If you are running Yosemite and are only getting the beeps, your Mac probably doesn't support this feature. The guide dozen clarify which models support these speech services. This link should take you to the relevant section of the guide: http://help.apple.com/voiceover/info/guide/10.10/#/vo36047
Grant Sent from mobile On Oct 18, 2014, at 12:43 PM, Joseph <ablindvou...@icloud.com> wrote: Hello, How might I activate that feature. At this time all I get is the beeps and no Voice Prompts. > On Oct 18, 2014, at 12:38 PM, Grant Hardy <grantha...@outlook.com> wrote: > > I noticed in Apple’s VoiceOver getting started guide for Yosemite, they > mention that on some machines, speech services are available at the FileVault > login window. Of course, it has always been reasonably easy to interact with > FileVault by pressing CMD+F5 before typing in your username, and learning > what the audible tones mean. But on my machine, I’m now given an audible > prompt to enter my username and password when I press CMD+F5. This is a > Yosemite feature, but I’m not sure which machines have it. I’m also not sure > whether this is something that is now present on the startup volume or > whether it is included in the firmware. These speech services still don’t > seem to be available in some places, such as when holding down the OPTION key > when booting up the Mac to select a startup disk. > > Grant > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
