Actually in my case I have use apple script on so it uses my voice vor voice over not my system voice.
Good luck. On Oct 6, 2010, at 3:54 PM, Esther wrote: > Hi Geoff, Jonathan, Nic, Sarah, and Others, > > OK, thanks to Nic's reminder that toggling on keyboard help (VO+k) has > VoiceOver announce the path to scripts enabled by Keyboard Commander, > pressing the Right Option key+t gives the information that the time of day > script may be found in: > > /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/ScreenReader.framework/Versions/A/Resources/Scripts > > as the entry "TimeOfDay.applescript" > > So those of you who want to navigate to that script, from Finder use > Command+Shift+G (the "Go to Folder" shortcut), then copy and paste in the > path given above to the folder in the /System/Library directory and press > return. In that folder look for a file named "TimeOfDay.applescript". > Geoff, you can ignore the attached version of the script I sent you off list; > this is the version Apple is using with Right Option key+T when you have > Keyboard Commanders turned on under the Commanders menu of VoiceOver Utility. > (This also explains why it didn't come up when I ran a "find" command from > terminal -- I was searching for a file with ".scpt" extension, and these all > have ".applescript" extensions.) > > This is Snow Leopard only. Also, those of you who want to speed up the time > announcement, the rate is set for Text to Speech on your system, not the > VoiceOver speaking rate. This is set under the "Text to Speech" tab of the > Speech menu under System Preferences. To change the Text to Speech speaking > rate: > > 1. Press either Control+F2 or VO+M to navigate to the Apple menu on the menu > bar. > 2. Arrow down and press "s y" and return to bring up System Preferences > 3. Navigate (e.g., tab, or use item chooser menu) to "Speech" and press > (VO+Space) > 4. Navigate (VO+Right arrow) to the "Text to Speech" tab and press (VO+Space) > 5. Navigate (VO+Right arrow) past the pop up button for the System Voice to > the slider for Speaking Rate and interact, then use your VO+arrow keys to set > the speaking rate. (Optional: if your language set up is not English, change > the system voice from Alex to one that works for your language. For example, > if you are a French speaker and have bought the Infovox French voices, > VO+Space on the pop up button for the System Voice and change this to Alice > or Julie.) > 6. If you did not set up your clock to automatically announce time (on the > hours, half hour, or quarter hour) when you first set up your Mac, you can do > so from this pane. Continue to navigate (VO+Right arrow) past "To have clock > announce the time:" to the "Open Date & Time Preferences" button and press > (VO+Space). > 6a. Navigate (VO+Right arrow) on the Date & Time preference pane to the > "Clock" tab and press (VO+Space) to select. > 6b. Navigate (VO+Right arrow) to the check box for "Announce the time:" and > VO+Space to check it > 6c. Navigate (VO+Right arrow) to the pop up button and use your arrow keys to > select "On the hour", "On the half hour", or "On the quarter hour". > 6d. Optionally navigate (VO+Right arrow) to the "Customize Voice…" button and > press (VO+Space). This takes you back to the speech menu to let you select > another voice for text to speech announcements. Presumably, you already did > this. > 7. Close the system preferences window with Command+W > > Once again, this assumes that you have have checked Keyboard Commander under > VoiceOver Utility so that you can press Right Option key+T to announce the > time under Snow Leopard. The instructions for setting the speaking rate work > for all text to speech functions, except for the text to speech in Adobe > Reader, which ignores your System Preference settings for text to speech and > requires you to set up all your options in the rather complex menu structure > of Adobe Reader's own preferences menu. (You have to find both the locations > to set in the preferences menu you bring up with Command+comma, and the > option shortcuts to turn on text to speech in the View menu of the > application.) > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > > On Oct 06, 2010, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> cool. thanks, but man that's long? lol! too bad a second press did n't >> reveal it int he finder. >> >> S >> On Oct 6, 2010, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: >> >> > Hi! >> > >> > For those who are curious if you did not try this yet, toggling on >> > keyboard help and hitting the command for the script tells you the path. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Nic >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. 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