this has been a known problem since the inception of snow leopard. I have seen it on all versions 10.6.x and it hasn't gotten any better with time. it appears that it may be a memory leak or a broken library. in any case, it is annoying as hell. I have sent many notices to accessibility. its gotten bad enough that I may start sending bug reports to steve jobs directly. perhaps he'll give the dev team a swift kick in the pants to make this a priority,. perhaps if more of us would do so, it would garner enough attention that apple Inc. would have to do something about this problem.
-Eric On Mar 14, 2011, at 9:46 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: > Robert, although the problem is annoying, this approach you described might > at least be a usable work-around. I will try it the next time Voice Over > abandons me. Thank you very much. > > To all of you who wrote, thank you. Sometimes, the only way to recover has > been to just hit the Power key, wait a second or so and then just press > Enter. Not an elegant solution, but at least it has worked since "Shut Down" > is the default selection in this dialogue.. I will definitely post a message > to the Accessibility Group, apprising them of something they probably already > know by now. > > My best to all and thanks again, > > Mike > > On 14,Mar,2011, at 4:50 PM, Robert Carter wrote: > >> Hi Mike, >> >> I have this problem on my MacBook as well. I find that the easiest way to >> get VoiceOver restarted is to press control+option+command+f8. This starts >> the VoiceOver tutorial. As soon as the tutorial starts, press escape and >> VoiceOver will restart. I hope this problem gets fixed soon. >> >> It must be unique to the MacBooks as I cannot produce the problem on my iMac. >> >> Robert Carter >> >> >> On Mar 14, 2011, at 10:38 AM, Michael Busboom wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> I am using Snow Leopard V 10.6.6 on a Mac Book with 4 GB/RAM. For reasons I >>> do not understand, I occasionally lose Voice Over, especially when I am >>> using Mail. >>> >>> Though the problem is not limited to Mail, Voice Over just seems to "unload >>> itself," and the only thing I can do is repeatedly hit Command F5 until VO >>> decides to make an appearance. Its disappearance is apparently random, >>> i.e. I can't make it disappear at will. >>> >>> Has anyone else encountered this problem? If not, what might be causing >>> it? Any and all suggestions would be appreciated. >>> >>> My best to all of you, >>> >>> Mike >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
