Okay, first set up the voices interface. Go to the start menu and hit
Enter on Talking Desktop Clock options. Then bring up the View menu
and
select Voices. Now you will be on the Voices interface. You select
the
different voices by arroing upand down the list of voices, which may
vary
depending on your operating system and which synthesizers are
installed
on your computer. It's possible you have only three voices to choose
from. In any case, when you find the voice you want to use, hit Enter
on
it to select it. Tab to the three time interval boxes and check or
uncheck them as desired. Next, tab to Starting At. It sounds like
the
list is empty, but if you press Insert-numpad 5, you will hear the
contents of each box. The first box is the hours, the second box the
minutes, and the third is AM or PM. Use the up and down arrow keys to
change the values in each box . JAWS will not speak as you up and
down
through the list items, so press Insert-Numpad 5 after each press of
the
arrow keys to verify the value you have selected. Do the same for the
Ending At boxes. Once you have set the Voice options, bring up the
View
menu again and select Chimes. On the Chimes interface, use the left
and
right arrow keys and up and down arrow keys to move around the list of
chime sounds. There are 19 sounds to choose from, and when you find
one
you like, hit Enter on it to select it. Set the Starting and Ending
times
as you did on the Voices interface. Note that the Starting and Ending
times are in 12 hour format, not 24 hour format. There is no date
adjustment to deal with. Hope this helps. Cheers.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yvonne Oliver" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] About the talking clock!
hello again Gerald
i found the talking clock and managed to go through as many of the
settings as i could
some boxes had nothing in them and although it said use arrow keys
nothing happened
so i am not doing very well at the moment
i did manage to get it to speak once or twice but not any more
and it gives a selection box for chime periods and all of those are
checked
also it says i have a choice of 10 voices but i can only find 3 what
happened to the other 7?
it wont announce the time or chime when required
another thing is i set the time to 21 09 which it was when i set it
and
set the date to 23 2009 but it said august and wont let me select
June
oh how i need some help here
if you are on skype maybe you could talk me through it or can you
send
a
step by step guide for me to follow in setting up and using the clock
one last thing for now can i get it to speak in the same way as the
computer built in clock or does it just work on its own at the chime
request
thank you
Yvonne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] About the talking clock!
You should find the Talking Desktop Clock submenu on the Start
menu.
Hit
Enter on Talking Desktop Clock Options to set your preferences.
Once
you
have it set up, hit Enter on Talking Desktop Clock to start it
running.
Read the documentation that accompanied the download for more
details.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yvonne Oliver" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] About the talking clock!
hello Gerald
i have downloaded and install wizard took me through installation
but
i
cant find it can you tell me where it is likely to be and how do i
get
started
thank you
Yvonne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] About the talking clock!
You can download the Talking Desktop Clock from the JAWS Users
programs
page. It's item 15 under the Utilities heading. Be sure to read
the
accompanying documentation.
http://www.jaws-users.com/programs/
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arianna Calesso" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] About the talking clock!
Where do you get this talking clock? It sounds good.
Arianna
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] About the talking clock!
Yep, you certainly can set the clock to announce the time on the
hour
and
half hour only. The Voices and Chimes user interfaces each have
three
check boxes: hour, half-hour, and quarter-hour, so by checking
and
unchecking these boxes as desired, you can set the time and
chimes
to
sound only at the intervals you specify. You can launch Talking
Desktop
Clock nanually from the Start menu, create a desktop icon to
launch
it
from the desktop, or create an icon in the Start-up submenu so
that
it
launches automatically whenever you turn on your computer. You
can
also
specify the starting and ending times during the day when you
want
to
hear the time announcements, so that you can silence them at
night
if
you
wish. And you can even adjust the volume independently of the
system
volume, so this little utility is highly customizable. Read the
documentation that accompanies the download for more details.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cliff Smales" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] About the talking clock!
Hey, Jerald:
I was unaware of the talking clock, until I heard the mention,
here.
Two questions:
1. Can the clock be set for hourly, or half-hourly anouncement?
I
think
I'd find quarter-hour a bit much.
2. How do you get it going?
Many thanks,
Cliff Smales
[email protected]
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] About the talking clock!
The Talking Desktop Clock is a little utility that
automatically
announces the time at quarter-hour intervals along with a
selected
chime sound. This is really useful when you're in the middle
of
something and you're too busy to press Insert-F12 to hear the
time.
There are a number of different voices and chime sounds to
choose
from,
and it is very easy to set up.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yvonne Oliver" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:26 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] About the talking clock!
hello Gerald
what is this talking clock and how does it work?
Yvonne
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Levy" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 21, 2009 12:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] About the talking clock!
You can download the Talking Desktop Clock from the JAWS
Users
programs
page. It's item 15 under the Utilities heading.
http://www.jaws-users.com/programs/
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: "JOHN O CARVALHO" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 5:17 PM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] About the talking clock!
Can someone pleas send me the free talking desktop clock?
Or tell me where to get it from?
Skype - john.carvalho82
Email - [email protected]
PEACE
J C
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