Re: skype and file transfers

2009-03-13 Thread Søren Jensen
Hi Will. If you interact with the file transfer and let Voiceover read all the information, it should read the file name, file transfer and the file size. It shows all the file transfers you've done in this window, so you have to move to the last transfer, interact and read it. Best regards

help with iTunes

2009-03-13 Thread Eliza Cooper
Hi list, I no that operating iTunes has been discussed in the not-too- distant past, so could someone help me off-list? I need to know how to find the album that I just downloaded (I don't see it downloading and don't know where it's going), and how to access the code for a gift certif

Re: Hey

2009-03-13 Thread Chris Gilland
OK, firstly and foremost: 1. Have you tried power cycling the modem and the router? Here's how to properly do it: 1A. Unplug the power cord from the back of the router. (I mean the electrical cord.) 1B. Unplug the electrical power cord from the back of the modem. If this is a digital p

details on Voiceover for iPod Shuffle?

2009-03-13 Thread Jacob Schmude
Hi Has anyone found information about exactly how Voiceover on the iPod Shuffle works? Does iTunes still generate the speech, or is the capability built in to the shuffle itself? The sample voices remind me of Babel Technologies diphone voices (the HD voices in Infovox iVox for those who h

Re: details on Voiceover for iPod Shuffle?

2009-03-13 Thread David Poehlman
it is generated by ITunes. it is on the shuffle page. On Mar 13, 2009, at 9:37 AM, Jacob Schmude wrote: Hi Has anyone found information about exactly how Voiceover on the iPod Shuffle works? Does iTunes still generate the speech, or is the capability built in to the shuffle itself? The sample

Re: details on Voiceover for iPod Shuffle?

2009-03-13 Thread kaare dehard
according to an article I read at http://www.appleinsider.com the voices have to be generated by itunes. On 13-Mar-09, at 9:37 AM, Jacob Schmude wrote: > > Hi > Has anyone found information about exactly how Voiceover on the iPod > Shuffle works? Does iTunes still generate the speech, or is the

my logging in to this group

2009-03-13 Thread Danny Crone
Hello. I have had trouble logging to the mac visionaries site ever since the group was moved to google groups. Would my password be different now? Do I need to sign up for google groups? Thanks for any information anyone can give. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.

visio voice

2009-03-13 Thread william lomas
hi all can I get visio voice to export a track direc to mp3? Or do I have to use ITunes to do that? I want to put a textbook into mp3 or OGG for my VR stream player will --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: visio voice

2009-03-13 Thread David Poehlman
Will, check the file menu. On Mar 13, 2009, at 10:33 AM, william lomas wrote: hi all can I get visio voice to export a track direc to mp3? Or do I have to use ITunes to do that? I want to put a textbook into mp3 or OGG for my VR stream player will --~--~-~--~~-

Re: visio voice

2009-03-13 Thread william lomas
i think if I set it david and all, in ITunes to do to mp3, i think after the AIFF file it will convert On 13 Mar 2009, at 14:36, David Poehlman wrote: > > Will, check the file menu. > > On Mar 13, 2009, at 10:33 AM, william lomas wrote: > > > hi all can I get visio voice to expor

Re: visio voice

2009-03-13 Thread David Poehlman
yes, but I believe you can also set it go directly to mp3. On Mar 13, 2009, at 10:40 AM, william lomas wrote: i think if I set it david and all, in ITunes to do to mp3, i think after the AIFF file it will convert On 13 Mar 2009, at 14:36, David Poehlman wrote: > > Will, check the file menu. >

reading webapge

2009-03-13 Thread william lomas
hi do I have to highlight a whole page, then start a read to end on the mac? I can't do it like in windows, where I can press read to end from anywhere and it just works? will --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are s

Re: visio voice

2009-03-13 Thread David Poehlman
I was rong, it will go to .aiff so you will have to convert to mp3 if you want that. On Mar 13, 2009, at 10:47 AM, David Poehlman wrote: yes, but I believe you can also set it go directly to mp3. On Mar 13, 2009, at 10:40 AM, william lomas wrote: i think if I set it david and all, in ITune

