Hi Rossy and Dan, Rossy, Since you are using multiple languages and switch between them, and are also a low-vision user, have you tried using GhostReader? This is an Assistiveware product, but is designed as "Convenienceware" -- for the general market of people who are not visually impaired, but simply want the convenience of software to read webpages, mail, documents, and text, especially if they wish additional support for other languages. While you can buy GhostReader (I think for 40 Euros) in any single language, and use a compressed form of the InfoVox/iVox voices (sort of like mp3 versions of audio CDs) in GhostReader, you can also use any InfoVos/iVox or other system-wide voice with GhostReader. The text in the Ghostreader window can use enlarged fonts (though I don't know whether this is large enough for low-vision use) and highlight words as they are read. You can also switch voices (which means languages, if you already have other InfoVox voices) with shortcut keys, and you can convert text to audio files (in these voices). As I said, this really isn't designed for visually impaired people, and there is a separate application, called Visiovoice, that does support the visually impaired or blind market and has more features, larger magnification, etc. but at substantially higher price.
The final reason GhostReader might be of interest to you, is that there is an undocumented feature that allows you to switch between voices (and languages) when reading a single text document when using the Infovox voices. It works only in GhostReader (and not in current versions of Visiovoice). If you have a TextEdit file text like: \vce=speaker=Heather\I prefer to use English \vce=speaker=Julie\Chacun à son goût the voice and intonation will change each time "\vce=speaker=<name>\" is encountered, so the first phrase is spoken in English and the second in French. If you used a voice like Chiara the text would be spoken in Italian. This is a great way of recording sample sessions of VoiceOver commands (in English) combined with instructions in your own language. Anyway, if you're interested in tryng this out, here is the web page for GhostReader: http://www.convenienceware.com/ghostreader.php with download link at: http://www.convenienceware.com/download.php Hope this is of interest. Dan, Anne sets up a second user account in French for her translation work. While you can switch (language) voices in an account that uses English localization, the advantage to having an account that is in Spanish or French is that when you compose documents, your spellchecker, etc. will point to that language. I'm pointing to one of Cheryl's old posts from the archives summarizing some of Anne's suggestions for setting up a second user account in another language: http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40macvisionaries.com/msg27527.html (Instructions for getting vo and the system to use another language) Another possibility is to use VisioVoice. Here's Anne's description from the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/discuss%40macvisionaries.com/msg36922.html (Re: voiceover and visiovoice) You can also use the feature of fast user switching to change between accounts in different languages. Hope this helps. Cheers, Esther On May 27, 2009, at 10:23 AM, Koumanova Rostislava wrote: > > hi , > i use my mac with italian operating system, i have info vox italian > and english language. when i need to read in english i change vo > option , in the voice menu i leave italian as a main language and > change the language which reads the contents in english. vo reads all > my menu and comands in italian wich is more familar for me , while i > enjoy the contents of my english mail or books or internet in english, > like this i did not have to set other accounts. i might need it though > if i switch between italian , english and bulgarian cyrilic. > but i tried to change the input and it works just fine. for me all > this various language changes are problems and windows did not accept > my multi national needs, with mac it is only a matter of changing > preference ! it has even my preferite bulgarian phonetic keyboard. i > would love to hear vo in bulgarian. > enough i hope i am not annoying you guys > > rkIl giorno 27/mag/09, alle ore 17:05, Dan Eickmeier ha scritto: > >> >> Hey all, I'm aware that it is possible to set up another user account >> in another language if you wanted to, even if you've installed MacOS >> in English. A friend of mine is considering possibly getting a mac, >> and even though she can speak English very well, I think her first >> language is Spanish. So if she wanted to have two user accounts, >> one >> in English, and a second in Spanish, how would you go about setting >> that up? >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
