I get (wi8ll be getting again) newspapers in my inbox eveyr morning.
I convert text to audio so I can listen to them whenever I want.
It's really convenient, and I manage to stay up-to-date with what's
going on in the world. The fun part is I can make it record just
about as fast as I want, so I can listen to it quicker than someone
could read it.
Jane
On Mar 24, 2006, at 1:24 PM, Kafka's Daytime wrote:
Hi Vickie,
One of the advantages of converting text to an audio file is that
it makes the information portable - i.e. you can drop the audio
file on another smaller device, put it on some portable media (like
a CD-ROM, for instance), etc. and take it with you. A few people on
the list were previously using a program called Lips to convert
text-to-audio file. CSKDREV adds some features requested by
frequent users of Lips and (in the new version to be available
shortly) solves some problems related to VO interrupting the text-
to-audio-file conversion. Cheryl H., David P., Jane J. and Travis
S. (plus others) might be willing to tell you more about how they
use text-to-audio-file conversion to their advantage.
Kind regards,
Joe
On Mar 24, 2006, at 2:14 PM, John Weir wrote:
I am not sure exactly what the CSKDREV really does diferently than
VO. VO converts text to audio when it reads the words in mail or
safari or text edit etc. Can you explain what yours does
differently or better? Vickie Weir
Kafka's Daytime wrote:
One more improvement:
You can now multitask with VO even while CSKDREV converts-text-
to- audio-file (though the CSKDREV application itself will remain
busy until conversion is complete). Note: it may take about 5 to
8 seconds for VO to return from the busy CSKDREV application and
become available for use...but after that you should be able to
do whatever you want on you Mac while CSKDREV works on
converting text to audio.
Kind regards,
Joe
On Mar 24, 2006, at 2:39 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
