or you could mute or unmute your speakers on the mac or mac itself if you have a portable mac.
On Oct 17, 2010, at 7:26 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > It can happen that way as well. turning VO off then back on will work in > this case as well. As I mentioned though, you may need to press VO-f5 more > than twice to get it speaking once again. > > Later... > > On 2010-10-17, at 4:20 PM, Justin Ekis wrote: > >> I have this problem as well, and my spoken alerts are turned off so that is >> not the issue here. For me,VO reads the message and I am able to close the >> dialog, but about 30 seconds later I lose all voiceover feedback. I have >> sited assistance take a look and there are still at least 10 minutes worth >> of power according to the status menu icon. Yet voiceover won't speak until >> I plug the computer in. >> >> On Oct 17, 2010, at 3:08 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> You can determine what this message says by turning VO off then back on >> again. As Anne mentioned, there ends up being a conflict between the Spoken >> Alerts and VO, and VO loses that battle. Just press VO-f5 to turn VO off >> then wait a couple of seconds, and VO-f5 to turn it back on and the message >> will still be there, you may need to do the Window Chooser to bring focus to >> it though. Sometimes it takes a few extra times of pressing VO-f5 and you >> won't hear any verbal feedback from VO until it turns back on,but it will >> eventually work. Simply pressing return in this case will not dismiss the >> dialog. As well, just FYI, it really says "System UI" as in System User >> Interface blah blah blah. Sorry, just thought I'd clear that up too. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On 2010-10-17, at 1:03 PM, Shen wrote: >> >>> Hello everyone, >>> Wondering if anyone is having the same problem with VoiceOver using their >>> MacBook. If the battery gets below a certain level, a message will popup. >>> It says, "System Wide Server: You are running on reserved power ...", blah >>> blah blah. >>> Everrytime when this message comes up, VoiceOver stops talking. I can't get >>> it to say anything. The only way to get it to work again is to plug in the >>> adapter. But I know that when this message pops up, it's a dialogue box and >>> there is an OK button you can press. >>> But VoiceOver stops working and I can't move to it. >>> Anyone have this problem and how you can navigate when VoiceOver stops >>> working? >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
