Also, I've noticed with Yosemite that if you delete a voice and that certain voice is checked when you go to the customize menu under speech, the voice will redownload until you uncheck it. I know it does this with Alex and the Nuance voices but not sure with the other built-in voices.
Shawn Sent From My White MacBook > On Feb 9, 2015, at 11:03 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I guess that it is possible. I’ve never bothered removing any of the > built-in voices before, so you may have confused the speech engine. If you > still don’t have any voice, try going into Recovery mode, try turning on VO > there. It should work for you then if you re-install your MacOS, the voices > will likely return. The re-install won’t cause you to lose anything, it kind > of just re-installs over top as in a migration. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Feb 9, 2015, at 20:51, Faisal ali <faisal.a...@icloud.com > <mailto:faisal.a...@icloud.com>> wrote: > > Hi Tim, > Thanks for this. I’m wondering if its possible that I did something when I > deleted voices from my system folder? > I didn’t think it would affect Alex, but I guess anything’s possible. >> On Feb 9, 2015, at 7:45 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com >> <mailto:kilbu...@me.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> With VO on, try this: >> >> • press VO-f8 ()add the FN key to this combination if you can normally >> change your volume without holding down the FN key) >> • press cmd-6 >> • VO-right once. >> • press VO-space. >> >> What you’d be doing here is opening the VoiceOver Utility, going directly to >> the Sound pane, then toggling the “Mute Speech” checkbox. >> >> See if that does the trick. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Feb 9, 2015, at 20:34, Faisal ali <faisal.a...@icloud.com >> <mailto:faisal.a...@icloud.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi Alex, >> I had system sounds. It even made the normal VO clicking sounds but no >> speech what so ever. >> Even when I rebooted my machine, VO clicked like it does when it activates, >> but still no speech. >>> On Feb 9, 2015, at 7:19 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com >>> <mailto:mehg...@icloud.com>> wrote: >>> >>> You might have muted your computer. If you have no sound whatso ever (not >>> even music or system sounds), hit F10 once. If you still have nothing, hit >>> it again to toggle mute off again, as the problem is elsewhere. Of course, >>> if your computer is set to require pressing the Function key with the F >>> keys, you'll need to do that. You could also try turning up the volume with >>> F13. >>>> On Feb 9, 2015, at 7:41 PM, Faisal ali <faisal.a...@icloud.com >>>> <mailto:faisal.a...@icloud.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> So I’m not sure what I done, but now I don’t have any voiceover speech on >>>> my mac. I believe its muted somehow, but I can’t figure out how to unmute >>>> it. 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