Hello Gena,

Why not use the Add to iTunes as a Spoken Track command? It's by far the 
simplest way to do it.

Cheers,

Anne

On 23 Jul 2013, at 17:45, Georgina Joyce <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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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