The "speech on and off" feature is useful if you for example use a refreshable Braille display and want to read quietly in Braille without Voiceover getting in the way. Also, I sometimes listen to a stream in Safari or itunes and read in Braille using refreshable Braille so I don't want voiceover saying anything. In order to use refreshable Braille display you need to have Voiceover running. That's why you can mute the speech without losing all the functionality of Voiceover. > On 22 Jul 2015, at 13:52, Eileen Scrivani <etscriv...@verizon.net> wrote: > > > This is interesting!! Can someone please explain to me what the difference > is between VoiceOver being on and Speach On/off? I get this a lot on my I > Phone 6, but I haven’t encountered it on the Mac Book Pro. > > And, can any one explain to me why when Voice Over is On you’d have to unmute > it? It just doesn’t make sense to me. I always thought that once Voice Over > is on its there to be used with an option to stop/pause it from reading or > speaking, but I never realized it could be muted. . > > Sorry if these are super basic questions, but I’m new to the Mac and not > getting used to it. > > Thanks for any clarifications. > > Eileen > > > From: Matthew Dierckens <mailto:matt.dierck...@me.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2015 7:52 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: VoiceOver On, Speech Off, on a MacBook Pro > > Good morning Christine, > Once voiceover is on, if you do a three finger double tap on your trackpad, > you should hear the phrase, "voiceover and muted." good luck. > > Matt Dierckens > Certified Assistive technology specialist > Macintosh trainer > Canadian phone: 5199629140 > U.S. Phone: 5734011018 > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 22, 2015, at 06:33, Kristeen Hughes <khwi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Good morning, all. > > > > I have a MacBook Pro that I booted up this morning. It didn’t speak the > > usual “voiceover is running” greetings, so I did a command f 5 to turn > > voiceover on. I was told that VO was on, but speech was off. Is there an > > easy way to get speech back on? I’m not sure how it got turned off in the > > first place, but, since it says nothing once it tells me that speech is > > off, the machine is not usable at this point. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Kristeen > > > > -- > > 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 > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>.
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