Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-21 Thread Elena Brescacin
so... are you telling me it works? did you manage figuring it out? If so, then, tell me if you manage to make skype read whole messages with voiceover on! maybe I am the only, poor, unlucky girl to be forced to turn vo off! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Gro

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-21 Thread Jenny Keller
Thanks a llot. I wouldn't have known to do that. Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks On Mar 21, 2012, at 7:15 AM, Elena Brescacin wrote: > Jenny, here's how to solve this trouble. > when it says growl is in the background, go through windows by > command+tab (i am not sure the voiceover command to

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-21 Thread Elena Brescacin
Jenny, here's how to solve this trouble. when it says growl is in the background, go through windows by command+tab (i am not sure the voiceover command to switch among applications, ctrl+options+f1+f1, or double-tap with 2 finger to the left with trackpad, works) anyway: when you reach growl, it w

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-21 Thread Jenny Keller
I have problems with growl too. I can't get to the preferences pain cause it says it is running in the background. I have found growl to be useless. Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks On Mar 20, 2012, at 12:09 PM, Michael Malarsie wrote: > I have downloaded growl but I am having no success. I kn

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-21 Thread Elena Brescacin
shawn, as I wrote in my other message called "someone using adium?" growl speaks. But, only with voiceover turned off! that makes me really laugh 2012/3/21, Mark BurningHawk Baxter : > Snip > Also, Mark, Growl uses the main system voice so if you wanted to make > changes to the voice, whether you

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-20 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Snip Also, Mark, Growl uses the main system voice so if you wanted to make changes to the voice, whether you want to change rate and pitch or the person altogether, you would have to go into system prefs and change any preferences there. /snip With all respect, please excuse me but the voice G

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-20 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Hey Elena and all. Sorry I haven't posted any replies about this, I was sick pretty much all day but I'm better. This is odd that you can't get messages to read automatically. Perhaps I could be of more assistance if we made a Skype call to each other and then we can solve this little problem. A

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-20 Thread BUCHERIE Volcy
HI! But I didn't find in Growl application tab the skype apply or shall I to go to look for it in my computer? Le 20/03/2012 17:48, Elena Brescacin a écrit : I answer you to the matter of growl you find it in growl's settings, applications, then skype. and from skype, preferences, the toolbar,

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-20 Thread elena brescacin
hi mike, very strange! Unfortunately i do not know how to help, apps should show automatically. For shawn and others: here is the result of my last test: I turn voiceover on, and skype uses the integrated notification instead of growl. or, it uses growl but its functionality is incomplete...it re

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-20 Thread Mike Malarsie
Nothing shows up in the list of applications. Mike Malarsie On Mar 20, 2012, at 11:48 AM, Elena Brescacin wrote: > I answer you to the matter of growl > you find it in growl's settings, applications, then skype. and from > skype, preferences, the toolbar, notifications (i do not know the >

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-20 Thread Michael Malarsie
I have downloaded growl but I am having no success. I know it is supposed to do the work on its own with my apps and such but it won't do anything at all. Any tips for someone who has no idea what to do? Thanks Mike Malarsie On Mar 20, 2012, at 10:32 AM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote:

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-20 Thread Elena Brescacin
I answer you to the matter of growl you find it in growl's settings, applications, then skype. and from skype, preferences, the toolbar, notifications (i do not know the exact english word) and use growl as notification system 2012/3/20, BUCHERIE Volcy : > HI, I'm with skype 5.6 and before with S

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-20 Thread BUCHERIE Volcy
HI, I'm with skype 5.6 and before with Skype 5.3 with Growl 1.2.2 and my osX.7.3 LION! I didn't find anything to configure skype and growl together; but I didn't find how to add some hotkeyboards to hang in the call. I can't read the messages who arriving to me! To hang up, toput end of the cal

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-20 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
No, the problem with Skype is independent of those with Growl; they are just occurring simultaneously. What I *REALLY!* want you to tell Skype is that the audible sounds that announce new messages do *NOT* play, still, if your focus is in the Skype window. Regardless of whether Growl is set to

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-20 Thread Elena Brescacin
maybe growl has some issues in voice support? I'll make some tests next days, then I'll write something to pass to growl support 2012/3/20, Mark BurningHawk Baxter : > In Growl, I can get the Preview button to make a voice, but it's always a > voice that sounds very much like Alex, but then, the

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-20 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
In Growl, I can get the Preview button to make a voice, but it's always a voice that sounds very much like Alex, but then, the author's name is right there by the speech, which makes me wonder whether it's another synthesizer template. I can interact with the voices table and change it to anyth

