Sure it is. You need only wait a minute or so after pressing command+r and then launch Voice Over using command+F5. This version will only use Fred and it's good enough for runtime work such as you need the recovery partition for.
Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind built-in! Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! On Mar 4, 2014, at 12:29 PM, Jessica <jldai...@gmail.com> wrote: > is recovery mode accessible with voiceover? I remember having to use it for > something awhile ago. I couldn't use it though because voiceover never came > on. > safe mode is not accessible with voiceover. I had to use it recently. I can't > remember why. I do recommend writing to apple accessibility to tell them > about these potentially useful modes that currently do not work with > voiceover so it can be changed. > Thanks, > > Jessica > jldai...@gmail.com > > > > On Mar 4, 2014, at 1:57 AM, Terje Strømberg <terjestrmb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This is not always correct. I did a clean install with a bootable disk start >> up disk did not see and it i.e. Macericks works quite well. When using >> command + r OSX did see the bootable disk anyway and it worked. >> >> Take care >> >> 3. mars 2014 kl. 20:56 skrev Apple Boy <christopher...@gmail.com>: >> >> Still no excuse. You can choose the thumb drive from Startup Disk in System >> Preferences. You should see something like, "Os X 10.9.2 installer" in the >> startup disk group of radio buttons. If you don't then either it's the >> incorrect thumb drive, no thumb drive inserted or other problems. >> On 3 Mar 2014, at 17:35, Teresa Cochran <batsfly...@me.com> wrote: >> >>> The install is accessible, but choosing the thumb drive isn't, unless you >>> guess and count. I had to get about one minute of sighted help to choose >>> the thumb drive, but the installation works fine once you load VO. >>> >>> Teresa >>> >>> "Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough."--Richard P. >>> Feynman >>> >>> On Mar 3, 2014, at 12:16 AM, Apple boy <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> What? Why can't you do it all from within the USB installer? If you're >>>> going to use the recovery partition you might as well install from that >>>> partition. Just my thoughts. >>>> >>>> Regards Chris >>>> >>>> On 02/03/2014 23:02, Phil Halton wrote: >>>>> so, then you would press and hold command R at boot up and then turn on >>>>> VO inside the recovery partition. next, use disk utility and erase the >>>>> Mac HD, and finally what, exit and reboot into the USB installer? What >>>>> would the steps be exactly after having created the USB installer using >>>>> the recovery partition instead of the boot screen manager? >>>>> >>>>> On Mar 2, 2014, at 1:23 PM, Teresa Cochran <batsfly...@me.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> The only thing to keep in mind with this method is that the boot screen >>>>>> is not accessible with Voiceover as far as I'm aware. using a recovery >>>>>> drive is, though. >>>>>> >>>>>> Teresa >>>>>> >>>>>> "Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough."--Richard P. >>>>>> Feynman >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mar 2, 2014, at 10:05 AM, Sarai Bucciarelli >>>>>> <sarai.bucciare...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.guidingtech.com/25166/clean-install-os-x-mavericks-mac/ >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>>> an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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