[macvoiceover] Re: Urgent help needed - getting VO to speak when booting from USB flash drive?
- From: John Panarese <jpanarese@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:57:01 -0400
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.
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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
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>>
>> 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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>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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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