I also have spoken to Aaron smith about this. Aaron, you believe that we don't have permissions to write to the user-levl directories? Well, that argument is hurled out of the water. Also, just so you all can see, hear is part of an MSN Messenger window where I was explaining to Aaron about what happend to me with my synthesizer. Basically, this will only support Brandon's last email. I am running XP Professional, with full administrative privilages. The message window contents are:
My friend brandon here is trying to make the speech synthesizer settings be different per synthesizer driver in Window-Eyes. But when Brandon make any changes, even after applying "set speech options to current," the settings effect all synths, rather than current. Any ideas? And no, Voice roator didn't solve it. Aaron says: You need to enable the "Use Specified Speech Parameters" check box. Check out section 7.9: Changing Synthesizers. Keith says: Um...this is wird! Keith says: Aaron, I have done that exactly. I'll tell you what I just did. Keith says: I just took the steps for Eloquence. Sped up my rate to rate sixty. Checked "Use Spessifyd Speech options. Checked the enjin-specific checkbox, set speech paramaters to current, and also hit the apply button. But guess what? Keith says: My DecTalk (Window-Eyes) is also now at rate sixty. The changes in particular were only being made to the U.S Eloquence injin. Why is this being done at a global level for Window-Eyes effecting every speech enjin in existance on my system? Thought Brandon was the only one with the problem, but if you were to hear my two enjins, they're both at identicle rates. Aaron says: You don't want to check set speech parameters to current in either synthesizer. Read through the section again; it explains both settings in detail. Keith says: No no. That is not the problem! I did not, change DecTalk. You're not getting what I'm saying. I apologize, but basically, I am telling you, that I can use whatever blasted synth I wish. After making the changes, what you aren't getting, is that no matter what synth I applie changes to, or do not, apply changes to, the rate or whatever other options, tone, pitch, etc, is then effected, Keith says: at a global level. In other words Aaron, Every synth on my system (including those I didn ot ask) then adopted my settings acorss the board. Keith says: Does that make sense? In other words, I think you need to test this yourself. See if you don't find out what I'm telling you. I am not causing an error that is user-generated. This isn't anything I am trying to make Window-Eyes do, it's simply doing it globally for whatever reason. Only you folks might have an answer, bc I sure don't understand. Keith says: What Brandon just told me, is that whenever he switches, Window-Eyes is not honoring any of the settings per a single synthesizer. Keith says: It is making the changes acrossed the baord. Keith says: board* Aaron says: And you have verified that the Set Speech Parameters to current check box is unchecked for the other synthesizers that you're switching to? I ask because the behavior that you're getting is exactly what you would get with the check box checked in the synthesizers that you're not modifying. The only other possibility is that you don't have write permissons to the user/default directory where settings are saved. Keith says: Um, dude, isn't it a button? Keith says: Aaron, Brandon and I have administrative privelages on the machines we're using. This isn't in a comptuerlab situation. Keith says: computer* There we are. Sorry for the typos, but I hoped the message window would help, Aaron. I hope also, that you or Doug, or someone else can test this. Please see the replies Aaron to assist you with the steps. And note, that after you do these changes, you should find every synthesizer you own doing the same settings as you'd set for the single synthesizer enjin. Thank you, all for any help you can offer. Regards, --Keith On 1/26/10, Brandon Misch <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey all. i tried the suggestions that rual made and no matter which synth i > chose, the rates were the same. i went to my first synth wich was eloquence > checked the checkbox for use specified speech parameters thinking that this > would make the current synth honor the settings but when i switched to my > other synth, those settings i made for eloquence also went with it so my > dectalk was also faster when i only wanted eloquence that way, so i went > back and checked the engine specific parameters checkbox and that made no > difference. then, when i was back using eloquence, i hit the button that was > the set speech parameters to current. and the synth settings still didn't > stick. a friend of mine tested this by checking the speech parameters > checkbox for eloquence but not for dectalk, and the settings both were the > same for both synths. rate 50 for all voices when i only wanted eloquence > that fast. this friend is using windows xp and i am using windows 7 and we > both have admin wrights. and he told me this used to wrok wright in 4.5 and > higher. even in the manual it talks about having the speech parameters > checkbox checked and entering on the set speech parameters to current button > would save the settings for that synth and that synth only. > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original > sender only. 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