[macvoiceover] Re: Date/Time keystroke causes VO to quit
- From: Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:18:12 -0700
That could be. I know that before I checked that option, VO might be reading
an email message and a different voice was trying to read the date/time... it's
like you said, it was almost like there were two instances of VO running at the
same time. All is well now though! <smile>
Russell
On 2009-11-16, at 7:52 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> No problem,
>
> I think I've might have figured out this little VO mystery. I think when
> that apple scripts option is unchecked some how, some way, it's like the mac
> tries to load Alex, or voiceover twice. I think this is more than a mac can
> handle. The reason I think this is because when the apple scripts option is
> unchecked and you press option T for example, you will hear Alex "in Keith's
> case isn't even the default voice) speak. You will also hear alex using the
> default pitch, and speaking rate. This leads me to believe that our Mac's
> might be tapping some major resources when allow apple scripts is unchecked..
> On Nov 16, 2009, at 9:38 PM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:
>
>> Hey Ricardo! That did it!! I tried pressing Option U to get the number of
>> unread messages and after getting the info VO crashed. I checked the "Allow
>> VO to be controlled by Apple Scripts" as you suggested, and not only does VO
>> no longer crash, but the information read when pressing these keystrokes
>> isn't sluggish like it was before this!
>>
>> Thanks so much!!
>>
>> Russell
>> On 2009-11-16, at 4:31 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> You know I was having this exact same problem when i first installed snow
>>> leopard. I noticed that the problem seem to have stopped when I checked
>>> the option marked "allow voiceover to be controlled by apple scripts" which
>>> is found under general in vo settings. I'm not saying this is why the
>>> problem stopped but, it might be something to look into.
>>>
>>> hth
>>> On Nov 16, 2009, at 6:12 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
>>>
>>>> glad it has at least improved. keep us posted and drop a note to
>>>> accessibility for they may have a better fix.
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 16, 2009, at 5:47 PM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hey David!!
>>>>
>>>> Well, that does seem to have made it work a bit better. VO doesn't crash
>>>> every time I press that keystroke now, but it still does once in a while.
>>>> Thanks David!!
>>>>
>>>> Russell
>>>> On 2009-11-16, at 3:20 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> as soon as you ad a keystroke and press t it will be offered.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Nov 16, 2009, at 4:10 PM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, it does, at least most of the time, but it's quick to get it back,
>>>>> so it's not a big deal. I'm afraid if I delete the keystroke I won't
>>>>> know where to find the script to re-enable it again. Any idea where that
>>>>> script resides?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Russell
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2009-11-16, at 1:50 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> yes, but does it crash again?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Nov 16, 2009, at 3:44 PM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks David! John's method gets speech right back, so I'll do it that
>>>>>> way for now, but will keep your suggestion handy, as always! <smile>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Russell
>>>>>> On 2009-11-16, at 12:55 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> delete the keystroke and re add it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Nov 16, 2009, at 1:52 PM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I recently turned on keyboard commander, and am encountering a problem.
>>>>>>> Whenever I use the keystroke, VO T to read the current date and time,
>>>>>>> VO quits. The only way I found to get it back is to press command F5
>>>>>>> repeatedly until, after about 5 or 6 presses, VO comes back. Has
>>>>>>> anyone else had this problem? Is there a solution, other than not
>>>>>>> using the keystroke? <smile>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Russell>
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