just upgraded to Mavericks, question re Eva voice

2014-01-21 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi all, I decided to take advantage of the three-day weekend to finally upgrade to Mavericks. Overall, I’m happy with the upgrade. Though I haven’t had much time to look at iBooks, I’m looking forward to having it on my Mac, and I’m pleased to see that some commands that didn’t work in ML

Re: just upgraded to Mavericks, question re Eva voice

2014-01-21 Thread David Taylor
No nuance voices support pitch or intonation changes. Cheers Dave On 21 Jan 2014, at 12:41, Donna Goodin doniado...@me.com wrote: Hi all, I decided to take advantage of the three-day weekend to finally upgrade to Mavericks. Overall, I’m happy with the upgrade. Though I haven’t had much

Re: just upgraded to Mavericks, question re Eva voice

2014-01-21 Thread Donna Goodin
Ah. I thought I had a vague recollection of seeing some postings to that effect, but couldn’t remember for sure. Thanks for confirming. Cheers, Donna On Jan 21, 2014, at 7:17 AM, David Taylor e.david.tay...@icloud.com wrote: No nuance voices support pitch or intonation changes. Cheers

Re: iBooks, Was just upgraded to Mavericks, question re Eva voice

2014-01-21 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, Donna, Just be aware that iBooks is a bit tricky. When you’re in the library, push the lists radio button to have VO say your book titles. When you open a book, the chapter will be in an HTmL area, which you have to interact with. The shortcut key to switch chapters doesn’t work well with

Re: iBooks, Was just upgraded to Mavericks, question re Eva voice

2014-01-21 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi, Teresa, Thanks for the tips. I’ve been following the iBooks discussions pretty closely in anticipation of the upgrade, but I’ll definitely keep this in mind. Cheers, Donna On Jan 21, 2014, at 10:48 AM, Teresa Cochran vegaspipistre...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Donna, Just be aware that