[macvoiceover] Re: Voiceover going silent
- From: Nicole Hutchins <nkhutch86@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 20:46:18 -0400
I have not reported this to Apple, but I will now, thanks.
Nicole
Sent From My iPhone
On May 21, 2013, at 11:15 AM, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> A question for folks experiencing the problem of Voiceover goign silent and
> needing 4 hits of the hot key to restore it, have you reported this to Apple?
> When I spent many hours with support on it a couple of years ago, they had
> nothing in their database similar. If they don't know about it, they wont' do
> anything intentional to fix it. There might be an unintentional fix with an
> update, but no work on it.
>
> If you're having this problem, take a minut and let accessibility@xxxxxxxxx
> know. Include your machine and operating system, and any information about
> what was happening when the problem occurred. There might not be a common
> cause, but that tells them a lot too.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ian
>
> On 2013-05-21, at 8:34 AM, Nicole Hutchins <nkhutch86@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> This happens to me also. And I'm using a MacBook Pro. I too have found that
>> solving it is only done by pressing the command F5 key for times. Hopefully
>> this will be fixed soon in another update.
>>
>> Nicole
>> Sent From My iPhone
>>
>> On May 20, 2013, at 11:41 PM, David Chittenden <dchittenden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, it occasionally happens to me, but with no predictability.
>>>
>>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
>>> Email: dchittenden@xxxxxxxxx
>>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On 21/05/2013, at 12:39, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is a problem I've had before, and recently it's been happeing a lot.
>>>> I know others have mentioned it on the list, seems as if it may be
>>>> specific to the Macbook Air.
>>>>
>>>> When coming out of sleep mode, Voiceover goes silent. other audio
>>>> functions like music play, so it isn't the general sound system. In the
>>>> past I could replicate it by pulling my headphones out after the unit went
>>>> to sleep, and when I woke it up again no sound.
>>>>
>>>> It isn't that Voiceover is muted, I've had sighted assistance confirm
>>>> that, and that Voiceover is indeed on and controlling the computer.
>>>>
>>>> The only fix is to cycle Voiceover on and off with command F5, but you
>>>> have to hit the command 4 times. It hadn't happened in months, leading me
>>>> to think some update had mysteriouslly fixed it, but the last few days it
>>>> has happened most times I've brought the unity out of sleep, always when
>>>> the screen is open and the sleep time just kicks in.
>>>>
>>>> Any thoughts? Anyone else still having this problem?
>>>>
>>>> Ian
>>>>
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