[macvoiceover] Re: Voiceover going silent

  • From: Cindy Ray <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 21:24:30 -0500

I have had it happen once or twice with the Mac Mini. Not sure I have ever with 
the Air, but I don't have the Air updated to Mountain Lion because I was 
concerned about battery life.

CL

On May 20, 2013, at 7:39 PM, 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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