jackmac111
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Q: Speech no longer works after switching voices.

After switching to a voice in Prefrences > Speech, Text to Speech no longer works, and Preferences crashes when I click on the Speech Section, so I obviosly cannot just change it back. I have tried rebooting and a few other things, all to no avail. Please help. (Snow Leopard 10.6.8, iMac 5,1 @ 2.0 GHz)

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Feb 23, 2014 4:57 PM

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Q: Speech no longer works after switching voices.

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  • by Eric Root,Helpful

    Eric Root Eric Root Feb 24, 2014 9:38 AM in response to jackmac111
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    Feb 24, 2014 9:38 AM in response to jackmac111

    User folder/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist. Move the .plist to your desktop.

     

     

    Log out/in and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.

     

    If the same, return the .plist to where you got it  from, overwriting the newer ones.


     


  • by jackmac111,Helpful

    jackmac111 jackmac111 Feb 25, 2014 2:13 PM in response to Eric Root
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    Feb 25, 2014 2:13 PM in response to Eric Root

    It didn't make a difference. I moved it back but there were not files to overwrite.

  • by CMCSK,

    CMCSK CMCSK Feb 25, 2014 2:23 PM in response to jackmac111
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    Feb 25, 2014 2:23 PM in response to jackmac111

    Again do what Eric previously posted.  Only this time do the following...

     

    Disconnect all peripherals from your computer.

     

    Boot from your install disc & run Repair Disk from the utility menu. To use the Install Mac OS X disc, insert the disc, and restart your computer while holding down the C key as it starts up.

    Select your language.

    Once on the desktop, select Utility in the menu bar.

    Select Disk Utility.

     

    Select the disk or volume in the list of disks and volumes, and then click First Aid.

    Click Repair Disk.

    Restart your computer when done.

     

    Repair permissions after you reach the desktop-http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2963 and restart your computer.  If System Preferences works, trash the plist file and empty.  A new plist file will be recreated when you use System Preferences again.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  • by jackmac111,

    jackmac111 jackmac111 Mar 17, 2014 1:16 PM in response to CMCSK
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    Mar 17, 2014 1:16 PM in response to CMCSK

    I don't have an install disk but you did give me an idea. I deleted all .plists related to speech and also the settings .plist and rebooted. All works fine now.