There is a checkbox in the Voice tab of Speech preferences that allows you to set the typing voice and other options. Maybe, you had that checked?
Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain Lion AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > On Jan 18, 2015, at 3:54 PM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have an update on this problem. I don’t know what I did, but now the speech > attribute hotkeys (VO command arrows) are working normally. > Now when I VO command arrow right and left I only hear the attribute name and > not the category as well. for example voice, rate, pitch, volume etc, and the > changes are applied globally to all categoriees. Before, when I was hearing > “default voice, default rate” etc, the changes would only be applied to that > category. > It bugs me that I don’t know how I corrected this. > I went into commands help (VO +HH and looked around a bit, then went into > keyboard help and pressed those hotkeys , and then things started working > normally. > >> On Jan 18, 2015, at 3:31 PM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> In the voices pane of the Speech window of Voice Over Utility, there are >> several categories of speech that can be tailored with different voices, >> speech rates, pitch etc. The various categories are: Default, Context, >> Status, Type, Attributes, and finally, Voice over menu. >> The VO command arrow hotkeys for changing rate, pitch, voice, volume etc now >> only affect the “default” voice category. >> I know this because when I press those hotkeys, I hear “default Voice”, >> “default rate” etc, and that tells me only the default category is being >> changed. Default handles things like header row labels in Mail’s message >> table and so forth, Whereas the Content category handles actual data. For >> example, in textedit, the actual text of a file is considered “content” and >> the VoiceOver settings for content affect how text is read. But, the >> speaking of menus and toolbar items are controlled by the Default category >> of voice options. >> So, if you use the VO command arrow keys to change speech rate, only the >> menus and toolblbar items will speak at the slower rate, and the actual >> text, or content, will continue along at its original rate. >> The only way to change the rate of “content” is to go into VO Utility and >> change the content rate. The VO command hotkeys won’t change that category >> of voice options, as they now only affect “default” category. >> Try checking the box for “additional voice Options” after the default >> options and you’ll see all the other categories of speakable items and their >> voice settings. >> They’re mostly all set to use the same settings as the default category, but >> the VO command hotkeys won’t affect them. >> I don’t ever remember seeing the “category” field in this window under >> mavericks. >> Hope I’ve made the problem clear. >> Is anyone else encountering this, and how have you gotten around it? >> How do you change the rate of speech when reading a textedit file, or any >> content for that matter? >> > > -- > 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. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
