Hello Søren and Pierre, Yes, you're right. No one has a choice of voice at login. I tried all possibilities this morning on a computer which I set up from scratch in French and the voice was still Alex.
This would change if Apple provided a basic voice in every language into which VoiceOver is localised. Cheers, Anne On Apr 9, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Søren Jensen wrote: > This is weird. It doesn't work for me either. I think this is > because the changes in VO and the changes in the System Preferences > are only made for each user on the computer. When you are on the > login screen, you aren't logged in to any users yet. I don't have > any clue about how to change the voice on the login screen. > Best regards > Søren Jensen > Mail & MSN: > [email protected] > Website: > http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ > > On 08/04/2009, at 20.24, Pierre Heim wrote: > >> Good evening folks, >> >> I understood the last post of Anne this way that the system voice >> you set in speech preverences is also active for the login window. >> In order to check if the problem is the Infovox voice I set Bruce >> to test this. So I restarted VO and logout/login and restarted but >> always the same result: Alex is still present and after login hte >> voices from the VO utility settings became active. Is this the >> correct behaviour or is something wrong here? >> >> Pierre >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Pierre Heim >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 9:13 PM >> Subject: Re: Changing voice of login window >> >> Hi, >> >> the system voice is set to Klaus (my iPod syncs the menus with it) >> and the Leopard installation is with German localization. I think I >> will write a mail to Assistiveware the next days... Thanks so far. >> >> Greetings, >> Pierre >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Esther >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 10:39 PM >> Subject: Re: Changing voice of login window >> >> Hi Scott and Pierre, >> >> I remember that with the Leopard upgrade the default voice (until >> you actually finished the upgrade) was Fred. I've only used the >> different voice options earlier with VisioVoice (in French) and >> Tiger, and I don't run my Leopard account with a different language >> localization. Tiger's support was more restrictive. I thought >> that you could boot up your system in Leopard starting with another >> voice, but I haven't tried this myself. I guess my question to >> Pierre would first be whether the computer was set up with a >> default localization in German (for the system, not just his >> account)? >> >> Anne would probably know whether a startup from scratch works with >> a voice other than Alex based on her experience with the French >> VoiceOver mailing list that she moderates. Other than that, David >> Niemeijer at Assistiveware could probably tell you whether this is >> possible for a German login voice. You could send a query to: >> >> [email protected] >> >> or else send a post to the Assistiveware forums. David reads this >> list, but a direct email will be faster. >> >> HTH >> >> On Apr 6, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Scott Howell wrote: >> >>> I'm not sure you can change it. that is a problem unless Apple >>> makes different languages a part of the VO package. Of course I >>> could be wrong as well. >>> On Apr 6, 2009, at 3:30 PM, Pierre Heim wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Esther, >>>> >>>> I know this already (all voices are set to "Klaus" from the iVox >>>> package) but the problem is that these settings become only >>>> active after user login. I can activate VO for the login window >>>> but I cannot find an option to change the voice used for this >>>> window. After login everything works fine. >>>> >>>> Pierre >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: Esther >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 9:13 PM >>>> Subject: Re: Changing voice of login window >>>> >>>> Hello Pierre, >>>> >>>> Pierre Heim wrote: >>>>> >>>>> is it possible to change the voice for the login window? Alex >>>>> sounds fine but not for German localization *g* >>>>> >>>> >>>> To change the voice (for example, to Klaus or Sarah from the >>>> Infovox iVox German voices), bring up the VoiceOver utility with >>>> VO-F8, press 's' to select "Speech" in the table of utility >>>> categories, then tab to the pane for setting voices. You'll hear >>>> "Voices, selected tab 1 of 2". You can select and choose settings >>>> for the Voice you use for Default Voice, Content, Status, Type, >>>> Attributes, and VoiceOver menu announcements. VO-Right arrow to >>>> the pop up buttons beside each category and press (VO-Space), >>>> then use arrow keys and letters to select your voice from all the >>>> available options. VO-Right arrow to set default rate, pitch, >>>> and volume for each voice. You can do this either by typing a >>>> number between 1 and 100 in the text field or by using your up >>>> and down arrow keys on the adjusters when you VO-Right arrow past >>>> the text field inputs. >>>> >>>> You can also edit pronunciation by choosing the Pronunciation tab >>>> of the Speech options in VoiceOver Utility. Use either VO-Right >>>> Arrow from the Voices tab or item chooser menu (VO-I) and type "t >>>> a b" to navigate to the Pronunciation tab, then return. VO-Space >>>> on the tab to select it. VO-Right arrow and interact with the >>>> table for examples of text words or phrases and the substituted >>>> pronunciation. To add a pronunciation fix, stop interacting with >>>> the table and VO-Right to the "Add" button and press (VO-Space). >>>> A pronunciation dialog window will come up, with prompts for you >>>> to enter the text you wish to edit and the new pronunciation, >>>> along with the group categories/applications in which you wish >>>> this to be used. There are buttons to "play", "cancel" or "save" >>>> that will close the dialog window. When you're finished, use >>>> Command-W to close the VoiceOver Utility window. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Esther >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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