Re: Help! VoiceOver stopped working on a MacBook

2012-07-06 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hi Eric, Many thanks for that tip. My friend managed to fix the problem by using sighted help to reset the VO options in the VO utility at least twice. I don't think she is entirely clear about exactly what she did. Anyway she is up and working again. Best regards Paul Hopewell On 6

Re: Help! VoiceOver stopped working on a MacBook

2012-07-05 Thread Eric Caron
Hi Paul, I wonder if your friends problem is anything like my recent crash where voice over only worked in the finder. Not sure why but re starting with the p, R, Command, and Option keys got mine up and working again. I held the keys down during the start up and waited until I heard

Re: Help! VoiceOver stopped working on a MacBook

2012-07-03 Thread Timothy J. Meloy
Did your friend check to make sure voiceover was not muted? On Jul 3, 2012, at 2:51 PM, Paul Hopewell hopew...@hopewell.org.uk wrote: Hello, A friend of mine has a MacBook (not sure which model) running the latest level of Mac OS lion software (she did a software update yesterday). For

Re: Help! VoiceOver stopped working on a MacBook

2012-07-03 Thread Paul Hopewell
Yes we checked that VoiceOver is not muted. If it were muted is there a hotkey to unmute it? Paul Hopewell On 3 Jul 2012, at 20:55, Timothy J. Meloy wrote: Did your friend check to make sure voiceover was not muted? On Jul 3, 2012, at 2:51 PM, Paul Hopewell hopew...@hopewell.org.uk

Re: Help! VoiceOver stopped working on a MacBook

2012-07-03 Thread Timothy J. Meloy
If you have a track pad, you can use the three finger double tap gesture. I think you have to set up a keyboard shortcut in the key board commander. Someone please correct me if I am mistaken. T.J. On Jul 3, 2012, at 4:35 PM, Paul Hopewell wrote: Yes we checked that VoiceOver is not muted.