[macvoiceover] Re: Speech rate in Applications

Hi
Thanks much, I'll give this a try. I really can't think of a reason they set the max where they did, though, seeing as how Voiceover can boost them way past what the slider allows out of the box. Looking at it further I think it's more of an issue with the rate numbers in each voice. The tts panel has a range, approximately, from internal values of 50 to 300, based on what I can hear. Other tts's map these values differently and aren't affected due to this, so I'm guessing it's more of an oversight than a deliberate limitation--even some of Apple's own voices map the internal values differently, compare Fred and Alex for instance. 

Thanks again


On Jun 27, 2008, at 2:44, Travis Siegel wrote:
Well, there's a method I call overdrive that allows you to speed the voices beyond their designed limits. I.E. more than 100%, but it's really a bug, and isn't supported by apple, and is likely to be fixed at some point or other, so I'd not grow to depend on it. 
But, basically what you do, is go into the voice settings.
Set the slider to something less than 100 percent, then use the vo command (command-option-ctrl-up arrow) to max the rate to 100 percent. Then, move the slider again back to 100%, and the speech rate will be overclocked to more than it's designed 100% rate. Again, this isn't supported by apple, nor do I recommend doing this for normal everyday use, there's (presumably) a reason apple set the max speed of the voices where they did. 
Anyway, enjoy.
(and, don't tell anyone I always overclock fred myself, so don't feel bad that you think it's too slow) 
:-)


On Jun 27, 2008, at 2:18 PM, Jacob Schmude wrote:


Hi Everyone
Does anyone know if there's a way to speed up the system voices beyond what you can set in system preferences? e.g. setting the slider all the way to the right, at 100%, doesn't make the voices speak as fast as they can, or even close. Try this with Fred to see an example of what I mean. I know the voices can speak much faster than this, as I can set very high speeds not only with Voiceover, but with embedded tts commands in text. Is there any way to expand the range of the tts manager so I can take advantage of these faster rates? 

thanks



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