Also try pressing a command tab or VO d and see if you can get to the finder or the doc respectively. It could simply be an application opening that obscures VO. On May 7, 2014, at 2:51 PM, Doug Leavens <df.leavens@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Every second or third time I boot up, I hear voiceover say “application”. > At that point nothing’s in the boiceover cursor. > > My only recourse seems to be to hold the power button ’til it clicks off. > When I reboot, all’s well. > > I suspect the problem is that some damn notification has come up, & I don’t > know how to deal with it. > > System preferences doesn’t seem to have a way to turn this off. > > What can I do about this annoyance? > > Thanksin advance.************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx