v2.0 for Mac OS
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iChatter
make iChat speak
Unsupported Product
Important: This product is no longer actively supported.
iChatter is not compatible with iChat 4 or higher.
The iChatter settings panel can be accessed at any time while using iChat by selecting the iChatter section of the iChat Preferences:
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Volume and Mute
Here you can select a volume for iChatter. Using the Mute iChatter checkbox, you can make iChatter stopping speaking. Quickly mute iChatter using the Mute iChatter menu option the View menu.
Your Voice
You can choose a voice for yourself by choosing a voice, tempo and pitch from the first set of controls. Chat participants who are using iChatter will hear your messages spoken in this voice.
To hear your own outgoing messages spoken on your own computer, check the "Speak outgoing messages" option.
Buddy Voices
You can also choose voice settings for your incoming messages. These settings will be used to speak messages coming from chat participants who are not using iChatter.
You can pick voices for each buddy in your address book by clicking the "Select Buddy Voices..." button. For each buddy in your address book, you can select to use the you'll be able to select a voice, tempo and pitch. You can also choose "None" for a buddy so that this buddy's messages will not be spoken.
Select default voice settings to be used for buddies who do not have a specific voice assigned.
If your buddy is not showing up in the "Select Buddy Voices" list, make sure that there is an Address Book entry associated with that buddy. To quickly add a buddy to your address book, select the buddy in your Buddy List, choose Get Info from the Buddies menu, and enter a first name for the buddy.
To override the selected settings of participants who are using iChatter and use your chosen voice instead, check the "Always use these selections instead of voice chosen by your buddy" option.
Please Stop Now
To cause iChatter to stop speaking the current message, click the "stop" button in the top-right corner of the settings panel or use the "Stop Speaking" menu item which can be triggered by pressing Apple and period together.
You can choose whether or not to disable iChatter when an audio or video chat is active. A checkbox is provided at the bottom of the settings panel.
Customize Phrases
Many IM users use acronyms and emoticons (smileys) as they type messages. iChatter lets you replace these with actual phrases to be spoken. For example, when you or your buddy types "BRB", iChatter will speak "be right back".
By clicking on the "Customize Phrases" button in the iChatter Settings window, you can modify these phrases as well as add your own new phrases to the list.
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also from
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Ecamm Network to the rescue! I love how they
went the extra yard with iChatter -- easy to install, accessible from
within iChat, and extra features. And 2.0 is even slicker. Worth every
penny, and I can't talk without it. I depend on it daily, and have been
an Ecamm Network fan ever since. ”
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