Hi, Joe.
Thanks a lot for workingon this improvement, :)
Jane
On Mar 24, 2006, at 1:39 AM, Kafka's Daytime wrote:
Hi Folks,
I found a way to workaround VO interrupting CSKDREV text-to-audio-
file conversion. You no longer have to turn VO off to prevent
CSKDREV text-to-audio-file conversion from ending prematurely. When
conversion-to-audio-file is complete, the CSKDREV application
returns, the "audio file complete" sound plays, and, finally, you
hear VO kick back in. Note: you will not be able to navigate with
VO during text-to-audio-file conversion by CSKDREV. In the future
I'll look for ways to allow you to multitask with VO even during
CSKDREV text-to-audio-file conversion. For now, this does not seem
to be possible. I'll compile and post the new version of CSKDREV
sometime this weekend.
Kind regards,
Joe
On Mar 23, 2006, at 6:25 PM, Kafka's Daytime wrote:
Thanks Travis! Yes, I'm opening a speech channel before speaking
the text to audio or to file. The highlighting bit is a callback
that is triggered only when text is being spoken through speakers
(rather than to a file) so, as you discovered, that doesn't play a
part in the interruption of text-to-audio-file conversion. I
believe I have a simple solution for the VO-interruption
problem...it involves being a little less fancy. I'll try to test/
make the improvement within the next few days.
Sorry for the temporary inconvenience!...and thanks again Travis.
As Travis suggests, temporary solution is to turn off VO when
saving to file.
Joe
On Mar 23, 2006, at 2:12 PM, Travis Siegel wrote:
Ok, I've figured out the problem.
The code Apple started with does the same thing Joe's program
does, only it isn't quite as configurable *grin*)
I first tried removing the code that highlighted the selected
text, thinking that perhaps for some reason, vo was making the
program think only part of the text was highlighted.
However, this had no effect.
So, after further experimentation, I discovered that the problem
is voice over itself.
For some reason, the text-to-file process must use the speech
channel. If voice over tries to talk during this process, it
cuts off the output to the file, and causes it to end short of
completion.
Short answer?
turn off voice over and click the mouse on the save button (after
you've selected the file name and where to save it).
This will perform the export with no interruptions from voice over.
And, even if vo doesn't try to talk, it still interrupts the
export sometimes if a speech event comes in while the export is
taking place (no clue why) but there you have it. I've
successfully exported 5 chapters of a book using this method, and
only 1 with voice over turned on, so now we know.
