Thank you very much! I will give this a try and see what happens!
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Esther Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 11:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Changing the reading rate in a spoken text audio file Hi Missy, To change the reading rate you need to insert an embedded command specifying the rate at the beginning of the text file. This command will not be read by VoiceOver, but it will result in all subsequent text being read at the specified rate. Type two left brackets, followed by the word "rate", followed by a space and a number like "300" (for the words per minute), followed by two right brackets. You could copy and paste the control: [[rate 300]] If you want to check out the speed, open the Terminal app (in Finder, press Command-Shift-U to go to the "Utilities" folder, then press "t" or "t e" for Terminal, and press Command-Down arrow to launch it). Then type or paste in: say "[[rate 300]]This is an example of text spoken quickly" and press return. Change the value of the number in the embedded rate command to hear what the new rate sounds like with the "say" command. For example, paste the following into Terminal: say "[[rate 100]]This is an example of text spoken slowly" and press return. The sample sentence, preceded by the embedded command for rate enclosed within double left and right brackets, should be enclosed in quotation marks. For your text file, simple insert the embedded command for rate at the start of the file. The resulting file in iTunes will also be smaller and shorter. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Aug 24, 2011, at 03:12, Missy Hoppe wrote: > Hi there! I'm changing the subject on this one since I now know how to > make the file. What I'm trying to figure out now, is how to make it > read at a faster rate. I can easily speed up files on my nls player or > booksense, but if I could make Alex read it faster by default, that > would result in a significantly smaller file. I assumed this feature > used the system voice, which I currently have set at a rate of 75 percent, > but the audio file I get sounds as though it's being read at 45 or 50 percent. Is there any way around this? If not, that's fine, but I'm just trying to learn as much as I can and want to make this process as efficient as possible. Thanks again for all your help, and I hope that you're having a wonderful day! > Missy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker > Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 12:33 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Making an mp3 with lion? > > Hi, > > There's a couple ways you can do it. You can convert with iTunes. > Open up iTunes and then open up iTunes prefs with command comma. Then > find the import settings button (which is found under the general tab) > and select the file type you want iTunes to use for conversion. Once > you've selected mp3, and the quality you want, press ok. Now find the text > to audio file in iTunes and go to advanced in the menu bar. You will find an option to convert to mp3. You can also interact with the table and bring up the context menu to find the same option. You can also use garageband but, I think thats more involved. > > Ricardo Walker > [email protected] > Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 > www.mobileaccess.org > > On Aug 23, 2011, at 11:13 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote: > >> Hello again. Sorry to bother you, but how do I convert the file that >> imports into Itunes into an mp3, or even an .ogg. I copied the file, >> which was insanely huge by the way, onto a flash drive so that I >> could convert it in gold wave, but it's an m4A or something like >> that, and goldwave can't open it. I know absolutely nothing > about Itunes, but if you could please tell me how to convert this file > into a format I can use on my booksense or NLS player, I would really, really > appreciate it. >> Thanks again, and I hope that you're having a great day! >> Missy >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker >> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 10:05 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Making an mp3 with lion? >> >> No problem, >> >> BTW, I should have mentioned this before. When you do the text to >> audio conversion, it makes an AAC file by default. You can always create an >> mp3 version afterwards of course. >> >> hth >> >> Ricardo Walker >> [email protected] >> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 >> www.mobileaccess.org >> >> On Aug 23, 2011, at 9:13 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote: >> >>> Thank you for sending such detailed instructions! If this works in >>> Snow Leopard, I might try it there; I've been playing around in lion >>> for the past hour or so, and haven't been able to get anywhere. I >>> think I was messing up regarding that third column, so I'll have to >>> try to look at that again when my brain is a little more functional. >>> I'm almost tempted to see if anyone who has dropbox >> could convert this file to an mp3 for me, but now that you've given me steps >> to try, I shall keep trying to fight with it. >> Thank you very much for your response, and I hope that you're having a great >> day! >>> Missy >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 8:43 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Making an mp3 with lion? >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Here's what you do. BTW, the same option exists in Snow Leopard. >>> Go to system prefs and select keyboard. Now select the keyboard >>> shortcuts tab. In the first table you encounter, choose services. >>> Now in the second table interact, then arrow down to "add to iTunes >>> as a spoken track" Make sure the checkbox for this is checked. In >>> column >>> 3 of this table is an edit field. If you interact with this, and >>> preform a mouse click (providing you've moved the mouse >> cursor to the spot) you can input a keyboard shortcut for the action. >> For example, you can press command option A in the edit field and >> pressing that would send the selected text to iTunes as > an audio file. >>> >>> Once you have at least the action enabled via the checkbox, it >>> should show up in the menu bar underneath the applications menu. >>> Like Mail, iTunes, Safari, etc. once in here arrow down to the >>> services sub menu. Use VO down arrow to find the Add to iTunes >>> option. I suggest using VO down arrow because, on occasion, I have >> experienced just using the arrow keys will skip over this option for some >> strange reason. >>> >>> hth . >>> >>> Ricardo Walker >>> [email protected] >>> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 >>> www.mobileaccess.org >>> >>> On Aug 23, 2011, at 5:51 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, all. I don't know if I'm misunderstanding, or if I just >>>> dreamed this feature existed, but I thought I read somewhere that >>>> with lion, one could make an mp3 out of a document. I have a file >>>> which I'd love to have Alex read as an mp3, but can't figure out >>>> how to do it. I checked the context menu when the file was >>>> selected, but didn't see any relevant options. Do I need special >>>> software similar to text aloud to make this happen on my mac, or am >>>> I just not looking in the right place to find the feature? I >>>> understand that I can't >>> create a multi-voice file the same way I can using text aloud on my >>> PC, but just having Alex read something into mp3 format would be >>> more than adequate for now. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help >>> me figure this out, and I hope that everyone is having a >> great day! >>>> Missy >>>> >>>> -- 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.
