Good evening Stephanie. This answer assumes that voiceover is still on but for some reason the speech is muting. Before trying this please first try pressing command-f5 to turn voiceover off and then press command-f5 to turn it back on.If that doesn't work then do the following. Try the following. 1. Press Control-Option-F8 (function key 8) which will bring up the voiceover utility. 2. Press the letter s for speech. 3. Press the tab key two times to bring focus to the check box for muting speech. 4. press the spacebar and speech should return. 5. Press command-w to close the window. On Dec 25, 2009, at 8:02 PM, Stephanie Mitchell wrote: > Hi all. > I got a macbook pro for Christmas. > When I turn on the machine, I get the following "voiceover is running" > followed immediately by "speech off". > Any ideas how to get my speech back? > Thknks. > Steph >> >> 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 >