I had to do that. Increasing helps but the iCal issue and the voice cropped up after that. Mel On Apr 13, 2012, at 11:19 PM, Tuscia-Falconer wrote: > Could this be caused by not enough RAM ? > Now that I am on Lion with several nuance voices running and at least six > Applications open, I am now seriously considering increasing my RAM from the > current 2Gb. > > TF > > On 14/04/2012, at 1:42 PM, Ian Edwards wrote: > > I've let Apple support know about this, in fact spent many hours on the phone > with one of their accessibility specialists, and nobody he talked to about it > had ever heard of the issue that needed the quadruple command F5 treatment. > Perhaps if everyone who has the problem let them know it would become a known > issue. > > Marcie, any chance you're using a MacBook Air with Lion? > > Ian > > On 2012-04-13, at 6:10 PM, Marcy Weinberg wrote: > >> This information is correct, as in, the 4 times toggle works for me. >> >> Once you press the command button, you need only to hold it down while you >> press the f5 button 4 times. >> >> HTH >> >> Marcy >> >> On Apr 13, 2012, at 5:06 PM, Ian Edwards wrote: >> >> One thing that comes up occasionally is a bug that cause VoiceOver to stop >> speaking even when it is running. If you haven't tried it, try toggling >> VoiceOver on and off 4 times. Do a command F5 4 times that is, and your >> voice may come back. >> >> Ian >> >> On 2012-04-13, at 2:46 PM, Mary Scott wrote: >> >>> Hi all, Sometimes my computer does not talk when it has been sleeping for a >>> while. I have to close all the windows and then close it and open it >>> again. This usually works but it is annoying. I have a hunch it has >>> something to do with iCal and announcing events. I think it gets stuck if >>> it doesn't get to announce an event. Any ideas how to remedy this problem? >>> Mel> >>>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>>> >>>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >>>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>>> >> >>> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >> >> -- >> Marcy >> Hope you're having a nice day! >> >>> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >