I would like to change the pronunciation of specific words that my mac reads to me, however, there does not seem to be a way to do this. Tutorials online discuss changing a setting in the VoiceOver Utility, but unfortunately this only effects voice over and not text-to-speech.
View 1 RepliesI have a MacBook Pro.
I’m trying to use OS X Mavericks to dictate a note to my laptop. I clicked System Preferences from the Apple icon, then Accessibility button and then Speakable Items. After that I clicked Settings, but I don’t know how to TURN ON Speakable Items, which I see selected. I went on to press Listening Key on the Feedback window and said, “Hello, what’s happening?” I didn’t see it as typed text anywhere, as I expected to. I also selected “Open Speech Commands.” Again nothing happened!
I have several text files that I would like to have Text to Speech read for me. However the software does not pause at natural breaks like normal speech. For instance after commas, periods, end of paragraphs, etc. Are there control codes that I can put in my text files to cause the software to pause? I can edit my files accordingly but I can't seem to locate control codes.
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Here's what I mean : [URL]....
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Mac mini, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)
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(OSX 10.10)
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MacBookPro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)
When I ask the iMac to speak a selection, it sometimes mispronounces words or goes between words too fast. Is there a way, like a special character or something, to change the way a voice speaks?
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iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4)
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
Whenever i try to use speech marks or apostrophes either side of a word of phrase they appear on the bottom or at least one of them does. "This" is how they should appear but ...
Why this is and/or how i can stop this?
Here is my video on The Correct Pronunciation of Mac OS X [URL].
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Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)
If I add an event to iCal such as "Tomorrow 9am Breakfast meeting with George", the event will automatically show up in my calendar assigned to tomorrow 9am. I don't have to go into the event window and enter the time and date.
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)
