Re: A growl tip

2011-05-31 Thread Kevin Gibbs
First, I would like to thank everyone who worked so hard to help me figure out the problem I was having with having people's names spoken as they came and went from Skype. while an announcement can be interupted by Alex if he's reading anything else, I did hear enough of two different people comi

Re: A growl tip

2011-05-31 Thread Kevin Gibbs
First, I would like to thank everyone who worked so hard to help me figure out the problem I was having with having people's names spoken as they came and went from Skype. while an announcement can be interupted by Alex if he's reading anything else, I did hear enough of two different people comi

Re: A growl tip

2011-05-30 Thread Mike Arrigo
Go in to your home folder and open the library folder. Look in folders such as preferences and application support, and delete anything that refers to skype. On May 30, 2011, at 12:43 AM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > I might have just gotten it to work. If it doesn't work, how would I > delete and rebui

Re: A growl tip

2011-05-29 Thread Kevin Gibbs
I might have just gotten it to work. If it doesn't work, how would I delete and rebuild the pref file? Thanks, Kevin -- 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 uns

Re: A growl tip

2011-05-29 Thread Mike Arrigo
Skype has a feature that should tell you this. In the preferences, it's under notifications. It says, your contact, person's name is either available or unavailable. If you have set this in notifications and it's still not working, you may want to delete the skype support files such as the prefe

Re: A growl tip

2011-05-29 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Kevin, I'm Z_kline on Skype, and I've just added you. I'd certainly be willing to try and help. Best, Zack. On May 29, 2011, at 7:36 PM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > I'm using a combination of Skype's notifications and the Growl > preference pane in Skype General Preferences. I'm kevjazz on Skype if

Re: A growl tip

2011-05-29 Thread Kevin Gibbs
I'm using a combination of Skype's notifications and the Growl preference pane in Skype General Preferences. I'm kevjazz on Skype if you'd be willing to lend a hand. I can't Find any place where there's a text box that says "came online.". Kevin -- You received this message because you are subs

Re: A growl tip

2011-05-29 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Kevin, I get online and offline notifications via growl quite often. Are you using SKype's native notification or its Growl support? Another thing to keep in mind is that speech isn't currently able to handle multiple processes very well, there's a good chance something gets lost in the shu

Re: A growl tip

2011-05-29 Thread Kevin Gibbs
For everyone's information, Colin and I just had a long Skype chat during which we tried absolutely everything we can think of. However, All I ever get when a Skype contact comes on or off line is that someone came on or offline. In no case is the name ever spoken. I have to go through the onlin

Re: A growl tip

2011-05-22 Thread Kevin Gibbs
Just upgraded to the latest version. Set up in Skype preferences itself. Still no joy. Like I said, I'm kevjazz on Skype if you're willing to help. You can contact me privately if willing, at kevj...@gmail.com. Thanks for any help. Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: A growl tip

2011-05-21 Thread Colin M
Hi Kevin! Which Skype are you running or is this query not about Skype! If it is Skype did you set this up in Skype itself! Under notifications! Colin On 21 May 2011, at 16:59, Kevin Gibbs wrote: > Unfortunately, I'm still coming up empty. Even when I've marked the > boxes and chosen your contact

Re: A growl tip

2011-05-21 Thread Kevin Gibbs
Unfortunately, I'm still coming up empty. Even when I've marked the boxes and chosen your ccontact "@" is available, the person's name is not spoken. All it says is "came online.". Would really like to hear the person's as they come and go. I'm kevjazz on Skype if you're willing to help. Thanks,

Re: A growl tip

2011-04-24 Thread Kevin Gibbs
Colin, I've checked the boxes for speak text on contact becomes available and unavailable. let's see what I get. Thanks for being so helpful. I just think it's such a cool amenity, and I'd love to see it work. Kevin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: A growl tip

2011-04-24 Thread Colin M
Hi Kevin! The ones you want are! Contact becomes available Contact becomes unavailable! That should sort you out! Also have a look at the others to see if they might be of use to you! I've set up some of my own sounds for things like new contact request and others! But you might want them to speak

