[macvoiceover] Re: Reading messages in iChat.

>> 
>> In this message are instructions to set up i Chat to hear chat invitations 
>> spoken automatically, even if you are in another application and to hear 
>> incoming chat messages spoken automatically.
>> 
>> In iChat preferences under the Alerts tab , from the Event pop-up button 
>> choose Text Invitation and check the box Announce when Event occurs
>> 
>> 
>> When you receive a text chat invitation Voiceover will announce the Buddy 
>> name of the person attempting to contact you and also the person's first 
>> message even if you are working in some other application.
>> 
>> At this point, you will need to go back into iChat, use the Window Chooser 
>> menu and choose the window that says Chat with and then the Buddy name
>> 
>> 
>> To hear the Buddy name of a person inviting you to an audio chat or video 
>> chat, do the following:
>> 
>> In iChat preferences under the Alerts tab, from the Event pop-up button 
>> choose either Audio Invitation or Video Invitation and check the box 
>> Announce when Event occurs. You can do both of these,but you must do Audio 
>> and Video separately.  Voiceover will announce the name of the person 
>> inviting you to audio chat or video chat, even if you are working in another 
>> application.
>> 
>> To accept the invitation go to the Window menu and choose the Buddy name at 
>> the bottom. You will be presented with  a list of buttons and one of those 
>> buttons is marked Accept.
>> 
>> To hear your subsequent incoming iChat messages spoken automatically, do the 
>> following:
>> 
>> In iChat preferences  under the  Alerts Tab choose Message Received from the 
>> event pop-up button  and then check the Play Sound check box and the Bounce 
>> Icon in Dock check box and the Announce when Event Occurs check box
>> 
>> It works and it works quite nicely.
>> 
>> Keith  Reedy
>> 
> Hi Keith,
> I just had a look at the IChat preferences. I do not see any way to
> have incoming messages read automatically. In the message tab of
> preferences, I didn't see anything relating to having anything read,
> just stuff about color and font and reformat. How do you get your
> incoming messages read automatically?
> 
> Mary
> 
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