David, Thank you for this information. I am on that screen right now. When I press video F2 all I get is a short dang. Does it make a difference that I am using a Bluetooth keyboard? Is there any way out of this?
Kristeen Hughes > On Oct 15, 2014, at 8:50 AM, David Griffith <daj.griff...@gmail.com> wrote: > > OK this is a well known problem and there is an easy way out. > > 1. Bring up Window Chooser with VO F2 pressed twice. > 2. Make sure you are on the sign in to App Store window. > 3. Tab to the Apple ID field. > You will probably get no feedbac but d not worry. > 4. Hit VO command f5 to make sure you are focussed on this field. > 5. Do a virtual mouse click with shift VO and space bar. > 6. You should now be focussed in a completely accessible window where you can > type in your ID and then tab to your password field and then tab to the > default button to sign into the App Store. > It should be plain sailing from there. > David Griffith >> On 15/10/2014 13:08, Kristeen Hughes wrote: >> Thank you for all of the helpful information. I did go into recovery mode >> and repair disk permissions. It took about 15 minutes. It did not help the >> problem. I then went into recovery mode and chose to reinstall the OS. I am >> now stuck at signing into the App Store. It has been on that screen since >> about 11:30 last night. is there anything I can do to get past that screen? >> >> Kristeen Hughes >> >>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 10:40 PM, Eileen Misrahi <eileen.misr...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Tim, >>> >>> Gee!!! Why didn't I think of that solution? Thanks for posting this. I do >>> know that I needed to use the FN key to access some of the VO speech >>> output. I'm still learning so much after a year of owning my MacBook Air. >>> It's amazing that there are so many solutions or just one if you think out >>> of the box. I know with time that I'll add more items to my bag of tricks >>> when I need to troubleshoot. For now, I'll leave it up to the awesome >>> experts on the list. Thanks again for the keystroke. >>> >>> Best, >>> Eileen >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Concerning the raising of the volume in Recovery mode, you can often press >>>> VO-cmd-left three times then VO-cmd-up a few times and the volume will >>>> increase. This is a normal VO command that can be used most of the time. >>>> The VO-cmd-left/right moves you through the Rate, Voice, Intonation, >>>> Volume and Pitch and the VO-cmd-up/down changes those levels on the fly. >>>> >>>> Later... >>>> >>>> Tim Kilburn >>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>> >>>>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:48 PM, Eileen Misrahi <eileen.misr...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>> I can really feel your frustrations. Fortunately, my MacBook Air was an >>>>> easy fix at the Apple Store today. One thing I want to add, when booting >>>>> up into recovery or other dianostic modes on the computer, voiceover can >>>>> be access with the command-F5. The voice is not Alex, but some other >>>>> boyish voice, but at least there is accessibility to the information. The >>>>> volume is low and it can't be increased. Just letting you know about this >>>>> pointer. HTH. Good luck and you may need to contact Apple Care. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> Eileen >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Rachel Feinberg <walksi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Kristeen, >>>>>> >>>>>> I don't know if this is accessible, but in looking up keyboard shortcuts >>>>>> for starting up a Mac if something's not working properly, you can try >>>>>> holding down D at start up. It will start the apple hardware test, which >>>>>> may tell you something about your drives if they are connected. >>>>>> Rachel. >>>>>>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Kristeen Hughes <khwi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Earlier today I noticed that my computer could not see my two external >>>>>>> drives which were connected via USB. I decided a reboot was in order, >>>>>>> since most of the time this fixes that type of an issue. There was no >>>>>>> voice over when the computer restarted. I was unable to tell whether >>>>>>> the computer booted all the way or not because of having no speech. I >>>>>>> tried rebooting several more times, but the result was still the same.I >>>>>>> disconnected all peripherals, and was able to boot into recovery mode. >>>>>>> I went into disk utilities and repaired the disk. There seemed to be no >>>>>>> problem with the disc. The computer will still not reboot. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Is there anything else I can try in recovery mode? 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