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> Original Message: > --------------------------------- > > From: Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> > Sent: August 21, 2014 1:08:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Activity bug and Nuance voices was Re: advanced voice over? > > Hi, > > I wonder if this has something to do with announcements. When using the > voice Alex, if you switch in or out of the app that you have an Activity > applied to, VO announces "VoiceOver Settings Activity along with a view other > App notes. If you use a different voice, non-Apple, then this phrase is not > announced but silence is not golden. Sometimes, if I press ctrl twice to > make VO be quiet, then this announcement/pause is eliminated or decreased. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Aug 21, 2014, at 10:58 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Most every voice is Nuance, yes. Alex is not, and the older voices (Fred, > > and the other old-style synthesizers) are not, but any you have to download > > are. Yes, the bug is present even if the activity does not change the voice > > in use. No, there is no workaround I know of; keep emailing > > [email protected] and using www.apple.com/feedback. > > On Aug 21, 2014, at 12:15 PM, Christina C. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> How do I know if it's a Nuance voice that I am using? Are they all Nuance > >> voices except for Alex and some of the low quality voices? I have surely > >> noticed that when I want to change voices it is a very sluggish process. I > >> usually just stick to Ava. I want to try activities. If I use the same > >> voice for all apps, will performance still be sluggish? Is there a work > >> around or do you just have to live with the sluggish behavior? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Christina > >> > >> On Aug 21, 2014, at 2:05 AM, Sabahattin Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Aha! Thanks Jonathan, I thought that performance bug with activities was > >>> just me, but evidently not. Yes, very annoying; put a complete damper on > >>> Nuance for me, since I have Safari automatically initiate my web > >>> activity, and of course Safari is almost always open which means simply > >>> pressing Vo D to get to the dock will produce an annoyingly long pause > >>> before I can do anything else. Sincerely hope it gets fixed and I'll > >>> dash off a note to Apple Accessibility about it now too. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 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. > > -- > 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.
