Actually I did [[rate 250]] and selected all 30 pages. It only recorded about in one case 4 minutes of the document. I had to use the say command to get it done. On Feb 13, 2012, at 8:05 AM, Esther wrote:
> Hi Sarah, David, and Zack, > > I'm late to this thread, but I have a few quick comments. If the workflow > Sarah uses is the Services menu option, "Add to iTunes as a Spoken Track", it > will use the default encoding format for the m4a file. This is 128 kbps > variable bit rate at CD quality sampling (44.1 kHz). Changing your iTunes > import preferences (Command-comma for the preferences menu) under button for > "Import Settings" on the General tab, from "iTunes Plus" to "Spoken Podcast" > (32 kbps, 22.05 kHz with voice filtering) will make the resulting file about > 4 times smaller. Speeding up the voice speaking rate by sticking an embedded > command at the start of the selected text, such as: > [[rate 400]] > (that's two left brackets followed by the word "rate" followed by a space and > the number "400" followed by two right brackets) will make the resulting file > even smaller (and shorter). > > I'm sure that text to speech programs that record don't use iTunes Plus music > settings for the program. If anyone bought Assistiveware's GhostReader as an > inexpensive add-on with the InfoVox voices, that program also lets you record > text to a file, and even has an undocumented feature that lets you switch > between the InfoVox iVox (Acapela group) voices on your system mid-text, so > you can change voices (and languages) in the middle of your recording. > GhostReader is not designed for visually impaired users, but is quite useful. > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > > On Feb 10, 2012, at 1:34 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> Acutally I round the work around maybe. I left the dialogue there for about >> half an hour and came back and the full 30 page document showed up as an m4a >> file. If I have to do this every time tha'ts rediculous but Im willing to be >> patient. >> On Feb 10, 2012, at 3:25 PM, David Griffith wrote: >> >>> I think this may be a limitation. I am also using Lion and when I tried to >>> do this with a 30 page text document last week it completely failed. >>> As you say small clips are fine but anything substantial and I-tunes does >>> not appear able to cope . >>> I guess I could split the file up into smaller segments but I am afraid I >>> could not be bothered and went instead to use the free speech utility in >>> fusion under Windows. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> David Griffith >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami >>> Sent: 10 February 2012 21:48 >>> To: mac access list iOS Accessibility >>> Subject: a perplexing iTunes issue >>> >>> Hello to all. >>> >>> I want to convert a 30 or 40 page rtf document to speach using the >>> workflow. that ships with lion. I'm running os 10.7.3 and I noticed that >>> it will convert a 30 second clip fine but it stops 8 or sometimes even 20 >>> seconds in to the selected 30 page document. I made sure all text was >>> selected. What do I need to do to fix this? I need to get this done way >>> before monday. >>> >>> Thanks all. > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
