Hi, do you use something other than the usual system sound when you use your Mac normally? If so, that device may not properly activate when booting from an external source. Is it possible that your volume is simply too low to be heard when VO turns on? When you startup from the USB source, wait the appropriate amount of time, anywhere from one to 3 minutes depending on the sped of your Mac and the speed of the external media connection. If you've waited that time, press cmd-f5 and wait again for about 10 seconds. Sometimes, VO takes a bit to pipe up if things are going on in the background. If you still don't hear any VO speech, try pressing VO-cmd-left arrow three times then press VO-cmd-up arrow which should turn up the volume. VO is a part of the Mac base system, so, it should be available to you during all aspects of the installation. I've used VO in this manner booting from a USB stick, an external HD and even from a network installer without issues. Another option to ensure that your volume is at a normal level is to reset your PRAM. To do this, restart your Mac, then as the Startup Chime is sounding, hold down your command, Option, p and r keys all at the same time. Continue holding this key combination down, your Mac will make the Startup Chime noise again. Allow it to make three extra Startup Chime noises, then release. Let your Mac start up then restart it again with your bootable USB device and see if VO can be heard.
Later... will Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 4, 2014, at 11:43 AM, The Believer <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: > Tim, > I tried again. Plugged the bootbale USB drive in, restarted, got the the > startup manager, no speech. Conmad F5 did nothing. The bootable drive was not > listed anyway so I aborted. Verified that the Mavericks installer was still > on that drive. > > I need to get that speech before I proceed. Any ideas? Thanks. > > From The Believer. . . > . . . what if it were true? > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > > On 10/4/2014 7:31 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Yes, once VO is on at the Language Chooser window, it is on and accessible >> all the way through the installation. There are a few occasions where you >> may need to use the Window Chooser (VO-f2-f2), but all options are fully >> accessible with VO. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Oct 3, 2014, at 1:34 PM, The Believer <ancient.ali...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >>> I am not getting the information I need to do this right. When I did the >>> upgrade the first time, I did not erase the drive as I thought I would, >>> probably because I missed getting Voiceover at each step. >>> >>> So what I need is, will Voiceover speak all the way, will I need to turn >>> it on at certain steps etc? >>> >>> From The Believer. . . >>> . . . what if it were true? >>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com >>> >>> On 10/2/2014 7:35 PM, The Believer wrote: >>>> After 3 days or so of running Mavericks, I still have issues after >>>> login. So I may reinstall and this time wipe the hard drive. >>>> >>>> I created the bootable USB drive so that is fine. What I need now is >>>> an outline of the process once the Mac boots from the USB drive. I had >>>> trouble getting Voiceover to speak at each step so I would like to do >>>> this right. Thanks. >>>> >>>> From The Believer. . . >>>> . . . what if it were true? >>>> ancient.ali...@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.
