Hi Darcy, What happens if you turn VoiceOver off under the Universal Access pane and then try to run through Lou's suggested procedure? I've found (this is with experiments on the inaccessible parts of the iTunes Store) that if you've managed to click in somewhere that you wouldn't normally navigate to with VoiceOver, and if you've left yourself there or if someone else (sighted) has left your app there, you won't get the same behavior when tabbing that you'd get if you only tabbed through with VoiceOver.
I don't know whether that makes sense, but sometimes if there have been entries in the Search Text Field on the Universal Access Field, I think you don't get the same number of tab moves. So try to switch off the radio button with VoiceOver, and then run through Lou's exercise. If that doesn't work, assume that when you get back into the Universal Access pane with Lou's instructions that you're at the "VoiceOver Off Radio Button" and instead of tabbing, right arrow to "On" and see if that works. (Note: only Darcy should try this. I don't want anyone for whom Lou's instructions actually work in Leopard to mess up their settings). Cheers, Esther On Dec15, 2007, at 02:03PM, Darcy Burnard wrote: >Hi. Have any of you Leopard users tried these steps? That is, have >you tried them with VO turned off, to see if it will turn back on >again? I ask because I can't make it work. It appears that when vo >is off, the tab key has no effect in the universal access preference >pane. When I turn on VO to see where I am, I'm still in the tool >bar. Any thoughts? >Darcy > >On 15-Dec-07, at 5:12 PM, David Poehlman wrote: > >> hi darcy, maybe it can work from the extras menu with universal access >> showing up there. I just use shift tab in system prefs by the way, it >> should take you to the universal prefs. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Darcy Burnard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS >> X by >> theblind" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 3:59 PM >> Subject: Re: Extremely Useful Tip When VoiceOver Stops Talking >> [Re:Command-F5/Restarting Computer does not turn VO on] >> >> >> Hi everyone. I've not had this happen myself, but because it has >> happened to others, I thought I would try and create an automator >> application that would perform the steps. So far, I haven't had much >> luck, but if I do have success with it, I'll make it available for >> anyone who wants it. >> Darcy >> >> On 15-Dec-07, at 6:04 AM, Scott Howell wrote: >> >>> This does work in Leopard and thanks for sharing this info. I >>> encourage everyone to try this and more than once, make a note of >>> the steps and just periodically try them out so you will remember >>> them or write them down. This might really help you out in a jam one >>> day. >>> >>> On Dec 14, 2007, at 3:16 PM, Esther wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Lou, >>>> >>>> This is very useful infomration, indeed, that can help people. I've >>>> retitled the thread in hopes that more people will read it. >>>> >>>> I didn't realize there was this reproducible, testable way of >>>> dealing with VoiceOver when it stopped speaking and getting >>>> it restarted, and that the standard things we try might not work. >>>> >>>> Thanks on behalf of everyone.! >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Esther >>>> >>>> On Dec 14, 2007, at 10:08AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> 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> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> Scott Howell >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >> > > >
