[nabs-l] VR Stream Voices was Re: How I Use the Learning Ally site

Sat Jan 7 23:40:03 UTC 2012

Some books come with a recorded narrator as well as the text to speech. I 
think that the 9 key will toggle between text-to-speech and prerecorded, 
given that there is a prerecorded voice. You can always find out the 
functions of the keys by removing all media storage devices and pressing the 
different keys.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 2:41 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] How I Use the Learning Ally site

> Gloria,
>
> What do you mean? Do you want to change the Stream's text-to-speech voice? 
> I think that's what you mean, so I'll tell you how to do that if I'm 
> understanding you right.  There are only 2 voices available on the Stream; 
> Samantha and Tom.  I personally like Tom, so I changed the voice from its 
> default of Samantha.  To change the voice, hit the menu key (7) until you 
> get to something that says "text-to-speech" or something like that.  Then 
> hit your 6 key until you hear the voice you want, and hit the pound key.
>
> Chris
>
> "The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The real 
> problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that exists.  If a 
> blind person has the proper training and opportunity, blindness can be 
> reduced to a mere physical nuisance."
> -- Kenneth Jernigan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gloria G" <gloria.graves at gmail.com
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> Date sent: Sat, 7 Jan 2012 13:36:04 -0600
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] How I Use the Learning Ally site
>
> Hi
> Does anyone know how to change the voice on the victor stream when
> downloading dazy books from bookshare? Is it something that can be done?
> Thanks
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Justin Young" <jty727 at gmail.com
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> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 1:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] How I Use the Learning Ally site
>
>
> Hi Jewel again,
>
> Just wanted to let you know that I tried the steps you laid out in
> your previous message and they work fine.  I'm not sure what kind of
> computer you have, but I have a PC.  With mine when I got to the part
> where you are asked if you want to unblock or whatever it says I hit
> alt + n and it goes to an option area where JAWS reads the options
> available there.  I forget if you hit enter first then down arrow to
> the download or just down arrow to the download.  I just wanted to let
> you know that is the way I did it when I was playing with it.
>
> Thanks again and talk soon,
>
> Justin
>
> On 1/7/12, Jewel <herekittykat2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Good day all,
> I thought I'd post about the changes in the Learning Ally site,a nd
> what can be done for a temporary fix, so people can get their books
> for this semester/quarter.  So, here's what I do.  First, I kept the old
> RFBD Download Manager, as the new Learing Ally download manager is not
> accessible.  Then, I go to the book I want and select "Add to my
> Bookshelf." This will put the book in my bookshelf, obviously.  Third,
> I go to the bookshelf when the book is ready.  I look for the book by
> using the "g" hotkey for graphics...each book has a graphic of the
> cover.  Then, I go to the combo box.  If I want the book in Daisy, I hit
> D; if I want it in WMA, I hit W.
>
> Now, in some computers, this download will be blocked the first time.
> If this happens, you neeed to press F6 until you get to the drop-down
> bar.  I get sighted assistance with this, since it's hard to know where
> to press enter.  The assistant will need to pclick where it says "Click
> here for options" and select Download, then Retry."
>
> Once the computer is not blocking, it will send the book to your RFBD
> Download Manager as it would do before the changes were made.
>
> This is equivalent to GMail users using the Plain Text version instead
> of the new version of GMail.  It is an inferior method, but for people
> who need their books now, it's a viable option.  I am not saying we
> shouldn't push them to make their new download manager accessible; I
> am all for that.  I am just saying, for those who really need their
> books like I do, this is the temproary fix.
>
> Hope that helps,
> Jewel
>
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