Re: VO not speaking when I open the lid

2013-07-24 Thread Andy Collins
Sarah - done this now, and it seems to work so far, so thanks - Andy On 24 Jul 2013, at 18:35, Sarah k Alawami wrote: > Try this. > > 1. go to system prefs then user account controls, or maybe that's users and > groups now. > > 2. unlock your prefs by entering in your admin password by click

Re: VO not speaking when I open the lid

2013-07-24 Thread Andy Collins
Bryan - It's not every time, and until I had somebody look at the screen, didn't know if the Mac was still sleeping or had awakened. Anyway, apparently, it wakes ok when I open the lid, but sometimes VO is missing. I always turn off the Mac at night, so seem to be following your idea of giving i

Re: VO not speaking when I open the lid

2013-07-24 Thread Sarah k Alawami
Try this. 1. go to system prefs then user account controls, or maybe that's users and groups now. 2. unlock your prefs by entering in your admin password by clicking that check box that says click here to unlock. 3. now go back to the first table to the right of the tool bar and go all the w

Re: VO not speaking when I open the lid

2013-07-24 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Andy, Does this happen every time you close/open the lid, or is it random? I've experienced this behavior on every mac I've owned but only if I've neglected to fully restart the OS or power off/on the computer once every day or so. It has been my experience that repeatedly sleeping/waking th

Re: VO not speaking when I open the lid

2013-07-24 Thread Josh Gregory
No, it should. I assume you have a little bit of vision then to see that? I'm not really sure what could be causing it to be honest, but that's weird. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 24, 2013, at 6:42 AM, Andy Collins wrote: > Hi all - After closing the lid of my MacBook, when I come back later an

VO not speaking when I open the lid

2013-07-24 Thread Andy Collins
Hi all - After closing the lid of my MacBook, when I come back later and open it again, I am prompted onscreen for my password, but VO doesn't speak, and only comes back a minute or so later, and usually after I've pressed command f5 a few times. Anybody know why it doesn't wake up at the same t