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
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