[macvoiceover] Re: Urgent help needed - getting VO to speak when booting from USB flash drive?
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Checking whether I get a whole bunch of email addresses with this reply as I
did replying to Russel's post.
TF
On 19/06/2013, at 7:59 AM, Keith Reedy <keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Russell,
Its kind of strange, it will say 100, but, the volume will still increase.
Keith Reedy
keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
On Jun 18, 2013, at 3:25 PM, Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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>>> Director
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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
>>>>>>>>> Tel, (631) 724-4479
>>>>>>>>> Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX Mountain Lion and
>>>>>>>>> LION
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> 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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