OFF98: Alert Text Is Not SpokenLast reviewed: March 16, 1998Article ID: Q178308 |
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SYMPTOMSWhen an error message appears, the text of the message is not spoken even though you have selected Talking Alerts and Speak The Alert Text in the Speech control panel.
WORKAROUNDTo work around this behavior, select Speak Alert Text in the Office Assistant dialog box. To do this, follow these steps:
MORE INFORMATIONThe ability to speak the text of error messages is available in Macintosh System 7.6 or later. The Speech Manager system extension and the Speech control panel device provide this functionality. Note that the Speech control panel device is not required; only the Speech Manager extension is actually required. The Office Assistant Speak Alert Text setting overrides the setting in the Speech control panel. In the Speech control panel, some of the settings are used and some are ignored. The settings that are used or ignored are listed in the following table.
Setting Status -------------------------------------------- Voice Used Rate Used Speak the phrase Ignored Wait before speaking (in seconds) Ignored |
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