[macvoiceover] Re: Urgent help needed - getting VO to speak when booting from USB flash drive?

  • From: John Panarese <jpanarese@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:55:17 -0400

    I know a simple question, but did you do a command-F5 to start VoiceOver?


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On Jun 17, 2013, at 4:13 PM, Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
> 
> Okay, I backed up all my files, and am now ready to do a clean install of 
> Mountain Lion.  I am using a 16 GB SD card.  I downloaded Lion Disk Maker, 
> and created a bootable SD card.  I then inseted this card into my computer 
> with an SD card reader, went to System Preferences and chose this SD card as 
> the startup drive, and then restarted the computer.
> 
> My problem is that I am not able to get VO to start off of this SD card!  I 
> know that I have booted to it because I called a friend on FaceTime on my 
> iPhone and had her look at the screen.  I have the options to install ML, go 
> to Utilities, etc., but I can't get VO to come on.
> 
> Does anyone know if using Lion Disk Maker to create a bootable SD card 
> actually includes files to allow for VO use?  Or, should I create the 
> bootable SD card using the Mac's own Disk Utilities?
> 
> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Russell>
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