Okay, When I started having this problem in july or august of 2012 after buying my first Mac, I used to mess around with the volume buttons, and try turning VO off and on a couple of times. Eventually, maybe after a few minutes, VO would come up talking. I asked about this problem on the list and Ricardo Walker suggested hitting Command F5 four times in quick succession. I don't know how he came up with that strategy, but it worked, and has continued to work every time VO flakes out on me after a good nights sleep.
I don't know about five times, maybe that's a typo. Pretty soon there'll be a whole mythology about the number of times to hit command F5, with different camps a spousing different numbers… On Dec 16, 2013, at 6:44 AM, Andy Collins <a...@recreation.plus.com> wrote: > Paul - When this happens with me, I find five presses of CMD f5 usually > works, it takes a couple of seconds after the fifth press - > > Andy > On 16 Dec 2013, at 10:28, Paul Hopewell <hopew...@hopewell.org.uk> wrote: > >> Hello, >> I am running Mac OS 10.9 on my 2009 iMac. >> >> Sometimes VO refuses to speak after my iMac has been awaken after several >> hours asleep. Pressing command+F5 does not help so I have to power-off and >> then power-on again to restore VO. >> I recall reading in this forum that you can often recover VO by quickly >> pressing command+F5 several times but I cannot remember how many times and >> whether I have to wait a bit after the requisite number of presses before VO >> will start speaking again. >> I would appreciate any guidance on how to restart VO on Mac OS if VO goes >> mute. >> Many thanks.... >> >> Paul Hopewell >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> mac-access@mac-access.net >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >> >> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that >> the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and >> worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security >> strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something >> unpredictable happen. >> >> Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by >> visiting the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
