I have the same problem and I need to log in on my computer and that is very difficult without VoiceOver working. I get pretty frustrated so I appreciate knowing I am not the only one out here.
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, What do you know - it worked. Thanks. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ricardo Walker" <rwalker...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.**com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2013 1:11 AM > > Subject: Re: Losing VO after sleep > > > Hi, > > Its pressing VO F5 quickly. I think its like a reset in a way. > > Ricardo Walker > rica...@appletothecore.info > Twitter:@apple2thecore > www.appletothecore.info > > On Feb 20, 2013, at 9:31 PM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > looks like I struck gold on this thread. >> hitting Command F5 4 times sounds weird, that's like turning VO on and >> off twice. Or, is it a matter of pressing the key combo 4 times quickly >> causing a different function than just pressing it normallyy. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Kerri >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.**com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2013 12:07 PM >> Subject: Re: Losing VO after sleep >> >> I have this issue as well and it seems to be worsening, Phil. Sometimes >> Braille works but not speech. >> On 2013-02-20, at 7:24 AM, Phil Halton <philh...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> upon waking from sleep mode, often VO will not speak. I have to mess >>> around with the volume keys to get some system sounds going, then turn VO >>> off and back on a few times before it will finally come up talking. It >>> takes about two or three minutes to do all this and get VO talking again. >>> >>> it doesn't happen consistently, but more often than not, VO will go >>> silent after sleep mode, or a prolonged period of computer inactivity. >>> >>> Actually, it seems to be tied into system sounds, since I won't get any >>> of the thunking, beeping, quacking sounds that occur when you do something >>> to invoke a system sound, whether VO is turned on or not. 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