Try turning VO off then on again four or five times. Make sure you wait 3 or 4 seconds between key presses. It will usually come back on.
Later… On 2011-08-20, at 7:38 PM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > guys, > I'm having a real problem. I'm using Snow Leopard and VO. for some > reason, Voiceover will simply stop speaking for no reason at no > reliable time. turning Voiceover off and back on doesn't do the > trick. I have enough vision to see the caption panel, which I have > concealed until now. I'm going to leave it on the screen so I can see > whether Voiceover is on or off the next time one of these failures > occurs. The only solution seems to be to restart the computer. > that's not acceptable. All my software is up to date on Snow > Leopard. I have not installed Lion. > > Unfortunately, I did apparently install the latest versions of Safari > and iTunes which I didn't intend to do when I installed the latest > version of Snow Leopard. I have no reason to think that did > anything. I just don't have a clue. I even called Apple Care and, of > course, the problem wouldn't happen while I was on the phone. > > Any ideas? > Kevin > > -- > 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. > Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada -- 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.