[macvoiceover] Re: VoiceOver sounds and response speed/Delays
- From: Ricardo Walker <rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:44:49 -0500
Hello all,
I turned off sounds for the first time and wow! what a difference. Voiceover
feels so much more responsive.
On Nov 29, 2009, at 9:39 PM, Blake Sinnett wrote:
> I thought I was alone here. I always thought the sounds slowed down the
> reading of things. It'd be a good idea to have the sounds play concurrently
> with the voices instead of the current arangement.
>
>
>
> > From: bryansmart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:12:17 -0500
> > Subject: [macvoiceover] VoiceOver sounds and response speed/Delays
> >
> > I've noticed that, when VoiceOver's sounds are enabled, the speech and
> > audio cues are played synchronously. This means that, with sounds enabled,
> > the speech responds much more slowly than with the sounds off, since, when
> > navigating, you must wait through the lag before hearing the speech, and
> > this slows down navigation.
> >
> > While it isn't easy for most people to fully comprehend two voices at the
> > same time, people can easily pick up on non-vocal cues while listening to
> > speech. I really think that Apple should consider allowing most of these
> > sounds to play in parallel with the speech. In this way, the sounds would
> > add an additional layer of information, without introducing unnecessary
> > delays.
> >
> > Perhaps there is a way to do this already, but I haven't found it.
> >
> > What do you all think?
> >
> > Bryan
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