Hi TF, Mine is set to System default! What is yours set to? Thanks, Russell On 2013-06-18, at 1:39 PM, Tuscia-Falconer <falconer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > C E184BB8C@xxxxxxxxx> <0474E467-9D27-4566-9C27-F797C4EF39BD@xxxxxxxxx> > <C7CC2901-F977-4754-9EB8-7298DE21C7CF@xxxxxxxxx> > <B39A24B6-5C35-4DA8-B774-0E413B9FEF8D@xxxxxxxxx> > <BAECB72A-39E7-49F4-9BDD-E7ED7A1693B9@xxxxxxxxx> > <2C723E96-4625-47E3-9BC1-8FB0F5A7FE09@xxxxxxxxx> > <95C8F167-CB03-4352-A1A4-16DFCB22DFC4@xxxxxxxxx> > To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1508) > > In VO utility under sound I have two output options, 'system default and > 'built-in output'. > What are you set to ? > > TF > > On 19/06/2013, at 7:24 AM, Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Ricardo, > > Well, a bit of good news, and, a bit of bad. The good news is that VO is now > coming up speaking at the login screen! It's been so long since this worked, > and, it's so nice to have it back. > > The bad news is that I can still not get speech in the recovery partition or > the SD bootable disk unless I use headphones! I tried your suggestion, but, > the speech will not come on with the headphones unplugged. Having said this > though, it's still good news, because now at least I know I can get speech > and re-install my OS independently… would be nice to know what's going on > with the external speaker at the recovery or bootable disk level though. > Will need to research… may have to take my iMac in for repairs! > > Thanks again for all your help. > > Russell > On 2013-06-18, at 12:34 PM, Ricardo Walker <rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi Russel, >> >> I'm happy that IMAP is working out well for you. Having things saved to the >> cloud makes certain tasks so much easier. If not easier then, a little more >> worry free. :). I have one more suggestion. With your headphones on, when >> in the recovery partition or, booting to a thumb drive /SD card, press VO >> command left or right arrow until you get to volume. Now, unplug your >> headphones, and press VO command up arrow and see if that raises the volume >> on your iMacs speakers. At least, I seem to remember you using an iMac? >> >> Any who, haha, that should raise the volume on your built in speakers. >> >> hth >> >> Ricardo Walker >> ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Twitter:@apple2thecore >> www.appletothecore.info >> >> On Jun 18, 2013, at 12:57 PM, Russell Solowoniuk <rsolowoniuk@xxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >>> Hey Ricardo! Once again you've solved my problem! When you mentioned >>> wearing headphones in your previous email, I thought I'd give it a try with >>> headphones! I was pretty skeptical that this would make a difference, so, >>> imagine my surprise when I booted to my SD card, pressed command f5 and >>> heard the sweet sound of VO!! I am assuming I have some sort of hardware >>> issue going on with my iMac. I haven't yet tested it out, but, I'm sure >>> that this is the same issue I am having with not having VO come on at the >>> login screen. I am going to try it without headphones, and, if I get no >>> speech at login, I'll try it with headphones. >>> >>> And, just one other thing to thank you for Ricardo… the last time I was >>> re-installing my OS, you had suggested using IMAP so that I wouldn't have >>> to backup email messages. I recently moved to GMail using IMAP, and, it's >>> a beautiful thing! After clean installing Mountain Lion this morning, I >>> set up my GMail account, and, magically, there were all my messages, nicely >>> sorted in the folders I had previously created! Sweet, sweet, sweet! >>> >>> My iMac is now running like a new machine! It's a happy day! :) >>> >>> 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 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX Mountain Lion and 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? 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