For what it’s worth, I experience this occasionally as well. It always occurs after I wake the computer from sleep, and I find that VoiceOver is running, but muted. I am not sure what causes this problem but it is especially difficult to work around. To help, I’ve assigned the “mute VoiceOver” command to a hotkey using the VoiceOver keyboard commander preferences. At least this gives another option if the trackpad gesture doesn’t work. It will not work if you are at the lock screen in the password field, and the command to toggle VoiceOver won’t work on the lock screen at all. Hearing the error tone when you press COMMAND-F5 actually gives you one of the few indications that are available at this point, which is that you are likely in the lock screen meaning you need to get passed it before trying too much else. Once you are passed the lock screen, using the commands to toggle VoiceOver and toggle mute are sometimes effective, but not always. Sometimes if there are no apps that need your attention, you can at least cleanly reboot the system by, say, pressing the POWER button for a few seconds to bring up the shut down dialog, then pressing r for restart.
I am not sure why this occurs, and it may be that it only occurs on some Macs but not others. Would love to hear from others on this. Grant > On Saturday June 18, 2016, at 4:51:25 PM, Helga Schreiber > <helga.schreibe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi All!!How are you again? I just want to give you an update on my issue. I > did manage to fix it!!! I did it this way guys! I ask my mom to turn off my > computer since I press the power button,and she did it with the mouse. So > when I turn on my computer I was able to type my user name and password and > then I double tap on the go button. then Voiceover said Welcome to OS10, and > after that VO said speech off,and I tried for half and hour or perhaps more, > before even my mom turn off my computer to turn on speech on by doing a > triple finger double tap on my trackpad,and I could not find the right place > to make it work on the trackpad and I knew I was doing correctly the > gesture! However, I went to a corner or somewhere in the trackpad and I tried > to perform again the three fingers double tap and it finally work! Thanks > so much guys for give ing me some suggestions! I look forward in hearing from > yu soon. Thanks and God bless! > > Helga Schreiber > > Member of National Federation of the Blind and Florida Association of Blind > Students. > Member of the International Networkers Team (INT). > Independent Entrepreneur of the Company 4Life Research. > Phone: (561) 706-5950 > Email: helga.schreibe...@gmail.com <mailto:helga.schreibe...@gmail.com> > Skype: helga.schreiber26 > 4Life Website: http://helgaschreiber.my4life.com/1/default.as > <http://helgaschreiber.my4life.com/1/default.aspx>px > INT Website: http://int4life.com/ <http://int4life.com/> > > "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever > believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 > Sent from my iPhone 6S running IOS 9.3.2 > > On Jun 18, 2016, at 6:26 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com > <mailto:kilbu...@me.com>> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> For the three-finger double-tap, you may need to make sure that the Trackpad >> Commander is on. Hold down the VO keys, then do a two-finger twist to the >> right, sort of like turning up a volume knob. After ensuring that the >> Trackpad Commander is on, try the three-finger double-tap, then turn up the >> volume by pressing F12 a number of times. You may need to also try these >> steps another time if VoiceOver has somehow been turned off during all your >> attempts. So, try the instructions once, then if nothing improves, press >> cmd-f5 and try them again. >> >> Later... >> >> >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Jun 18, 2016, at 16:18, Helga Schreiber <helga.schreibe...@gmail.com >> <mailto:helga.schreibe...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi all! how are you all? The subject line says it all! I wanted to use my >> mac computer, but I don't know what I press and my voiceover on my mac got >> muted,and I can't unmuted. I tried everything. I tried to press the function >> 11 key and I even shut down my computer and my Voiceover does not talk t >> all! And at home I'm the only one that has a Mac computer! I really don't >> know what I press guys! I wil really appreciate any help you guy scanoffer >> me regarding this matter!! I even treied the thre fingers double tap on my >> trackpad in ordr to bring my VoiceOver again, but it does not work! I look >> forward in hearing form you soon. Thanks and God bless! >> >> Helga Schreiber >> >> Member of National Federation of the Blind and Florida Association of Blind >> Students. >> Member of the International Networkers Team (INT). >> Independent Entrepreneur of the Company 4Life Research. >> Phone: (561) 706-5950 >> Email: helga.schreibe...@gmail.com <mailto:helga.schreibe...@gmail.com> >> Skype: helga.schreiber26 >> 4Life Website: http://helgaschreiber.my4life.com/1/default.as >> <http://helgaschreiber.my4life.com/1/default.aspx>px >> INT Website: http://int4life.com/ <http://int4life.com/> >> >> "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever >> believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." 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