Re: changing speech rate of system voice?

2017-11-18 Thread Arthur Gindin
Angus: I monitor this webspace for my blind granddaughter, Mandy Hall (see YouTube). She limps because the left leg doesn’t work well. She plays the full drum kit, bass guitar, piano and sings, even though she has only the use of the index finger on the right and the thumb plus three on the

Re: changing speech rate of system voice?

2017-10-01 Thread Angus MacKinnon
E.T. I have tried to flick up or down and nothing happens. I have poor tactile and motor control. Angus MacKinnon -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that

Re: changing speech rate of system voice?

2017-10-01 Thread E.T.
Flick up or down. Or turn the rotor to speaking rate and do the same rather than going into settings. From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . "God for you is where you sweep away all the mysteries of the world, all the challenges to our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off and say God did

Re: changing speech rate of system voice?

2017-10-01 Thread Angus MacKinnon
> I go to Settings/General/Accessibility/Speech and down to Speaking Rate on my > iPhone 5S. And hear "Adjustable”. How do I Adjust the Speaking Rate, so the > Speaking Rate increases? Thank you. Angus MacKinnon -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries

Re: changing speech rate of system voice?

2017-10-01 Thread Donna Goodin
You were right. I was in VO prefs. Thanks for the tip. System speech still seems a little anemic, but it's definitely better. Cheers, Donna > On Oct 1, 2017, at 11:57 AM, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > Donna, > > Was that in the VoiceOver area or the Speech area of

Re: changing speech rate of system voice?

2017-10-01 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Donna, Was that in the VoiceOver area or the Speech area of accessibility? It sounds like you are talking about VoiceOver but you should be in the Accessibility -> Voices area of system preferences. Good Luck! Jonathan Cohn > On Oct 1, 2017, at 11:36 AM, Donna Goodin

Re: changing speech rate of system voice?

2017-10-01 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi, Tim, That’s exactly what I did. But I didn’t seem to be able to change the rate on the system voice. I could change it for the content voice, and I could change which voice was used, but not for any of the other voices. Cheers, Donna Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 1, 2017, at 9:55 AM, Tim

Re: changing speech rate of system voice?

2017-10-01 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, Go in to System Prefs, Accessibility and select Speech from the table. You can choose the voice and adjust the speaking rate here. I've actually made it so that my System voice is different than my VO voice so that I am aware of who's talking to me. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray,

changing speech rate of system voice?

2017-10-01 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi, all, So my system voice is quite a big slower than my content voice, and frankly, it sounds like she's about to keel over and have a heart attack. I've looked in VO prefs, but am not finding a way to change the speech rate. Anyone know if you can do this? TIA, Donna -- The following