[macvoiceover] Re: Voiceover going silent

  • From: Nicole Hutchins <nkhutch86@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 10:34:30 -0400

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.
> 
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> 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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