[blindza] Re: Dumb question relating to recorded audio tutorials/walkthroughs TTS speed

That one also depends on your type of flash drive - some of them called 
something like a U3 can handle autorun, using autorun.inf, but not all of them 
do handle it as such.

stay well

Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dewald van Deventer 
  To: blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 9:51 AM
  Subject: [blindza] Re: Dumb question relating to recorded audio 
tutorials/walkthroughs TTS speed


  Hi guys. This is so cool!
  Any idea when the server will be on again?
  Deon, don't you have a backup file for me which i could download?

  Must say, the Neospeach voices sounds quite cool with NVDA. 

  In the NVDA user guide there is an article about how to make the NVDA on a 
memory stick speak automatically when you plug it in. 
  Just put an Autorun.inf file in there which you can download from the page. 

  It says that, after you have plugged in the stick with NVDA on, and press 
enter, it ought to start speaking automatically. 
  But you must have autoplay enabled. 

  I tried this, but the first thing in my autoplay list, is "play with Windows 
Mediaplayer", which obviously plays all NVDA's sounds. 

  Help?

  Here's what is written in the autorun.inf file:

  [AutoRun]
  open=nvda\nvda.exe
  action=Start NVDA
  icon=nvda\nvda.exe
  shell\NVDA="Start NVDA"
  shell\NVDA\command=nvda\nvda.exe
  shell=NVDA

  Thanks,
  Dewald. 

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Boshoff, Deon (GP Health) 
    To: blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 7:52 AM
    Subject: [blindza] Re: Dumb question relating to recorded audio 
tutorials/walkthroughs TTS speed


    Well, NVDA is really the very best portable screen reader in the World, as 
it needs no video intercept drivers, like Jaws and all the others; it's really 
plug and play!  And, there is an Eloquence synth for NVDA; the one used with 
Jaws will not work with NVDA; NVDA has it's own.  Pity the server is down at 
this stage, but when it comes on again, you should check out the channel; NVDA 
TIPS AND TRICKS, at
    www.inclusiveplanet.com
     Also, NVDA works equally well on 32-bit systems as with 64-bit ones, while 
with Jaws, one needs the correct version for your system.  I also prefer the 
portable version, but if one installs NVDA with the Afrikaans synth, you will 
find a program under Program files / NVDA, called Af TTS, or something, which 
you can use to convert written text into wma or mp3, using any synth that you 
have installed on your computer, by simply pasting your text into a box and 
hitting convert....  Of course FS and all the others would wish you not to use 
Eloq; each thinks, or wants the world to believe it belongs only to them, so 
you can't buy Eloq, unless you buy their products, and, at what cost?☺      
And, remember Jaws 8?  Well, it had an extra CD in the box, with RealSpeak Solo 
on, and that works real well with NVDA...I think I posted an mp3 sample in the 
above mentioned channel.  We may all be so used to Jaws that we don't feel like 
trying out any other, but lately, Windows has moved off from accessibility, and 
it seems that open source programs like NVDA can really help us now.  This USB 
sound card thing you were referring to, plus a memory stick with NVDA portable 
on it, can surely be of much help to you when you suddenly are confronted with 
a speechless computer in, maybe a Cybre Cafe, or when you have to work on a 
sighted person's computer! 

    Deon [G. Boshoff, BA[Stell]UDC[Potch] 
    WESKOPPIES HOSPITAL 
    Tel:              0123199735 
    Mobile:           0829699571 
    Fax:              0123277076 
    Bleeper: 0123199820, code 0002 
    E-mail: 
    Deon.boshoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Deon.boshoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
    WEB; 
    www.inclusiveplanet.com 

      -----Original Message-----
      From: blindza-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:blindza-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jacob Kruger
      Sent: 16 February 2012 07:23 AM
      To: blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
      Subject: [blindza] Re: Dumb question relating to recorded audio 
tutorials/walkthroughs TTS speed


      Partly, since I primarily use NVDA to either test certain things, or use 
it to specifically read afrikaans etc., with the eSpeak voices, but otherwise, 
I am running a relatively recent version of NVDA, so don't think that one 
would, off-hand work with jaws 13's eloquence synthesizer, but, main thing now 
is that while newish NVDA, I stick to only portable implementations thereof, 
so, simple, quick and easy since it's really only my secondary screen reader - 
but, yes, have all the respect in the world for it...<smile>

      Stay well

      Jacob Kruger
      Blind Biker
      Skype: BlindZA
      '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'

        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: Boshoff, Deon (GP Health) 
        To: blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
        Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 5:47 AM
        Subject: [blindza] Re: Dumb question relating to recorded audio 
tutorials/walkthroughs TTS speed


        UID09duf63i2bd 


        So, here's another dum question for you; why don't you use Eloquence 
with NVDA? And yes, 40 with NVDA is fine, while 40 percent with Jaws is also 
fine with most people.  I have done this before, and at even higher speeds, 
everybody liked it.  

        Deon [G. Boshoff, BA[Stell]UDC[Potch] 
        WESKOPPIES HOSPITAL 
        Tel:              0123199735 
        Mobile:           0829699571 
        Fax:              0123277076 
        Bleeper: 0123199820, code 0002 
        E-mail: 
        Deon.boshoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Deon.boshoff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
        WEB; 
        www.inclusiveplanet.com 

          -----Original Message-----
          From: blindza-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:blindza-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Dewald van Deventer
          Sent: 15 February 2012 04:45 PM
          To: blindza@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
          Subject: [blindza] Re: Dumb question relating to recorded audio 
tutorials/walkthroughs TTS speed


          Hi Jacob. I think between Voice rate of about 68 "25 percent" and 
about 73 "30 percent". would be the best. 

            ----- Original Message ----- 
            From: Jacob Kruger 
            To: NAPSA Blind ; BlindZA 
            Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 3:51 PM
            Subject: [blindza] Dumb question relating to recorded audio 
tutorials/walkthroughs TTS speed


            Just wondering, if I record some or other audio 
tutorial/walkthrough, including my screen reader's output, what would a 
good/suitable/average TTS voice speed be - for example, I myself keep jaws set 
to it's speed of roundabout 105, and NVDA to like 40, since it's my sort of 
secondary screen reader, and I'm not as used to hearing the eSpeak synthesizer.

            On the other hand, I myself get told I talk too fast when it comes 
to explaining technical information, etc. to various people, but anyway...

            What it comes down to is just wondering, for something like/similar 
to a tutorial/demonstrative podcast, etc., what type of speed do you guys 
reckon it would be best to stick to, and I suppose, the speed actually comes 
down to something like words per minute/second - and just tested it and seems 
like NVDA is running roundabout 8 words per second at the moment, but anyway...

            Thoughts?

            This is all partly related to why I have been looking into sorting 
out recording PC output, and then mixing it with spoken audio as well, but will 
leave it at that for now...<smile>

            Stay well

            Jacob Kruger
            Blind Biker
            Skype: BlindZA
            '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'




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