Thanks for this tip. What happened is I went back and hit the power button again and then heard sounds and speech came on. I have no idea what or why this happened. Barbara -----Original Message----- From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Hilbert Poehlman Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 9:17 AM To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: No speech it is possible that your preferences have gone to defaults. try fn-command-f5 if on a notebook. On Jan 25, 2012, at 9:03 AM, barbara jones wrote: When I turned on my Mac Book Pro this morning after charging it yesterday. I have not used it in two weeks but not had this problem before during a down time. If you have any ideas, I would appreciate them. I have tried command F5 with no result. Thanks Barbara ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Jonnie Appleseed With His Hands-On Technolog(eye)s Touching The Internet Reducing Technology's disabilities One Byte At A Tie ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx