John, as far as I can tell, there are no events. you get one sound for all alerts.
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Panarese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 10:44 PM Subject: Re: Sound Schemes OK, but do you know what event you are assigning that sound to? That is the problem I am finding. You hear the sounds, but as far as I can tell, the actual event you can change your sound for is not being spoken in the table. Again, unless I am missing something or misunderstanding you. Take Care John Panarese On Dec 21, 2007, at 10:40 PM, David Poehlman wrote: > John, as I move through the sounds, I hear them, I just stop on the > one I > want. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Panarese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS > X by > theblind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 9:59 PM > Subject: Re: Sound Schemes > > > That is what I see as well. You can move around the list, but > there is no indication you changed anything until you stumble upon it > later. > > > Take Care > > John Panarese > > On Dec 21, 2007, at 6:05 PM, David Poehlman wrote: > >> John, >> >> I see one list, it's a list of sounds, I go through it and pick the >> one I >> want. I looked and cannot find any other things like events. I >> wish there >> were. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "John Panarese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS >> X by >> theblind" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 4:19 PM >> Subject: Re: Sound Schemes >> >> >> The problem is you can end up changing sounds for events without >> realizing you did so. I think there is part of that table that VO is >> not reading or I'm not interpreting it correctly. I need to have >> someone with sight to be here next time I look at it. >> >> >> Take Care >> >> John Panarese >> >> On Dec 21, 2007, at 4:07 PM, David Poehlman wrote: >> >>> well, there is only one table and it is sounds and all I do is go up >>> and >>> down and it beeps, honks, purrs etc. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "John Panarese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS >>> X by >>> theblind" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 3:40 PM >>> Subject: Re: Sound Schemes >>> >>> >>> I'd have to look again, but I believe the problem is the table >>> for sounds and events didn't seem to read properly. Again, it was a >>> while ago when I looked and it might have changed under Leopard, >>> but I >>> think the actual event was not identified as you went down the table >>> of sounds. >>> >>> Take Care >>> >>> John Panarese >>> >>> On Dec 21, 2007, at 3:13 PM, David Poehlman wrote: >>> >>>> the system sounds dialog was fine when I looked at it. >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "John Panarese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac >>>> OS >>>> X by >>>> theblind" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 12:51 PM >>>> Subject: Re: Sound Schemes >>>> >>>> >>>> The sounds if you want to add your own would be put in the user/ >>>> library/sounds folder. They can be .wav files. I think you can >>>> change some sounds in system preferences under sounds, but I have >>>> not >>>> been able to figure out how accessible the process is. For mail, >>>> the >>>> sound for new mail is changed in mail preferences under the general >>>> tab. >>>> >>>> >>>> Take Care >>>> >>>> John Panarese >>>> >>>> On Dec 21, 2007, at 7:58 AM, David Poehlman wrote: >>>> >>>>> the path: >>>>> /system/library/sounds >>>>> interestingly, there is a sounds folder in each library folder, >>>>> but >>>>> nothing >>>>> in them. >>>>> >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac >>>>> OS >>>>> Xby >>>>> theblind" <[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 7:32 AM >>>>> Subject: Re: Sound Schemes >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> well, you can change two of them that I know of, one is the sound >>>>> the system >>>>> makes for various things like hitting the rong keystroke and the >>>>> new >>>>> mail >>>>> sound. the sounds are in a folder called sounds. I don't >>>>> remember >>>>> the >>>>> exact path, but the format is .aiff. If you create an .aiff file >>>>> and put it >>>>> in that folder, it becomes selectable >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Shaun Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac >>>>> OS >>>>> X by >>>>> theblind" <[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 6:41 AM >>>>> Subject: Re: Sound Schemes >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The sounds your computer makes during certain operations like the >>>>> one >>>>> you hear when new mail arrives. >>>>> On Dec 21, 2007, at 6:15 AM, David Poehlman wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> what's a sound scheme? >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: "Shaun Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac >>>>>> OS >>>>>> X by >>>>>> theblind" <[email protected]> >>>>>> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 3:31 AM >>>>>> Subject: Sound Schemes >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Listers I wanted to add sound schemes to my system sound alerts. >>>>>> Is >>>>>> this a matter of making a short MP3 and placing it in a >>>>>> particular >>>>>> folder? If so where can I locate this folder? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > > >
