Hi John, Yes, but that checkbox only reveals the additional categories of voice settings. Checking it does not alter the workings of the speech attribute hotkeys (VO CMD arrow keys).
Good thought though. > On Jan 18, 2015, at 4:00 PM, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There is a checkbox in the Voice tab of Speech preferences that allows you > to set the typing voice and other options. Maybe, you had that checked? > > > Take Care > > John D. Panarese > Director > Mac for the Blind > Tel, (631) 724-4479 > Email, j...@macfortheblind.com > Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com > > APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain > Lion > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > > >> On Jan 18, 2015, at 3:54 PM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I have an update on this problem. I don’t know what I did, but now the >> speech attribute hotkeys (VO command arrows) are working normally. >> Now when I VO command arrow right and left I only hear the attribute name >> and not the category as well. for example voice, rate, pitch, volume etc, >> and the changes are applied globally to all categoriees. Before, when I was >> hearing “default voice, default rate” etc, the changes would only be applied >> to that category. >> It bugs me that I don’t know how I corrected this. >> I went into commands help (VO +HH and looked around a bit, then went into >> keyboard help and pressed those hotkeys , and then things started working >> normally. >> >>> On Jan 18, 2015, at 3:31 PM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> In the voices pane of the Speech window of Voice Over Utility, there are >>> several categories of speech that can be tailored with different voices, >>> speech rates, pitch etc. The various categories are: Default, Context, >>> Status, Type, Attributes, and finally, Voice over menu. >>> The VO command arrow hotkeys for changing rate, pitch, voice, volume etc >>> now only affect the “default” voice category. >>> I know this because when I press those hotkeys, I hear “default Voice”, >>> “default rate” etc, and that tells me only the default category is being >>> changed. Default handles things like header row labels in Mail’s message >>> table and so forth, Whereas the Content category handles actual data. For >>> example, in textedit, the actual text of a file is considered “content” and >>> the VoiceOver settings for content affect how text is read. But, the >>> speaking of menus and toolbar items are controlled by the Default category >>> of voice options. >>> So, if you use the VO command arrow keys to change speech rate, only the >>> menus and toolblbar items will speak at the slower rate, and the actual >>> text, or content, will continue along at its original rate. >>> The only way to change the rate of “content” is to go into VO Utility and >>> change the content rate. The VO command hotkeys won’t change that category >>> of voice options, as they now only affect “default” category. >>> Try checking the box for “additional voice Options” after the default >>> options and you’ll see all the other categories of speakable items and >>> their voice settings. >>> They’re mostly all set to use the same settings as the default category, >>> but the VO command hotkeys won’t affect them. >>> I don’t ever remember seeing the “category” field in this window under >>> mavericks. >>> Hope I’ve made the problem clear. >>> Is anyone else encountering this, and how have you gotten around it? >>> How do you change the rate of speech when reading a textedit file, or any >>> content for that matter? >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
