Hey Ricardo, Well, I'm glad to hear that this isn't normal. I may see if I can do a clean install, and hopefully some of this will go a way. Do you happen to know how one can do a second install? I didn't make a DVD, so the executable install app is now gone. Thanks, Donna
On Jul 21, 2011, at 9:12 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > OMG Donna! What a horror show. > > It sounds like you might want to do a clean install of Lion. This isn't > normal behavior at all. > > The only one of your experiences I've shared is the butchering of iTunes. I > think this is more do to the new iTunes than Lion though. > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com > Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 > www.mobileaccess.org > > On Jul 21, 2011, at 9:02 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> Hi Ricardo, >> >> I'm finding VO to be *very sluggish. It seems like its speaking items a >> good half second after I initiate an action. >> >> I also don't seem to be able to close apps any more. When I think I've >> closed an app, if I try and open it later, VO says "App x is running in the >> background." I presume one has to close apps from the launchpad now or >> something, but that seems much more cumbersome than just being able to press >> Cmd-Q. >> >> iTunes is *ungodly slow, honestly, it's as bad as being on a Windows >> machine. And you don't seem to be able to scroll down through your list of >> songs any more, though this may be part of the speed issue. >> >> Lastly, VO doesn't seem to track very well. For example, when I open an >> app, I'm taken to the desktop, and have to perform a Cmd-tab to actually get >> myself into the app. >> >> Lastly, I installed Samantha, but gave up on her. I'm now back with >> Victoria. Samantha was not indicating sentence endings at all. If there >> was a period, she just went right on reading with no pause or inflection, as >> though the period wasn't even there. >> As I've said, I was gone most of last night, so haven't had a ton of time to >> sort through things yet. But those are some of the things I'm not liking at >> the moment. As I think Zack said, hopefully there will be an update that >> will address some of these things. >> Best, >> Donna >> >> On Jul 21, 2011, at 8:28 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >> >>> Ah. >>> >>> I've caught this thread in the middle. besides Mail, what bad experiences >>> are you having? >>> On Jul 21, 2011, at 7:52 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: >>> >>>> Well, that is why I said at this point. But so far, I haven't changed my >>>> mind. The features you mentioned are nice, but not sure they outweigh the >>>> disadvantages I've seen so far. Again, JMO. >>>> Donna >>>> >>>> On Jul 21, 2011, at 12:22 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Donna, >>>>> >>>>> What about activities? I think the ability to create a voiceover profile >>>>> for individual apps is a really good feature. And being able to navigate >>>>> the web with 1 letter navigation when using quick nav. So instead of >>>>> pressing VO command H to go to the next heading for example, you can just >>>>> press the letter H. >>>>> On Jul 20, 2011, at 9:51 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Bryan, >>>>>> >>>>>> At this point, the only reason I see for upgrading is the voices in >>>>>> other languages. Just my opinion, of course. >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Donna >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jul 20, 2011, at 6:40 PM, Brian Miller wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I haven't seen anyone say one way or the other whether or not one ought >>>>>>> to >>>>>>> download and install Lion... Can we be certain it is the best thing for >>>>>>> those of us who use Voice Over? What are the changes? 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