Hey Kirsten. When I have some more time, I'll some more. However, I would like to add to what Shawn said, something I discovered recently. If you do VO plus command plus arrow keys you will get accessto to speech controls as well. This includes voice changes, speech rate, and I haven't figured out et what else.
Regards, Gigi On Oct 27, 2011, at 1:04 PM, Shawn Krasniuk wrote: > Hey Kirsten. Serena and the other Nuance voices are indeed free. When you > download a voice, you'll have a software update dialog box asking you if you > want to install the voices you selected. And yes, you can go back to using > Alex if you don't like Serena. Simply go toy your VO utilities and go back to > speech. then when you go to that pop up with all the voices, select Alex. > However there is a faster way of changing stuff like voice, pitch and rate. > If you hold the VO and command keys and press any of the arrow keys, you'll > go to a roter that will allow you to change this stuff. HTH and welcome to > the Mac. By the way, I think Samantha sounds better on here than Serena. > > Shawn > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.