[macvoiceover] Re: help! voiceover is on, but speech is muted

  • From: James Clark <james.clark131@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 14:04:01 -0400

does he use an app called audio hijack or soundflower? Both can mute
speech. Go to sistem prefferences and click on sound. then click on
sound output. Make sure his headphones or speakers are checked. thats
prob all it is. Make sure you unchecked the box that says about mting
speach. Hope that helps.

On 5/23/11, Caitlyn Furness <lavendar@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I hope somebody here can help with this problem.
>
> I am trying to get my husband, Mark's mac to talk again.   Voiceover is
> running, but I think the speech is muted.  I attached my braille sense to it
> so I could tell what was going on, and it looks like the check box in the
> voice over utility to mute speech is *not* checked, yet it's still
> stubbornly silent, except that when I turn it off, then back on again, it
> says voiceover on, speech off.  Unfortunately, it's a stupid holiday here in
> Canada, so I can't call apple.
>
> Is there a shortcut key to mute speech that I am not aware of? Anybody got a
> way to fix this?
>
> Mega thanks!
>
> Caitlyn
> ps-Mark says he didn't hit any keys to make the computer mute and was just
> trying to quit safari when it happened.
>
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