[macvoiceover] Re: Problem with voiceover stopping suddenly

  • From: Keith Reedy <keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 21:59:36 -0400

We have had problems with the headphone jacks from time to time, it may be 
something to think about.
Keith Reedy
keithreedy@xxxxxxxxxxxx



On May 12, 2013, at 8:08 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Actually, I had my friend put on earphones and it talked. I had her turn the 
> volume all the way up and pull out the headphones but there was still no 
> sound. So i had her do it again - turn volume up with earphones and then 
> without earphones - and then volume came back all the way up. So this appears 
> to be a volume problem instead of a voiceover problem. I've seen this before 
> with the iPhone but hadn't seen it with the Mac. Anyway, using earphones to 
> bring volume back up is a temporary fix but we don't know why the volume is 
> going down in the first place. We'll have to see if it does it again now that 
> the volume is back up.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Cheryl
> 
> May the words of my mouth
> and the meditation of my heart
> be acceptable to You, Lord,
> my rock and my Redeemer.
> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
> 
> 
> 
> On May 12, 2013, at 6:22 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all.
>> 
>> My friend to whom I gave my 2011 macbook Pro with Mountain Lion is having a 
>> problem. She will be working on something - usually safari but it was abby 
>> finereader last time - and voiceover suddenly stops. When she reboots, the 
>> screen says voiceover enabled but there's no voiceover. Cmd-f5 does nothing; 
>> neither does cmd-ctrl-option-f5. It doesn't even say "voiceover muted" or 
>> anything like that. Sometimes rebooting brings it back but sometimes not. I 
>> suppose there's a possibility her whole computer is muting but toggling mute 
>> doesn't do anything either. I already tried having her turn her voiceover 
>> volume up. Any ideas?
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Cheryl
>> 
>> May the words of my mouth
>> and the meditation of my heart
>> be acceptable to You, Lord,
>> my rock and my Redeemer.
>> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 

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