VoiceOver at login will always use Alex, and always at a slow rate, in my experience. I've never seen it do this elsewhere, except in system updates. On Sep 20, 2014, at 2:48 PM, The Believer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Rachel, > This is not what I am talking about. VO works at login and elsewhere. But > what I want to do is change how VO speaks everywhere. I am using the Alex > voice and I have the speech rate pitch etc set the way it works best for me. > These voice settings however are not honored system wide. Not at login and > not in some dialogs tho at the moment I cannot pin down exactly where. I set > Samantha as the system voice but she has yet to speak. > > Many people can run their speech at a fast rate, I cannot. > > From The Believer. . . > . . . what if it were true? > [email protected] > > On 9/20/2014 10:10 AM, Rachel Feinberg wrote: >> Hi, >> >> If you go to system preferences, users and groups, login options pain, >> click the lock to make changes, enter in your admin password. Then tab >> through that window and you'll see various options you can customize >> when logging in. A chedkbox you'll want to see checked is Voiceover at >> the logon window. >> Hopefully this fixes your problem. >> Rachel. >> On 9/19/2014 8:56 PM, The Believer wrote: >>> Alex and Rachel, >>> To Alex. You probably have your speech rate set higher than normal >>> human speech so you might not know when system related events is >>> announced. I have to slow it down so when I hear the system speech, >>> sometimes its hard to unbderstand. >>> >>> So per Rachel's suggestion, I went into system prefs, dictation and >>> speech, and changed system voice to Samantha (I am using Alex as the >>> normal voice). So far she is not speaking to me. She certainly is not >>> at login. >>> >>> From The Believer. . . >>> . . . what if it were true? >>> [email protected] >>> >>> On 9/18/2014 7:35 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >>>> Can you give us an example of when this happens? I've never heard of >>>> this, except at the login screen or during a system update. >>>> On Sep 18, 2014, at 10:25 PM, Rachel Feinberg <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> This sounds like you're hearing the system voice that's speaking >>>>> other information. >>>>> You can change the rate of this by going into system >>>>> preferences>dictation and speech>text to speech tab, and in there >>>>> you'll find adjustments of the system voice, as well as the rate. >>>>> Rachel. >>>>> On 9/18/2014 6:03 PM, The Believer wrote: >>>>>> The other day I had some questions, none of which got answered, so >>>>>> will tackle them singly. >>>>>> >>>>>> Voiceover is set to my liking except when system related >>>>>> information is spoken. It sounds like its using default VO >>>>>> settings. Is there another place where I can change this? >>>>>> >>>>>> From The Believer. . . >>>>>> . . . what if it were true? >>>>>> [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. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. -- 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.
