Well, for the time being I just put all the voices back to Alex and things seem to be smoother. I am just now playing with activities, so am not even sure I'll stick with the ones I now have set up. thanks, Cait
On Jul 22, 2014, at 11:59 AM, Brian Fischler <brianfisch...@me.com> wrote: > I have also noticed this as I have a lot of different voices for different > apps. What I have noticed when everything is working there is only a slight > delay when switching from say mail to safari, but for some reason every now > and then things slow to a halt almost making the computer unusable. When this > happens I restart my computer. Yes this is frustrating as I hate restarting > but it seems to get everything playing nice together again. > On Jul 22, 2014, at 10:58 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > >> The problem seems to be when using Nuance voices. Even if none of your >> activities change voices, just the act of using a Nuance voice appears to >> cause slowness. Try switching to Alex and see if that helps, though I >> realize that is not a solution. Please remember to email >> accessibil...@apple.com to let them know about the problem. >> On Jul 22, 2014, at 7:38 AM, isaac.heb...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> Yes I have experienced slowness when using different voices with different >>> apps. especially when switching to another app. >>> On Jul 22, 2014, at 6:33 AM, Caitlyn Furness <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> Is anybody else experiencing your mac seeming to get bogged down when you >>>> are using activities with voiceover? >>>> >>>> I just loaded a new set of vo preferences a few days ago and it's got >>>> several activities set up. It now seems to take forever to change >>>> windows, for example. It's driving me a little nuts. If I can't figure >>>> out how to speed things back up, I'll just revert back to my old settings, >>>> but thought I'd ask.. >>>> Thanks, >>>> Cait >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> 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/d/optout. >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex Hall >> mehg...@icloud.com >> >> >> -- >> 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/d/optout. > > > -- > 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/d/optout. -- 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/d/optout.