I am on skype as wel, can you guys each put me in your contacts if you're on skype, and if you see me, give me a call, Thanks! Just use this email address. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jon
On 9/6/07 6:31 PM, "Esther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Jon, > > If you are sighted and need to get off to a quick start reading electronic > books in PDF or Word format you might consider checking out GhostReader. > This is a third party text-to-speech product by AssistiveWare, who also > make VisioVoice, a product that a number of VoiceOver users like. > However, this is pitched at the mainstream text-to-speech market, > so it doesn't involve the full-system VoiceOver integration that makes > VisioVoice more expensive. What you would get are improved InfoVox/iVox > voices and an easy-to-use interface for reading out documents and/or > transferring them to audio files that you can play back. GhostReader supports > switching voices and, what is particularly useful if you need or want to > read text in multiple languages, the ability to switch to InfoVox/iVox > natural sounding voices that handle other European languages with > correct text-to-speech rendering of accents. > > Take a look at the web page at: > > http://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader.php > > This might be easier for you to start with, since GhostReader supports > skipping paragraphs, replaying sentences, switching voices, etc. and > a bilingual single user license would be $59.95. There was also > extensive discussion about this and about the InfoVox/iVox voices > about a month ago. > > It's still worth learning VoiceOver, and it can do things like zoom up > selective lines of text that the general zoom feature cannot. VisioVoice > can zoom selected parts of the screen, and has lots more feature (such > as the ability to run VoiceOver for complete system functions in languages > other than English). However, take a look at GhostReader and see if > it might work for you. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > > On Thursday, September 06, 2007, at 11:06AM, "Jon Solitro" wrote: >> My name is Jon, I just began using the mac visionaries mailing list. I >> joined because I recently got my first Mac and can see well enough to use >> the zoom feature most of the time. I am in grad school now, however, and >> need to read electronic books. They are scanned for me either in PDF or Word >> format. I canot for the life of me figre out how to use Voiceover. I went to >> apple and downloaded the manual to listen to, and its pretty general. I'm >> still having trouble. Can someone walk me through it at all? Is there >> someone I can get help from over the phone? >> >> Jon >> > >
