[macvoiceover] Re: Urgent help needed - getting VO to speak when booting from USB flash drive?
- From: Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:25:39 -0600
Hey Keith,
Maybe I'll go back to the recovery partition and try the VO command up arrows
again… maybe I didn't press it enough times!
Thanks,
Russell
On 2013-06-18, at 12:46 PM, Keith Reedy <keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think that the thing to remember when installing is that even though the
> volume says 100 percent keep raising the level until it gets to where you
> like it. It has always been this way, have no idea why.
> Keith Reedy
> keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On Jun 18, 2013, at 12:57 PM, John Panarese <jpanarese@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I have heard some situations where the volume is extremely low and requires
>> headphones. In other instances, it's reasonable. I have no idea why this
>> is the case.
>>
>>
>> Take Care
>>
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>> On Jun 18, 2013, at 10:12 AM, Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, I just spoke to someone at Apple Accessibility, and he also confirmed
>>> that he was able to get VO to come on in the recovery partition by pressing
>>> command F5. He did say that the sound wasn't controllable at that level,
>>> but, not sure he knew what he was talking about. He thought it very
>>> strange that I am having issues with VO not coming on at the login screen,
>>> as well as the recovery partition. He thinks that perhaps a reinstall will
>>> fix these issues. So, it looks like I'll need to get sighted help for this
>>> one. I may just try one more time with headphones on and see what happens.
>>>
>>> Thanks Ricardo!
>>>
>>> Russell
>>> On 2013-06-18, at 8:04 AM, Ricardo Walker <rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Yes. I was in the ML recovery partition a couple of days ago. VO turned
>>>> on with command F5, it was just really low. Honestly, if I wasn’t using
>>>> headphones at the time, I might have not notice Voiceover was on.
>>>>
>>>> Ricardo Walker
>>>> ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore
>>>> www.appletothecore.info
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 18, 2013, at 9:18 AM, Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Ricardo,
>>>>>
>>>>> I tried the Fn key with command F5, but no go. I now tried turning up
>>>>> the volume, but that didn't work either. Ricardo, have you had luck with
>>>>> getting VO to speak when booting from a thumb drive or SD card? The
>>>>> strange thing is, I can't even get VO to speak when booting to the ML
>>>>> recovery partition... is VO available at the ML recovery partition, as
>>>>> far as you know? Wow, one of the things I loved about my Mac over a
>>>>> Windows machine was the ability to re-install the OS independently, but,
>>>>> it seems that functionality may not be available anymore!
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Ricardo!
>>>>>
>>>>> Russell
>>>>> On 2013-06-18, at 5:46 AM, Ricardo Walker <rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The volume could be turned down very low as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ricardo Walker
>>>>>> ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> Twitter:@apple2thecore
>>>>>> www.appletothecore.info
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Jun 17, 2013, at 11:28 PM, Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hey John,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Oh, yes. I tried Command F5 many, many times! :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for checking though!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Russell
>>>>>>> On 2013-06-17, at 3:55 PM, John Panarese <jpanarese@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I know a simple question, but did you do a command-F5 to start
>>>>>>>> VoiceOver?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Take Care
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>>>>>> Director
>>>>>>>> Mac for the Blind
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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!
>>>>>>>>>
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