Re: A Couple Basic Browsing and Mail Questions

2009-03-07 Thread Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
On 1/3/09 16:14, Mike Arrigo wrote: >Regarding your question about browsing, currently the way you are > doing it is the only way, there is no say all for web pages. How about: http://atmac.org/simple-speak-selected-text/ -- Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis --~--~-~--~~~---~--

Time Zone

2009-03-07 Thread Eliza Cooper
Ok, I give up. I keep returning to the clock menu to try to change my time zone, and I keep failing to figure out how. It seems to be an image of the world that VO can't deal with, so I'm stumped as to how to find my time zone. What setting am I missing? Thanks, Eliza --~--~-

time zone

2009-03-07 Thread Dean Adams
Hey Eliza, I had to get my son to change the time zone as I couldn't find a way with VO to change it so if you have one of those kind sighted animals get them to fix it up for you unless someone has a way that I couldn't find to change it. Regards Dean !!!Thoughts become things so choo

Re: Time Zone

2009-03-07 Thread A-Pro Studio
Hi Eliza, Try this: In the Date and Time panel in System Prefs, select the second tab named Timezone. Navigate using VO until you hear "Closest city:" and write your city in the combo box to the right. When I write Oslo, the rest is automatically, and I can simply leave the panel. Hope th

Re: Time Zone

2009-03-07 Thread Eliza Cooper
I did try that, but because the wrong time zone is selected, when I type in my city, it doesn't come up. What a trivial but annoying quirk this is. Eliza On Mar 7, 2009, at 10:13 AM, A-Pro Studio wrote: > > Hi Eliza, > > Try this: > > In the Date and Time panel in System Prefs, select th

Re: Time Zone

2009-03-07 Thread A-Pro Studio
Hi, Ok, have you tried to first select all (command-A) in the combo box, then write the same wrong city, and then do the same and write your own city? Just a suggestion, command-A can be a better solution than using the delete key in such cases. Take care, John André On 7. mars. 2009

Re: time zone

2009-03-07 Thread Cara Quinn
Dean and Eliza, you sure can change the timezone with VO. Simply type a city in your timezone in the edit field and there you go. If the one you typed in isn't recognized, then go for another one closest you. Once you have one showing up in the edit field simply click close t

Re: time zone

2009-03-07 Thread Cara Quinn
Just to reiterate, any city in your time zone will work. I just verified this by typing in New York City to switch to EST and then switching back to my beloved LA LA Land!and it switched back to PST immediately. Best of luck!… Smiles, Cara :) --- View my Online Portfolio at: ht

espeak on mac?

2009-03-07 Thread sandi sørensen
hi all. For some days ago some one asked me if espeak could be used as the default voice on the mac so well can it ? I am considering looking in too it to see what can be done about it. I can see too ways 1 make it natively show up in the voiceover voice selection or 2 make a hack around it.

Re: time zone

2009-03-07 Thread Eliza Cooper
You're talking about the combo box, right? I don't see an edit field. When you type in the city, what exactly happens? It has me on New Delhi time right now and won't switch. It showed New York City (which is what I want) a couple of times, in which case I was placed in a table that I c

Re: time zone

2009-03-07 Thread Eliza Cooper
Oh, you know what, I got it to work finally. I thought I'd have to select an ok button of some sort, so didn't think my changes would hold if I just closed the window, but they do. Ah well, thanks for the hint! Eliza On Mar 7, 2009, at 5:36 AM, Cara Quinn wrote: > Just to reiterate,

Re: espeak on mac?

2009-03-07 Thread Greg Kearney
I vote for making them native voices. On Mar 1, 2009, at 11:37 AM, sandi sørensen wrote: > > hi all. > For some days ago some one asked me if espeak could be used as the > default voice on the mac so well can it ? > I am considering looking in too it to see what can be done about it. > I can se

Re: espeak on mac?

2009-03-07 Thread sandi sørensen
Greg agree. But my main problem so far have been to find out where the voices are selected. I dont doubt i will find a way to make it work If ivox voices can be added so can espeak:) of course we would have too live with the 370 words pr minute rule or so i think but that ought too be fast e

Re: espeak on mac?

2009-03-07 Thread Greg Kearney
We looked into it at Curtin but had to stop do to other issue here. We did not get very far. The basic process is to make a sysnsisier for each vendor of voices. There is sample code for doing this in the developer tools that come with the mac. Greg On Mar 1, 2009, at 12:27 PM, sandi sørens

Re: espeak on mac?

2009-03-07 Thread sandi sørensen
Hi Greg thank you for your answer") I was not aware i had any devtools with my mac. will go and look in to what i got with the mini. I am nearly sure i did not get any with the mac book air, but i can be wrong. /sandi On Mar 7, 2009, at 10:09 AM, Greg Kearney wrote: > > We looked into it at

Re: espeak on mac?

2009-03-07 Thread Brandon Misch
i would like to see other voices free ones that is working with voice over including the festival voices if there can be a festival installer. On Feb 28, 2009, at 10:59 PM, sandi sørensen wrote: > > Hi Greg thank you for your answer") > I was not aware i had any devtools with my mac. will go a

Re: AMIGOS SEX ROMANCES

2009-03-07 Thread Justin Harford
Umm, MODERATOR! Could we please cut these spammers off the list? Muchas gracias Justin Harford "Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." Charles Schultz, creator of the Peanuts comic strip. El 07/03/2009, a las 2:09, anand escribió: > > Want

Re: espeak on mac?

