Hi Eric, I think you're overstating the case a bit here... Yes, it's annoying, but I haven't found it that annoying. I haven't experienced it as often as others here seem to, and the times I have, a quick command-f5 or two solves it. Yes, let's email accessibility about this, but let's not loose our sense of perspective. It could be much worse, we could be stuck on Windows with a screen reader not built into the OS, which when it freezes requires us to reboot the system completely. I'll stop now. Best, Zack. On Mar 14, 2011, at 10:13 AM, Eric Oyen wrote:
> 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. > -- 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.
