Hello Alex,

I'm confused, I asked about using the say command as I want to pass a text 
document to be converted into an audio file. One simple command should do it 
according to the say man page. I know nothing about Apple Script. That's for 
the dark winter evenings.

Thanks.
Gena

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On 23 Jul 2013, at 16:38, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:

> It certainly can, and I don't know why you'd be getting that error.
> You might also try that command to run Applescript commands in the
> terminal, I believe it's OSA. That way, you could pass that command
> "tell VoiceOver to say "my text"" and VO should speak the text instead
> of the default voice.
> 
> On 7/23/13, Georgina Joyce <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Yes, it does have a default rate. Which can be over ridden by using the -r
>> flag. However, I get the following error, when using the most basic form:
>> 
>> say hello
>> 
>> MTBEAudioUnitSoundOutput::PropagateProperty Error -10851
>> MTBEAudioUnitSoundOutput::PropagateProperty Error -10851
>> 
>> Hence why I asked if the audio architecture could handle using VO and say at
>> the same time.
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
>> Gena
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>> On 23 Jul 2013, at 06:46, Steve Holmes <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> It works on my machine too; just tried it. Yes, you could use the say
>>> command in shell or apple scripts for audible messages or prompts or
>>> whatever. I noticed it uses the system voice at default speeds which is
>>> slower than what VO does on my setup.
>>> 
>>> On Jul 22, 2013, at 1:40 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> What do you mean? Is this in Applescript or the terminal?
>>>> 
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>>> On Jul 22, 2013, at 16:18, Georgina Joyce <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hello All,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I wondered if anyone had successfully used the say command while using
>>>>> VoiceOver?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Gena
>>>>> 
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