Re: VoiceOver doing the deep six

2009-03-13 Thread Dan Eickmeier
I'm using an intel machine here, and sometimes i find after my mac has been up for a ong time, like over a week or so, that Voiceover will do this. Not sure why. Just upgraded the ram in this iMac, so we'll see if that makes a difference. On Mar 13, 2009, at 12:03 AM, Greg Williams wrote:

on topic facebook question

2009-03-13 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
Hello Group; Recently, a very good friend of mine asked me why i wasn't promoting my business on facebook. I told them I had had so much trouble figuring out myspace that I hadn't tried. So, I signed up, and I'm starting to get addicted. My question is has any one found out how accessi

Re: details on Voiceover for iPod Shuffle?

2009-03-13 Thread Jacob Schmude
Hi I suspected this, but the Shuffle page wasn't definite. Question then is, where is it getting these voices to generate the spoken menus? On Mar 13, 2009, at 09:39, David Poehlman wrote: > > it is generated by ITunes. it is on the shuffle page. > > On Mar 13, 2009, at 9:37 AM, Jacob Schmud

Re: details on Voiceover for iPod Shuffle?

2009-03-13 Thread Joan Alice Maria Gibson, Esquire
I believe it uses the voice you use on your computer; that is, if the voice is one of the VoiceOver voices JG. On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Jacob Schmude wrote: > > Hi > I suspected this, but the Shuffle page wasn't definite. Question then > is, where is it getting these voices to generate

Re: visio voice

2009-03-13 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Will, On Mar 13, 2009, at 3:33 PM, william lomas wrote: > can I get visio voice to export a track direc to mp3? > Or do I have to use ITunes to do that?A.R. Command-i in VisioVoice > will create an audio file in iTunes. Whether this is MP3 or any > other format depends on how you have c

Re: details on Voiceover for iPod Shuffle?

2009-03-13 Thread Jacob Schmude
But that's just it, perhaps it does for your default voice. But from where are these other languages generated? I don't seem to have those as Voiceover voices, and yet the iPod shuffle apparently will be able to render the titles of my German songs correctly. So it has to be getting these f

Re: details on Voiceover for iPod Shuffle?

2009-03-13 Thread Anne Robertson
On Mar 13, 2009, at 6:18 PM, Joan Alice Maria Gibson, Esquire wrote: > I believe it uses the voice you use on your computer; A.R. No. The voices are different, so I presume they come with the latest update to iTunes. Cheers, Anne --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You re

Re: details on Voiceover for iPod Shuffle?

2009-03-13 Thread David Poehlman
check this: http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/voiceover.html On Mar 13, 2009, at 1:26 PM, Jacob Schmude wrote: But that's just it, perhaps it does for your default voice. But from where are these other languages generated? I don't seem to have those as Voiceover voices, and yet the iPod shuffl

Re: details on Voiceover for iPod Shuffle?

2009-03-13 Thread Cara Quinn
Okay, let me just echo others by saying woohoo! I s want this on my nano! I so hope there'll be a software update to allow this. Happy Friday all!… Smiles, Cara :) --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn On Mar 13, 2009, at 10:44 AM, David Poehlma

Re: details on Voiceover for iPod Shuffle?

2009-03-13 Thread Joan Alice Maria Gibson, Esquire
That's good to know! Can hardly wait to get the new iPod Shuffle with 1 gigabyte hard drive, with VoiceOver capability and the new earbuds which have the control buttons —3 of them—on the right cable itself, top and bottom for volume control and the middle to choose playlist [yay! It is playlist ca

Re: details on Voiceover for iPod Shuffle?

2009-03-13 Thread David Poehlman
it is available now and it is us $79.xx and it is 4 gb if I understand correctly. On Mar 13, 2009, at 2:07 PM, Joan Alice Maria Gibson, Esquire wrote: That's good to know! Can hardly wait to get the new iPod Shuffle with 1 gigabyte hard drive, with VoiceOver capability and the new earbuds

Re: details on Voiceover for iPod Shuffle?