2009-03-07 Thread sandi sørensen
i am not sure of this ... But i believe that there is a festival thingy for mac, i looked in to it when i made mac and flightgear work together. One reason i dropped it was " it piled up quite fastly . and was not disireable for what i needed it for . henze why i used speak. That however was

Re: espeak on mac?

2009-03-07 Thread Brandon Misch
o i see. when you get those voices working on the mac, will it work with vo and anything else or will it also be available for us to use? and how will people install it? thanks. On Feb 28, 2009, at 11:26 PM, sandi sørensen wrote: > > i am not sure of this ... But i believe that there is a f

Re: espeak on mac?

2009-03-07 Thread Brandon Misch
and speaking of festival, will this work with vo? or not? On Feb 28, 2009, at 11:26 PM, sandi sørensen wrote: > > i am not sure of this ... But i believe that there is a festival > thingy for mac, i looked in to it when i made mac and flightgear work > together. > One reason i dropped it was "

Re: espeak on mac?

2009-03-07 Thread Scott Howell
Yep, there is a package on I believe the second DVD. I dont' have my DVD handy, but I think it is in a folder called extras or optional packages. You'll know it when you encounter it. On Feb 28, 2009, at 10:59 PM, sandi sørensen wrote: > > Hi Greg thank you for your answer") > I was not aware

Re: espeak on mac?

2009-03-07 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, I figured out what needs to be done. I'm willing to let anyone who wants into the project I've started to do this. Just E-mail me at: asquare...@gmail.com . I have done research on doing tis. Thanks, Alex, On 7-Mar-09, at 11:39 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > > Yep, there is a package on

Re: espeak on mac?

2009-03-07 Thread Greg Kearney
They are an optional install on the system CD that came with your mac. Greg On Mar 1, 2009, at 12:59 PM, sandi sørensen wrote: > > Hi Greg thank you for your answer") > I was not aware i had any devtools with my mac. will go and look in to > what i got with the mini. I am nearly sure i did not g

Re: espeak on mac?

2009-03-07 Thread Ryan Dour
Hello, Remember that in Mac OS X, there is a folder at /System/Library/Speech that contains both synths and voices. You have to develop a synth plugin, then place the voices in the same location. I've not seen docs on how this is set up at this point, so I think it would be quite a challe

Re: espeak on mac?

2009-03-07 Thread Richie Gardenhire
Perhaps I may have overlooked this feature, but exactly what is sSpeak, and does one have to reinsert the installation CD if they want to get it? I learn something new all the time, it seems. :) Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska. On Mar 7, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Greg Kearney wrote: > > T

Re: espeak on mac?

2009-03-07 Thread sandi sørensen
hi. Alex how about you just tell us all what you have done instead of all that closeness? sounds like a better approach:) espeak is another open speech which you can sortta use with mac as it is. When i say like i do it's cause... you can use it with irc like tail-f -n1 filename|speak -s 300

Re: espeak on mac?

2009-03-07 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, It isn't closeness, just unclutterness of the list. Thanks, Alex, On 28-Feb-09, at 11:39 PM, sandi sørensen wrote: > > hi. > Alex how about you just tell us all what you have done instead of all > that closeness? > sounds like a better approach:) > espeak is another open speech which you

Re: espeak on mac?

2009-03-07 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, The opensource project ISpeak will hit the net on March 17. Keep tuned in to VIPBC.org for the details. This is the project I am speaking of. I invite anyone to join the project. All research will be posted for the enjoyment of all participants, but as I said, stay tuned. Thanks, Alex,

Re: espeak on mac?

2009-03-07 Thread sandi sørensen
hi. If that is i will hop along ) no reason for having 2 things that can do the same thing /sandi On Mar 7, 2009, at 3:13 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > > The opensource project ISpeak will hit the net on March 17. Keep tuned > in to VIPBC.org for the details. This is the project I am speak

Re: espeak on mac?

2009-03-07 Thread Brandon Misch
will this project allow e speak to be used with voice over? On Mar 7, 2009, at 6:13 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > > The opensource project ISpeak will hit the net on March 17. Keep tuned > in to VIPBC.org for the details. This is the project I am speaking of. > I invite anyone to join the

RE: latest spam

2009-03-07 Thread Cara Quinn
Listers, please don't reply to this on the list. I'm sending this here now so that you and everyone else knows now that I've not only already taken care of this, but that I'll be changing settings in the background to hopefully prevent this sort of thing from happening again. As w

Vague posts -was- Re: espeak on mac?

2009-03-07 Thread Cara Quinn
Alex, I've said this before, these one-liners clutter the list much more than any content you'd post. So, what I'm saying here, to be clear, is rather than post a one line note about what you're doing or planning to do without either including any content or asking outright for specif

vo curser jumping, cut within finder, and selecting multiple items

2009-03-07 Thread Jason Custer
Hello, I have a cuple questions. First, I notice that when I am in some applications, My VoiceOver curser jumps to controls against my will so to speak. Example: Tube- tv, the progress window, While looking at the progress of a download, The vo cursor jumps to the cancel button. How can I pr

Re: vo curser jumping, cut within finder, and selecting multiple items

2009-03-07 Thread James Dietz
2. There is no "move" function as far as I know. Someone made an automator action to simulate this. Apple tends to remove functionality found elsewhere (a "stop" button in iTunes for instance). 3. I forget the command, but I have it reassigned to numpad 5 in the VO utility. It's called "begin/end

Re: espeak on mac?

2009-03-07 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, I am writing this now in full, smiley, after Cara got on my case about it. I was in a rush earlier. I appologize. Here are the details. ISpeak, a project to port the eSpeak speech engine natively to the Mac is kicking off this month. Hosted by VIPBC.org, the project will allow the eSpe