > > > On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 12:46 PM 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries < > macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > Thanks, Jonathan. I do have an Orbit Reader available, though I don't > > recall whether I ever associated it with my Mac Air. Nevertheless, this > > gives me a path forward, even if I need to arrange for sighted > > assistance. Right now the Orbit is charging, indicating how little I use > > it I'm sorry to say. > > > > Best, > > > > Janina > > > > Jonathan Cohn writes: > > > Hello, > > > if you use a braille display this can be toggled with the M chord. If > > not, the only way I know to toggle without changing default voiceover > > settings is with the trackpad commander and three finger double tap. > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > > > Jonathan Cohn > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 16, 2022, at 12:26, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries < > > macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > Thanks, Ali. It's definitely not a sound muting problem, as VO+F5 gives > > > > me speech for Voiceover Off, then a second time Voiceover On, speech > > > > off. > > > > > > > > > > > > Herbie Allen writes: > > > >> I would check sound settings and make sure you haven’t muted your > > soundcard. > > > >> > > > >>> On Jan 15, 2022, at 20:55, 'Janina Sajka' via MacVisionaries < > > macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>> I'm getting no response from a three-finger double tap on the > > trackpad. > > > >>> So, I'm unsure how I turned speech off in the first instance. > > > >>> > > > >>> Is there any way to control this in the terminal? > > > >>> > > > >>> Best, > > > >>> > > > >>> Janina > > > >>> > > > >>> -- > > > >>> > > > >>> Janina Sajka > > > >>> (she/her/hers) > > > >>> https://linkedin.com/in/jsajka > > > >>> > > > >>> Linux Foundation Fellow > > > >>> Executive Chair, Accessibility Workgroup: http://a11y.org > > > >>> > > > >>> The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Web Accessibility Initiative > > (WAI) > > > >>> Co-Chair, Accessible Platform Architectures > > http://www.w3.org/wai/apa > > > >>> > > > >>> -- > > > >>> 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. 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