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl + Facebook

2012-03-20 Thread Elena Brescacin
Mark, the guy who made me hear growl in skype, had snow leopard too. And i have Lion. We tried on line to do the same procedure explained by shawn and nothing happens, my correspondant stayed upset as me (now he does not use growl any longer) so i have no one to help *sigh 2012/3/20, Mark Burni

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-20 Thread Elena Brescacin
I have this suspicion too! For example: growl has, on its settings - i do not remember where-, a button called preview which makes you listen the voice you are choosing for notifications. With voiceover on, preview does not talk. with voiceover off, preview talks and loops! till I do not close the

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-20 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
My suspicion is that Growl is trying to read the messages, but voiceover or any system event at all interrupts and silences it. Has anyone tried with VO Off to see if Growl works better that way? • Mark BurningHawk Baxter • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 • MSN: burninghawk1...@hot

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl + Facebook

2012-03-20 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
While I am running Snow leopard here and Growl 32 bit, I notice that I can neither change the voice Growl uses, nor its speed. Thus, I now have a message / system voice, VoiceOver, Growl's voice and, every half hour, Vicky announcing the time. Freaks my friends out. Now, as far as the Skype H

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-20 Thread Elena Brescacin
in skype's last version, 5.6, you can find it out, on a HTML page called "home" I suppose you find it from view menu; there you find the way to connect skype and facebook, honestly I find it as a nightmare rather then a comfort. but, everyone his choice! Back in topic, I'd like some more feedback f

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-20 Thread Michael Malarsie
You can merge skype and Facebook? How'd you do that? Mike Malarsie On Mar 20, 2012, at 9:31 AM, Elena Brescacin wrote: > Hi Shawn, > I have another doubt about this matter of growl: > could it be, that it didn't talk because I was trying to talk to a > facebook contact and not a skype contact? >

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-20 Thread Elena Brescacin
Hi Shawn, I have another doubt about this matter of growl: could it be, that it didn't talk because I was trying to talk to a facebook contact and not a skype contact? I have integrated skype and facebook together; does it confuse the whole system? 2012/3/20, Elena Brescacin : > of course! > Gro

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-20 Thread Elena Brescacin
of course! Growl is the last version installed from mac app store. Skype is 5.6. mac OSX lion 10.7.2. I have not updated to 10.7.3 yet, as I heard many negative feedback of voiceover stopping the speech, mails not deleted, and other annoyances bye! 2012/3/20, Lewis Alexander : > may I ask what v

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-20 Thread Lewis Alexander
may I ask what version of growl and skype you are using and also your OS version? this is just so I can conduct a test on this. lew On 20 Mar 2012, at 08:57, Elena Brescacin wrote: > @shawn: > here I am with feedback from last experiments of yesterday with skype > and growl: negative result, as

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-20 Thread Elena Brescacin
@shawn: here I am with feedback from last experiments of yesterday with skype and growl: negative result, as always. Procedure: - set growl as default notification center in skype 5.6 preferences - set "speech" as default notification style in growl settings - set speech and enable notification for

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-19 Thread Shawn Krasniuk
Aashish, that goes for me as well. This list is about sharing people's experiences or expertees with their Macs. If you don't like what we're talking about, I suggest that you use the unsubscribe link at the end of these emails. This list is about freedom of speech and you had no right to say wh

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-19 Thread Elena Brescacin
if you are not interested, just create a filter in your gmail address and talks...@gmail.com messages will be deleted automatically so please do not annoy me again 2012/3/19, aashish dhakan : > not interested in hearing ur things > > On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Elena Brescacin wrote: > >> h

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-19 Thread aashish dhakan
not interested in hearing ur things On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Elena Brescacin wrote: > hello shawn. > I performed this Growl procedure months ago, using skype 5.3, another > Skype correspondant made me hear his system reading messages by Growl > and I was really impressed. > But, it did n

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-19 Thread Elena Brescacin
hello shawn. I performed this Growl procedure months ago, using skype 5.3, another Skype correspondant made me hear his system reading messages by Growl and I was really impressed. But, it did not work to me at all! I used it with 5.5 too, nothing worked I'll try it with last version. I mean, the v

Re: Something I just Learned With Skype and Growl

2012-03-18 Thread Mark BurningHawk Baxter
Personally, I'll thank you, because I didn't notice the option to set the display style to speech until just now, so you've helped me, if no one else. Right now I'm trying to figure out if there's a way to comment on the Facebook posts I see displayed in the Skype Home pane. I also wonder whet