I get this as well on my 2012 Mac Book Pro. After verifying I have sound with the volume keys, I can press Command+f5 four times to revive VO.
On Feb 20, 2013, at 10:24 AM, Phil Halton <philh...@comcast.net> wrote: > upon waking from sleep mode, often VO will not speak. I have to mess around > with the volume keys to get some system sounds going, then turn VO off and > back on a few times before it will finally come up talking. It takes about > two or three minutes to do all this and get VO talking again. > > it doesn't happen consistently, but more often than not, VO will go silent > after sleep mode, or a prolonged period of computer inactivity. > > Actually, it seems to be tied into system sounds, since I won't get any of > the thunking, beeping, quacking sounds that occur when you do something to > invoke a system sound, whether VO is turned on or not. So, maybe it's not a > VO problem but a system problem? > > Any ideas suggestions or advice are welcome - it's getting a little annoying. > > > -- > 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?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.