[macvoiceover] Re: Urgent help needed - getting VO to speak when booting from USB flash drive?
- From: Keith Reedy <keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:12:40 -0400
Well, it was worth a shot, grin.
Keith Reedy
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On Jun 18, 2013, at 5:56 PM, Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Keith,
>
> Nope, no matter how many times I press VO command up arrow, the speech does
> not come on without the headphones plugged in. Does the Mac have something
> similar to the Windows BIOS? If so, perhaps my speakers are somehow muted
> there? Other than that, I can't figure this one out… if it's a hardware
> issue, wouldn't the problem exist everywhere, even when I'm booted to the
> OS? Very weird.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Russell
> On 2013-06-18, at 1:59 PM, 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
>>>>>
>>>>> John D. Panarese
>>>>> 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
>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>>> LION
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE
>>>>>>>>>>>
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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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