[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 17:38:05 -0600
Yes, it sure was! I even tried resetting the NVRAM, but that didn't help[
either. I have a guy at Apple checking into this and he is going to ask around
and do some testing and get back to me.
Thanks,
Russell
On 2013-06-18, at 5:12 PM, Keith Reedy <keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, it was worth a shot, grin.
> Keith Reedy
> keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> 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
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> 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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