Re: A growl tip

2011-04-24 Thread Kevin Gibbs
Well, I think I've done what you suggested. . I didn't see an event for "contact came on line. So, i've chosen the sign in option. Let's see what happens. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email t

Re: A growl tip

2011-04-24 Thread Colin M
Hi Kevin! I'm using Skype 5. something or other! :] So if you've got the same! 1 open command+comma 2 interact with the tool bar 3 scroll to the notification button and vo+space on it, then stop interacting! 4 scroll to the events table and open it scroll down to the event you want and stop intera

Re: A growl tip

2011-04-23 Thread Kevin Gibbs
How do i set them up in Notifications in Skype? -- 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...@goo

Re: A growl tip

2011-04-23 Thread Colin M
Hi Kevin! Ok in the place for events that you can select what event does what thing! On mine where it says speak text, it has in all events like [ online] it has "@" before the came online! So if in yours there is no "@" try adding it! Or it might be you have not set them up in notifications in Sk

Re: A growl tip

2011-04-22 Thread Kevin Gibbs
I did change my Growler settings to Speech. Weird thing is, in Skype, when someone comes on or offline,All the voice says is "went offline," or "Went online." Doesn't give me a name until I scroll down through my Skype online contacts to see what's different. Any ideas? -- You received this m

Re: A growl tip

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Re: A growl tip

2011-04-13 Thread Johchi
On 4/11/2011 8:02 PM, Chris Norman wrote: Hiya mate, Glad you found it useful. I've never before messed about with the settings, just been on a long list of "things to do, when there's nothing more interesting to do" LOL. I don't know about any central repository for information, I'd say the best

Re: A growl tip

2011-04-12 Thread Kevin Gibbs
No, because I can't even find them. -- 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.co

Re: A growl tip

2011-04-12 Thread Søren Jensen
Hi. Do you know how to close the growl messages when they pops up on the screen? Best regards: Søren Jensen Mail & MSN: s...@coolfortheblind.dk Website: http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ Den 12/04/2011 kl. 02.02 skrev Chris Norman: > Hiya mate, > Glad you found it useful. I've never before messed ab

Re: A growl tip

2011-04-11 Thread Kevin Gibbs
The weird thing is, I've heard Voiceover say, growler app, but I don't see anything on the screen with my vision and I've never known what it related to. I'll see if I can find bad thing in the preference panes and see if you makes a difference for me. -- You received this message because you are

Re: A growl tip

2011-04-11 Thread Chris Norman
Hiya mate, Glad you found it useful. I've never before messed about with the settings, just been on a long list of "things to do, when there's nothing more interesting to do" LOL. I don't know about any central repository for information, I'd say the best way for people to assimilate (for want of a

Re: A growl tip

2011-04-11 Thread Chris Norman
Yeah, well, to be honest LOL, I didn't even know there was a speech setting until you just said. But, as it happens, not sure if it's just my machines or what, but speech, if there's VoiceOver running too, gets swallowed up, and I could do with knowing about things like DropBox ETC, but good point,

Re: A growl tip

2011-04-11 Thread Scott Ford
Hi Chris, I would like to mention that this is one of those cases the I must have missed, because I did not know that bit of information. I realize that the one liners are not saposto happen, however I occasionally like to see basic information. I am not calling for a clutter of inform

Re: [Bulk] A growl tip

2011-04-11 Thread Ray Foret Jr
Thing is, I just set mine to speech. Speech seems the most logical choice. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Apr 11, 2011, at 6:10 AM, Chris Norman wrote: > Hiya all, > I imagin

A growl tip

2011-04-11 Thread Chris Norman
Hiya all, I imagine that most people have already figured this out, but I found something cool this morning regarding growl. If you go to system preferences, to the growl preference pain, and "Display preferences", third tab, set the default notification type to anything except smoke, and notif