In fact, all one needs to do on the mac is slowly turn VO off and on a few times. Press command f5, wait a few seconds, press command f5, wait a few seconds, Etc, until VO starts talking again. When I first switched, I did the same thing of completely shutting down. Now, I am more patient, and it pays off.
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
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> On 2 Aug 2014, at 12:42, Claude Everett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Harry, nothing is perfect!
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>
> Regards,
> Claude Everett
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> Subject: [VICUG-L] well folks, the Mac locks up just like windows with no
> speech
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> 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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