Re: multilingual use

2011-09-08 Thread Rachel magario
great thanks, I did it! works like a charm. Thank you all who helped on this! You definitely saved my day, and month and year... :) Cheers, Rachel On Sep 8, 2011, at 4:34 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: > Hello Rachel, > > I find it easier to download the voices from VoiceOver Utility, category > Spe

Re: multilingual use

2011-09-08 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Rachel, I find it easier to download the voices from VoiceOver Utility, category Speech. Click the Default Voice menu button and go down to Customise. Press Return and navigate right to the search box where you can type in the language you want such as Spanish, and the appropriate voices

Re: multilingual use

2011-09-08 Thread Rachel magario
where is the system voice pup up? I don't see that, I only see language and text or speech. On Sep 8, 2011, at 1:21 AM, Oriol Gómez wrote: > You need to go to system preferences and click on customize, on the > system voice popup menu. There you will find a table of voices taht > you can download

Re: multilingual use

2011-09-08 Thread Rachel magario
I did that. my question is how do I put every thing back later? Thanks, Rachel. On Sep 8, 2011, at 9:44 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > Just do a time machine backup before upgrading and you shouldn't have > anything to worry about. > > Ricardo Walker > rwalker...@gmail.com > Twitter & Sky

Re: multilingual use

2011-09-08 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Just do a time machine backup before upgrading and you shouldn't have anything to worry about. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Sep 8, 2011, at 9:52 AM, Rachel magario wrote: > Thanks Anne! > I am totally blind my self too, maybe this

Re: multilingual use

2011-09-08 Thread Rachel magario
Thanks Anne! I am totally blind my self too, maybe this is why I did not see much of a change when I installed visiovoice. I am thinking I will have to be courageous and up grade to lion here very soon. But, I'll see if my awesome mother let me test drive lion on her mac before I bring it on min

Re: multilingual use

2011-09-08 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Rachel, For Snow Leopard and below, the only voices that work properly without crashing the system are the Infovox iVox voices made by Acapela and sold by Assistiveware. They cost €99 for the first language pack and €49.50 for subsequent packs. That's why I said you'd be better off upgrad

Re: multilingual use

2011-09-08 Thread Rachel magario
thanks Anne, Right now I am actully pressing for portuguese and spanish. I have not being doing much with chinese and arabic right now. but I have loads of stuff to read in portuguese and spanish at the moment. If I did want to buy a couple of voices, where would I go for that? thanks again. Rac

Re: multilingual use

2011-09-08 Thread Anne Robertson
Hello Rachel, Lion has its little problems, but on the whole, it's working OK. For multilingual users, Lion is great! It includes languages such as Chinese, Russian and Greek that don't use the Latin alphabet. Upgrading to Lion is much cheaper than buying additional language packs. Cheers, An

Re: multilingual use

2011-09-08 Thread Rachel magario
Hmm, is lion working pretty well so far? I was afraid to up grade and lose some of my productivity since I am right in the tornado of my thesis. Thanks for the info! Much appreciate it. RM On Sep 8, 2011, at 1:21 AM, Oriol Gómez wrote: > You need to go to system preferences and click on custom

Re: multilingual use

2011-09-07 Thread Oriol Gómez
You need to go to system preferences and click on customize, on the system voice popup menu. There you will find a table of voices taht you can download, but only if you are using lion. If you're on snow leopard you're goign to have to either upgrade or buy voices. Then on voice over you, once you

multilingual use

2011-09-07 Thread Rachel magario
Hello every one, but more in specific multiple language users. I am struggling a lot to figure out how to have other languages added to my mac. Do I just by a voice and install? Where do I buy that voice? Anyone using VisioVoice? I tried, but I did not see how it works and what advantages is ther