how to make iMessage speak on mac 10.8.2 and most importantly, how do I turn it off?
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
Open your Messgae.app>preferences>Alerts> turn off Speak an announcement
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.8.2) 2.4GHz IntelCore i5 320 HD 8GB RAM ParallelsDesktop8.0 iPhone5_iOS6.1
In addition to leroydouglas' answer there is also the Individual Buddy setting.
Highlight one Buddy in a Buddy list.
Then use the CMD and i keys together (Get Info)
The Buddies info card also has an Alert Section with 17 of the 18 options that the Global settings show (It does not list the "When I log in" one).
These overrule the Global settings.
If you set it to Messages Received it will read the Message as well.
Bouncing the Dock icon and playing the sound only work if the app is NOT the front app.
9:20 PM Sunday; February 3, 2013
Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"
iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mountain Lion 10.8.2)
G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
Mac OS X (10.6.8),
Couple of iPhones and an iPad
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images." No, Seriously
the speak wasn't checked. So I did check it, close it out, open it again. de-check it and it was still "speaking".
For the Points
Judging by you marking my thread and saying it was still speaking after checking tghe globla Settings (And the timing of the Post), it would seem you find it was a Individually set item.
7:25 PM Monday; February 4, 2013
Please, if posting Logs, do not post any Log info after the line "Binary Images for iChat"
iMac 2.5Ghz 5i 2011 (Mountain Lion 10.8.2)
G4/1GhzDual MDD (Leopard 10.5.8)
MacBookPro 2Gb (Snow Leopard 10.6.8)
Mac OS X (10.6.8),
Couple of iPhones and an iPad
"Limit the Logs to the Bits above Binary Images." No, Seriously
I can't stop iMessage from speaking messages (I don't know how it turned it on either)
