Hi David and Lou, Even if this bug is fixed under Leopard I'm going to highlight and bookmark Lou's post for a solution.
Esther On Dec 14, 2007, at 10:14AM, David Poehlman wrote: >I think this bug is fixed in leopard. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 3:05 PM >Subject: Command-F5/Restarting Computer does not turn VO on > > >Hello! > >I know this problem has already been resolved for Simon, but this >info might help others experiencing the problem of VO not talking... >It did not dawn on me to provide this info previously until I heard >Simon's solution was, with sighted assistance, to physically turn on >VO using the mouse. > >Ever since I installed Mac OS X 10.4.11, this problem has been >cropping up for me. I will be working in Safari, Mail or Vienna and >the Mac becomes "busy." After clearing the application's "busy" state >in one of the many ways described in this forum, Voice Over >occasionally stops speaking and cannot be turned back on again with >Command-F5 (generates the "invalid" beep) -- or even restarting the >computer. >With sighted assistance, I discovered that: >- the "Command-F5 check box in "KeyboArd Shortcuts" was, indeed, >checked (even tried unchecking and rechecking this box to see if it >had any affect), >- the Voice Over "Off" radio button was selected in the Universal >Access/Seeing Pane of System Preferences. > >Because the computer was not accepting the Command-F5 keyboard >command, the only way to turn VO back on was to use the mouse to >click the VO "On" button. > >This happened several times while I had no sighted assistance around >-- *** VERY FRUSTRATING! *** I figured there must be a way to turn VO >back on again without sighted assistance. Here is what I did: >1. Press Control-F2 to move the mouse to the Menu Bar. >2. Press the Down Arrow to open the Apple Menu. >3. Quickly type "sy" to jump to System Preferences. >4. Press Return to open System Preferences. >5. Press Control-F2 to return to the Menu Bar. >6. Press "v" to jump to the "View" menu. >7. Press Down Arrow to open the View Menu. >8. Press "u" to jump to "Universal Access." >9. Press Return to open the Universal Access Pane of System Preferences. >10. Press Tab twice to select the Voice Over On/Off controls. >12. Press Left Arrow to select the Voice Over "On" radio button. > >At this point, Voice Over starts talking again and (miraculously) >Command-F5 starts working again. > >Notes: >- I am running Tiger 10.4.11, so I do not know if these steps will be >the same under Leopard. >- In step 11, the first time you press the Tab key takes you to the >"tab bar" where the various tabs for Universal Access sections are >located. I have the "Seeing" Tab already selected, so I do not have >to mess with it. If the "Seeing" tab is not selected for you, you >will have to move to a different Tab with the Left and/or Right >Arrows -- but, because there is no feedback, I think this may have >the potential of causing some problems... I suggest setting the tab >to "Seeing" while you have VO working as a precaution. This way, you, >too, could just press the TAB key twice like I did and not worry >about it. >- Maybe, one of you Apple Script/Automater geniuses might be able to >create an app that could, in emergencies, do this for us automatically. > >Hope this helps someone... > >Lou. > >=== Original Messages === > >Dear Simon, > >Delighted to hear that you are connected and that Voiceover is up and >running. Thank you for providing us with the details of what happened. > ><snip> >Dear Esther and All, > >I have finally got my Voceover back!!! I'm delighted, relieved and >very very >excited at the quality of the default voice in Leopard. A sighted >friend of >mine came over a couple of hours ago, and using the mouse, activated >Voceover in the system preferences. It works! > ><snip> > > > > > >
