Skype id is solitro1 On 9/8/07 11:22 AM, "VaShaun Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What is your Skype ID? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jon Solitro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by > theblind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 12:10 PM > Subject: Re: Voiceover > > >> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > >
