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Did you try pressing command F5 four times? That's what I had to do to
get Voice Over to work again.
On 8/1/2014 2:31 PM, Harry Brown wrote:
> Hi all,
> Harry here, and I’m using a Mac Mini, running OS10.9 Maverics.
> Well, while I love the responsiveness of the Mac, windows cannot touch the quick responsiveness of a Mac), voice over is no better on the Mac is, as far as locking up and freezing up.
> I was just getting some email caught up, and I was reading through a message, and voice over locked up, no speech, no matter what I did.
> I did all the things Mac folks recommend to do.
> I press command f5, and voice over would not speak.
> So then, I pressed control option s and it would not speak at all.
> So, I had to do something that I thought I’d never have to do on a Mac, and that is, do a hard shut down, by pressing in the power button, and the computer shut off.
> So, folks, it’s not better than windows for locking up and freezing up, and you get no speech.
> Everything else is much more responsive than windows is, however!
> Harry
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