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Q: How to get simple text to speak

its grayed out when i try to use it
i have mac os 9 using sheepshaver

macbook, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Jun 26, 2007 2:22 PM

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Q: How to get simple text to speak

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  • by eww,

    eww eww Jun 26, 2007 2:35 PM in response to soldierx
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    Jun 26, 2007 2:35 PM in response to soldierx
    Open SimpleText and choose Simpletext Guide from the Help menu. Entering "speak" into the Search text box will bring up an item describing how to get SimpleText to speak selected text. Read and follow those instructions carefully. If they don't help, you can safely conclude that text-to-speech is one of the features SheepShaver can't support on an Intel Mac.

    There's no good reason to be running SimpleText in SheepShaver anyway; OS X's TextEdit is better in every respect, and can easily speak your text in an OS that's fully operational on your MacBook.
  • by Don Archibald,

    Don Archibald Don Archibald Jun 26, 2007 2:36 PM in response to soldierx
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    Jun 26, 2007 2:36 PM in response to soldierx
    Hi, soldierx -

    Welcome to Apple's Discussions.

    SimpleText may not be able to use that service when OS 9 is used within SheepShaver, since that is an emulation type program.

    However, in case it may be able to, make sure that these items are enabled in Extensions Manager -
    • Control Panels -
        Sound
        Speech
    • Extensions -
        Sound Manager
        Speech Manager

    In addition, there should be a folder named Voices in the Extensions folder, with at least one voice file in it.

    If you are missing any of those items, re-install the appropriate language (English or Spanish) Speech-To-Text from your OS 9.0.4 Install CD.