Re: NSSpeechSynthesizer / DarkWake interaction

2012-08-16 Thread Quincey Morris
On Aug 15, 2012, at 20:31 , Jens Alfke wrote: > I have never heard the term "DarkWake" before, and I can't find anything > about it in Apple's docs apart from its name appearing in some low-level > constants. Is this the internal term for 10.8's "Power Nap"? My understanding > was that only ce

Re: NSSpeechSynthesizer / DarkWake interaction

2012-08-15 Thread Jens Alfke
On Aug 15, 2012, at 8:38 PM, Jay Reynolds Freeman wrote: > I thought that DarkWake was the name for the advanced form of Power Nap on > 10.8; in any case that is what I meant. I *think* I understand that the > system can put apps of its choice into that mode (audio and console powered > dow

Re: NSSpeechSynthesizer / DarkWake interaction

2012-08-15 Thread Jay Reynolds Freeman
Sorry for the previous blank message, messed up cut/paste on my iPad. I thought that DarkWake was the name for the advanced form of Power Nap on 10.8; in any case that is what I meant. I *think* I understand that the system can put apps of its choice into that mode (audio and console powered do

Re: NSSpeechSynthesizer / DarkWake interaction

2012-08-15 Thread Jay Reynolds Freeman
-- Jay Reynolds Freeman - jay_reynolds_free...@mac.com http://JayReynoldsFreeman.com (personal web site) On Aug 15, 2012, at 20:31, Jens Alfke wrote: > > On Aug 14, 2012, at 11:30 PM, Jay Reynolds Freeman > wrote: > >> I suspect that the disabling of audio for DarkWake

Re: NSSpeechSynthesizer / DarkWake interaction

2012-08-15 Thread Jens Alfke
On Aug 14, 2012, at 11:30 PM, Jay Reynolds Freeman wrote: > I suspect that the disabling of audio for DarkWake is at the hardware level, > so that NSSpeechSynthesizer doesn't even know DarkWake is active, but I am > not sure. Does anyone know if DarkWake affects the operation of the > NSSpe

NSSpeechSynthesizer / DarkWake interaction

2012-08-15 Thread Jay Reynolds Freeman
I have an app that uses the callback "speechSynthesizer:didFinishSpeaking:" from NSSpeechSynthesizerDelegate to synchronize things at the end of an utterance. I am not sure what happens if I tell my NSSpeechSynthesizer instance to start speaking while the Macintosh is in DarkWake, and also abou