HT1338 text-to-speech function on 10.8.2 hotkeys rarely work for me

I love the text-to-speech function with the clearer voices. BUT... it's inconsistent!
Sometimes the hotkeys work, sometimes they don't. And the dysfunction seems to be increasing in frequency and duration.
I have tried setting all different combinations of hotkey combos to make it work.
I gave uninstalled doublecommand just in case = no change.
I have a MacBook Air with OS X 10.8.2
* A weird detail: If I start the text-to-speech successfully with the mouse, the HOTKEYS ALWAYS work to STOP the speech. But rarely work to start it.....
Yes I can use the mouse menu but that takes too long and sometimes that is not even available in MS Word.
It's such an awesome feature but so flakey on reliability.
Any suggestions on ironing this out?

Hello Creative Smith,
After $20 for Apple Support and a total of ~ 3 hours working with them, we found a solution.
Here it is:
WARNING: Make sure you type or better yet copy and past the command line within the Terminal for Step 1 EXACTLY as it is. No typos. Apple Support told me if you don't, you could screw some things up.
STEP 1:
In Terminal type:
sudo sample SpeechSynthesisServer -file ~/Desktop/sample.txt
Step 2:
In Monitor Force Quit SpeechsynthesisServer
Step 3:
In Finder, go to the folder
/System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/S peechSynthesis.framework/Versions
Step 4:
Drag SpeechSynthesisServer.app to dock
Step 5
run SpeechSynthesisServer.app
Test it out. That should fix it. It did for me.
I really hope this helps you. It's been driving me crazy!
- Scott

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