John Covici <covici(a)ccs.covici.com> writes: > On Thu, 21 Apr 2022 19:57:44 -0400, > Tim Cross via Emacspeak wrote: >> >> >> John Covici via Emacspeak <emacspeak(a)emacspeak.org> writes: >> >> > Hi. I have some questions about emacspeak, I am running a Macbook pro >> > 2016 with 16G of ram and Monterey 12.3.1. Now when running emacs 28.1 >> > and emacspeak, if the speech server on the mac has to say a single >> > character, either when I type it myself, or using the right arrow key, >> > it says it at a high rate of speed, much higher than when it reads >> > lines or words, etc. I have my rate set to 320, so I would like to >> > hear single characters at the same speed. >> > >> > I have installed emacs macport from macports, any way to silence vo >> > when I am in that application? I saw a post a while ago to install >> > something from homebrew, but I am using macports and am not sure I can >> > have both at the same time. >> > >> >> Just replying to basically let you know your message hasn't been >> ignored!! >> >> I've never used macports and my mac book is too old to install the >> latest macOS, so I cannot help. Curious though, how do you know a single >> character is being spoken at a high rate of speed? (I'm not even sure >> what 'speed' means in that context - it is a single character, so speed >> relative to what?) >> >> With regards to silencing VO while in Emacs, there is an option >> available in the railwaycat/emacsmacport cask for homebrew, but it is >> specific to that port (i.e. not part of vanilla emacs), so I suspect if >> your using macports your out of luck and need to be using homebrew. > > Thanks for your quick response. > > So, I did install homebrew and installed the casc, where is the option > to silence vo? > I don't have my mac book with me right now, but from memory, you have to set the variable mac-ignore-accessibility to t in your emacs init file. Note that this is classified as an experimental feature and it is known to have some 'glitches' (but I have no details on what those might be).
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