Thanks so much.  I was beginning to worry about my computer.  

Have a great weekend.

Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks
On Jan 21, 2012, at 10:33 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:

> Try pressing VO-shift-d to take you to your Desktop.  Sometimes, depending on 
> various things, VO focus may be stuck in one of the startup processes so 
> telling it to go to the Desktop will bring you to the Finder and then 
> everything will work as it should.
> 
> Later...
> 
> 
> On 2012-01-21, at 9:26 AM, Jennifer Perdue wrote:
> 
>> Sometimes when I turn on my computer it sends me to a screen in which it 
>> asks me for my password.  I enter it and then it takes me to the main screen 
>> where I see the icons but voiceover does not start and I cannot command it 
>> to start and I cannot use the apple menu because it's not there to shut it 
>> downs I have to shut it down by holding the on/off button down.  
>> 
>> It doesn't do it every time I turn the computer on.  it's just once and a 
>> wile but it gets annoying.  Any suggestions?  Thanks and have a great 
>> weekend.
>> 
>> Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks
>> On Jan 21, 2012, at 8:25 AM, Anne Robertson wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello Allison,
>>> 
>>> To change the language in which your Mac runs, go to System Preferences and 
>>> select the Language&Text pane. Choose the Language tab, and in the table of 
>>> languages, use Option-Up Arrow to drag Spanish to the top. You'll then need 
>>> to restart your machine for the change to take effect. You'll also need to 
>>> download the Spanish voices you want.
>>> 
>>> You change the system voice in System Preferences, too. This time, you 
>>> select the Speech pane and you'll find a popup button to choose your system 
>>> voice.
>>> 
>>> You can also change the default voice at any time with VO-Cmd-Down arrow, 
>>> as long as that was the last thing you did in the Speech Attribute rotor.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Anne
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 21 Jan 2012, at 12:39, Allison Manzino wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>> 
>>>> I hope you are doing well. I was wondering if anyone knew the procedure 
>>>> for changing the language on the Mac to Spanish. I want to practice my 
>>>> spanish and thought it would be fun to have Monica or some other voice in 
>>>> Spanish. WHen I tried this with my Iphone Karen is still the default 
>>>> voice. Even though I have changed the region to Spain and the language in 
>>>> both the roter and international settings, Karen still comes up. THis also 
>>>> happens on the Mac but not with Karen with Fiona. Can anyone help? Thank 
>>>> you in advance for any assistance.
>>>> 
>>>> Sincerely,
>>>> Allison
>>>> 
>>>> My birds are winged blessings, they help me soar!
>>>> 
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