Hi Eric The thing with VoiceOver is that the screenreader interrupts itself when new information is displayed. THis is extremely handy, in fact, but not in applications such as text-based environments like Terminal.
Growl will work with Skype. When you start Growl, you may have to relaunch for Skype to show up in the "Applications" tab. This is because the application needs to register itself with Growl, and if no registration is received, it will simply not work. That's in a nutshell. I could go much more in-depth here as to why, but that's not that important. You can find the Speech style in the "Display" tab. When setting this style, it will become your default. This means that, if you select an application to use with Growl in the "Application" tab and click "Configure", every time you tell a particular application to use the "Default style" it will do just that (Speech being default in this case). Default is also the standardized option for all applications unless you change this. On Oct 3, 2010, at 10:33 AM, Eric Oyen wrote: > Nicolai, > I only just discovered growl today. I am still learning what a mac can do for > the blind. I didn't see a speech option on the control panel configuration > for growl. > > I haven't figured out how to get it to work with skype either. I do like the > fact that it does work nicely with Adium (an all-in-one sms/im client) > > I wouldn't mind an ability to read irc chats automatically. I am just not > sure voiceover can handle that as designed. > > -Eric > > On Oct 3, 2010, at 1:19 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > >> Hello Rafaela! >> >> Growl is very much accessible. Simply switch the display style to speech and >> you're good to go. You can do this from with in System Preferences>Growl. >> >> The way Growl handles speech is slightly odd, though, as it speaks >> everything at once. That means that, if you get Skype chats and three to >> four people typing at once, it will announce all of this as soon as it >> happens. This means that occasionally, more events will speak at the same >> time. Growl is highly customizable, however, so you can change which events >> you want to speak for applications that implement Growl. Skype doesn't >> really need Growl, though, as Skype supports its own application events >> except automatically speaking chats. >> >> I'm currently looking at the source for Growl, so any suggestions for the >> Speech style would be welcome. I took it upon myself to look at this >> development, as not a lot of people besides visually impaired users utilize >> this style and no one seemed interested to develop it much further. >> >> Regards, >> Nic >> On Oct 3, 2010, at 5:40 AM, Rafaela Freundt wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Recently in some discutions on this list I have herd a mention of growl, I >>> do have it installed on my mac but it interferes with skype when a new >>> message appears, a growl dialog will pop up and won't let me read for some >>> seconds. I would like to know what exactly is growl for, and if it is >>> useful and accessible to us, or if it is only a bother. >>> thanks very much and any answer is appreciated, >>> Rafaela >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > Eric Oyen - N7ZZT > Phoenix Arizona > Geocode: > 33.488462 -112.234926 > N33° 29.3077', W112° 14.0956' > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
