There are tons of voices, ranging from about $25 to $100. NVDA works with Sapi4 or 5, plus the Nuance package ($100) that Shawn mentioned. These are the same voices that Mavericks comes with for free, excepting the two Siri voices - the Mac does not yet have those. On Mar 15, 2014, at 12:22 AM, BBS <[email protected]> wrote:
> Yes, and if you don't like the speech of NVDA, there's also Vocalizer > Expressive voices you can get for it. That's what I'm currently using with > NVDA and specifically I'm using the American Siri voice with it. > > > Shawn > Sent From My White MacBook > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alex Hall > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 8:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Questions About Running Windows On my Mac > > First, download and install the free Refit Boot manager. This nifty bit of > software gives you first-letter navigation of your startup disks, and > automatically prompts for one. When I used it, I could hit the power button, > press W right after the chime, and Windows would boot. Or, I could press M, > and Mac OS would boot. > > As to using Windows, I would personally dump Jaws - it's expensive and > resource-hungry. Go to www.nvda-project.org and install NVDA, a free screen > reader that does everything Jaws can in most situations. It handles MS > Office, web browsing, and most everything else. The default speech takes > getting used to, but it can be done, and eventually you may come to love that > speech, as I do. NVDA has help documentation (NVDA key with N, arrow to help). > On Mar 14, 2014, at 9:20 PM, Ezzy Bueno <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, List! > > I am now running Windows on my Mac, through Bootcamp. My question is > how to select which system to run at start-up: Mac OSX or Windows. As > of now, my sighted friend holds the OPTION key down when the computer > starts up, in order to get the list of options. Is there anything I > can do so that I will get an audio option prompting me with a list of > options to select fom? > Also, what key do you all use fas the INSERT key with JAWS? How can I > check the battery status of my Mac while running Windows? > And finallly, do you all have any tips that you can offer me to get > strated with running Windows on my Mac? FYI, I am familiar with using > JAWS, as I use to have a PC years ago. > Thank you all for any tips you can offer! :-) > > Cheers, > Ezzie > > -- > Ezzy Ez Buenito > http://www.sillyez.com > (512) 553-8553 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > [email protected] > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
