[macvoiceover] Re: Date/Time keystroke causes VO to quit
- From: Keith Reedy <keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:20:25 -0500
Good catch Ricardo!
Keith Reedy
On Nov 16, 2009, at 11:18 PM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:
> That could be. I know that before I checked that option, VO might be reading
> an email message and a different voice was trying to read the date/time...
> it's like you said, it was almost like there were two instances of VO running
> at the same time. All is well now though! <smile>
>
> Russell
> On 2009-11-16, at 7:52 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>
>> No problem,
>>
>> I think I've might have figured out this little VO mystery. I think when
>> that apple scripts option is unchecked some how, some way, it's like the mac
>> tries to load Alex, or voiceover twice. I think this is more than a mac can
>> handle. The reason I think this is because when the apple scripts option
>> is unchecked and you press option T for example, you will hear Alex "in
>> Keith's case isn't even the default voice) speak. You will also hear alex
>> using the default pitch, and speaking rate. This leads me to believe that
>> our Mac's might be tapping some major resources when allow apple scripts is
>> unchecked..
>> On Nov 16, 2009, at 9:38 PM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Ricardo! That did it!! I tried pressing Option U to get the number of
>>> unread messages and after getting the info VO crashed. I checked the
>>> "Allow VO to be controlled by Apple Scripts" as you suggested, and not only
>>> does VO no longer crash, but the information read when pressing these
>>> keystrokes isn't sluggish like it was before this!
>>>
>>> Thanks so much!!
>>>
>>> Russell
>>> On 2009-11-16, at 4:31 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> You know I was having this exact same problem when i first installed snow
>>>> leopard. I noticed that the problem seem to have stopped when I checked
>>>> the option marked "allow voiceover to be controlled by apple scripts"
>>>> which is found under general in vo settings. I'm not saying this is why
>>>> the problem stopped but, it might be something to look into.
>>>>
>>>> hth
>>>> On Nov 16, 2009, at 6:12 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> glad it has at least improved. keep us posted and drop a note to
>>>>> accessibility for they may have a better fix.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Nov 16, 2009, at 5:47 PM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey David!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, that does seem to have made it work a bit better. VO doesn't crash
>>>>> every time I press that keystroke now, but it still does once in a while.
>>>>> Thanks David!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Russell
>>>>> On 2009-11-16, at 3:20 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> as soon as you ad a keystroke and press t it will be offered.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Nov 16, 2009, at 4:10 PM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, it does, at least most of the time, but it's quick to get it back,
>>>>>> so it's not a big deal. I'm afraid if I delete the keystroke I won't
>>>>>> know where to find the script to re-enable it again. Any idea where
>>>>>> that script resides?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Russell
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2009-11-16, at 1:50 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> yes, but does it crash again?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Nov 16, 2009, at 3:44 PM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks David! John's method gets speech right back, so I'll do it that
>>>>>>> way for now, but will keep your suggestion handy, as always! <smile>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Russell
>>>>>>> On 2009-11-16, at 12:55 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> delete the keystroke and re add it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Nov 16, 2009, at 1:52 PM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I recently turned on keyboard commander, and am encountering a
>>>>>>>> problem. Whenever I use the keystroke, VO T to read the current date
>>>>>>>> and time, VO quits. The only way I found to get it back is to press
>>>>>>>> command F5 repeatedly until, after about 5 or 6 presses, VO comes
>>>>>>>> back. Has anyone else had this problem? Is there a solution, other
>>>>>>>> than not using the keystroke? <smile>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks all,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Russell>
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