2009-03-13 Thread Justin Harford
This is good clarification. I had no idea how Alex was going to speak other languages. It would be nice to see apple incorperate this new synthesized speech into their operating system particularly in the installation of the OS so that non-english speaking blinks can set up their compute

Re: visio voice

2009-03-13 Thread Chris Gilland
ITunes can convert text to speech? now that! I'd love! to know how to do! Chris. Want great web hosting packages, affordable audio production support, on-site computer support, affordible audio tutorials, and more? Check us out online today. http://www.BlindPerspectives.net Chris Gilland:

Re: details on Voiceover for iPod Shuffle?

2009-03-13 Thread Chris Gilland
And more importantly: being I run ITunes on a Windows machine, can I have it use those same voices on my Nano 4th gen, or will it fall back on my default Sapi5 voice. Chris. Want great web hosting packages, affordable audio production support, on-site computer support, affordible audio tuto

Re: details on Voiceover for iPod Shuffle?

2009-03-13 Thread Chris Gilland
That's what I thought too, but, by the sounds of it, it sounds as if people are finding that it uses another voice than what the primary voice is set up as. Chris. Want great web hosting packages, affordable audio production support, on-site computer support, affordible audio tutorials, and mo

Recording text to speech in non-English languages with Automator [was Re: visio voice]

2009-03-13 Thread Esther
Hi Anne and Will, It's also possible to create an mp3 or aac track (including text that you want spoken in a Foreign language) if you do not have VisioVoice or GhostReader, but have one of the Infovox iVox voices by using Automator. For example, I just tried using the Automator workflow,

Re: details on Voiceover for iPod Shuffle?

2009-03-13 Thread Justin Harford
If you guys would look at that URL that was posted you would know that the voice that sounds like a robot is actually part of the voiceover component in iTunes itself and unless you are using a mac, it will revert to that voice. There was no mention of it reverting to your default voice of

Recording documents using VoiceOver

2009-03-13 Thread Kamal Haffar
Hi everyone: Is there a way to have VoiceOver read long documents and save them in MP3 format? Something similar to how the voiceover tutorials are recorded using the VoiceOver Voice. Hope this makes sense! Thanks, Kamal --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received thi

Re: Recording documents using VoiceOver

2009-03-13 Thread Jacob Schmude
Hi Voiceover itself can't do this, but you can use the system voices to accomplish it in conjunction with Automater. You would set up an Automater workflow to get all text in the current document, then text to audio file, then import to iTunes with the mp3 encoder. Once this workflow is set

logging on to group fixed

2009-03-13 Thread Danny Crone
Hello everyone. I am logging on again just fine. No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.13/1999 - Release Date: 03/13/09 05:59:00

Re: The new iTunes, accessibility issues?

2009-03-13 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, I found the answer. Press "CMD" + "T" to hide the visualizer. Thanks, Alex, On 12-Mar-09, at 4:43 AM, Dan Eickmeier wrote: > > I'm having this issue as well, when I tab, I'm getting the search > field, and nothing else. I've tried selecting different sources, and > other things such as

Re: The new iTunes, accessibility issues?

2009-03-13 Thread David Poehlman
this does not work for me. when I press command-t, I get a ding and a blank window. when I press it again, things are back to getting only the search field. On Mar 14, 2009, at 1:06 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: Hi, I found the answer. Press "CMD" + "T" to hide the visualizer. Thanks, Alex,

Re: The new iTunes, accessibility issues?

2009-03-13 Thread Jacob Schmude
Hey Alex Sorry, no go. The visualizer is off already, just to make sure I turned it on and then off again. The problem persists, at least for me, the visualizer's state doesn't change a thing. On Mar 14, 2009, at 01:06, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > > I found the answer. Press "CMD" + "T"