Hi Tim, Gee!!! Why didn't I think of that solution? Thanks for posting this. I do know that I needed to use the FN key to access some of the VO speech output. I'm still learning so much after a year of owning my MacBook Air. It's amazing that there are so many solutions or just one if you think out of the box. I know with time that I'll add more items to my bag of tricks when I need to troubleshoot. For now, I'll leave it up to the awesome experts on the list. Thanks again for the keystroke.
Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Concerning the raising of the volume in Recovery mode, you can often press > VO-cmd-left three times then VO-cmd-up a few times and the volume will > increase. This is a normal VO command that can be used most of the time. > The VO-cmd-left/right moves you through the Rate, Voice, Intonation, Volume > and Pitch and the VO-cmd-up/down changes those levels on the fly. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > >> On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:48 PM, Eileen Misrahi <eileen.misr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I can really feel your frustrations. Fortunately, my MacBook Air was an easy >> fix at the Apple Store today. One thing I want to add, when booting up into >> recovery or other dianostic modes on the computer, voiceover can be access >> with the command-F5. The voice is not Alex, but some other boyish voice, but >> at least there is accessibility to the information. The volume is low and it >> can't be increased. Just letting you know about this pointer. HTH. Good luck >> and you may need to contact Apple Care. >> >> Best, >> Eileen >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Rachel Feinberg <walksi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Kristeen, >>> >>> I don't know if this is accessible, but in looking up keyboard shortcuts >>> for starting up a Mac if something's not working properly, you can try >>> holding down D at start up. It will start the apple hardware test, which >>> may tell you something about your drives if they are connected. >>> Rachel. >>>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Kristeen Hughes <khwi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Earlier today I noticed that my computer could not see my two external >>>> drives which were connected via USB. I decided a reboot was in order, >>>> since most of the time this fixes that type of an issue. There was no >>>> voice over when the computer restarted. I was unable to tell whether the >>>> computer booted all the way or not because of having no speech. I tried >>>> rebooting several more times, but the result was still the same.I >>>> disconnected all peripherals, and was able to boot into recovery mode. I >>>> went into disk utilities and repaired the disk. There seemed to be no >>>> problem with the disc. The computer will still not reboot. >>>> >>>> Is there anything else I can try in recovery mode? Is there any other way >>>> I can reboot the computer that will give me other diagnostic tools? Thank >>>> you for any help anyone can provide. >>>> >>>> Kristeen Hughes >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. > > -- > 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.
