Re: trouble getting Gnopernicus to talk

[Petra Ritter <petra access-for-all ch>]

hello Brette Luck,

Brette Luck wrote:

Sorry for the last posting.

> I think this is going to be a great opportunity to get feedback to the
> community about where the accessibility technologies need work so that
> they can reach an even broader audience.  First, however I need to get
> both software and hardware ATs working.  Right now, I'm suck on
> getting Gnopernicus to talk.  I have been able to get Gnopernicus's
> screen magnifier to work.  However, when I try to use the speech
> function it will say 'Welcome to Gnopernicus' but nothing else.

OK, to get Gnopernicus work is not the easiest task.
First, is the accessibility technology on your system enabled?
With out it Gnopernicus is not able to read information.


> I feel that my problem might just be that I don't understand how to
> tell Gnopernicus what I want it to read.  I should also note that if I
> go into the 'Speech Preferences' window and then 'Voices' window, and
> I click on 'Test' I cannot hear those voices.  So, I may have a set-up
> problem instead of just not being able to understand how to correctly
> use the program.



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Best regards

Petra