I think it's a bug in lion. I have noticed that although it will eventaully start up if you don't touch the system. Take care. On May 20, 2012, at 4:19 PM, Brian and Denise Albriton <autoharp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I was wondering the same thing myself. I have to nudge it with command tab. > Brian > > > On Sun, 20 May 2012, Daniel McGee wrote: > >> Hi all, quick question. Since buying a Mac running Lion at the end of last >> year I haven't really had VO announce the login screen automatically. That's >> to say the default greeting it should announce. I have the setting checked >> that's called "Use Voiceover on the login window". and the only way that I >> know that vo comes up talking is doing a command tab then that's how I know >> VO is up and running. Its not a big deal but I just wondered for those who >> used snow leopard, did VO announced itself without the user having to touch >> anything? >> curiosity! Grin! Wondered if it was a VO bug in Lion and doing the Mac Lion >> updates, 7.2, 3 and 4. Has not done anything different. At least my end here >> in the UK. >> >> Thanks >> >> Daniel ************ >> >> >> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >> >> >> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to >> their list subscription is: >> >> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >> >> The list archive is located at >> >> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >> >> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >> >> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx