From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 12 09:01:44 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2751EBC for ; Sun, 12 May 2013 09:01:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from p3plsmtpa07-07.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (p3plsmtpa07-07.prod.phx3.secureserver.net [173.201.192.236]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B896F13D for ; Sun, 12 May 2013 09:01:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ethic.thought.org ([209.180.213.209]) by p3plsmtpa07-07.prod.phx3.secureserver.net with id ax051l0084XeM0101x05BY; Sun, 12 May 2013 02:00:06 -0700 Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 02:00:05 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: OT, i think... Message-ID: <20130512090004.GA18013@ethic.thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 09:01:44 -0000 guys, if goog had their browser from BSD it would help big-time; I use one of the zillions of linux distros for my desktop. I dont have a bleeding edge cell. just something to call the cops or "access" [ small bus with wchair lift.] only have one hand, so cant easily hold cell and "type" blah * 3. SO, the upshot is, since I use firefox mostly, and chrome, rarely, I got a bit befuddled tonight trying to read an old philosopher's translation on chrome. I got to fess-up. reading on the screen is vastly easier than getting out a REAL book and paperweights, and taking off my eyeglasses, &C! tonight, I figured out howto enlarge the font and bring up the book. --i read "the prince" by nick whatever. this on google's browser. it took awhile before I realized that I wasnt hearing the words! yes, the speaker in the circle [[upper right]] read aloud and I could glean that much more by reading with eyes and ears. ===but=== is there some magic I ca n use to do an "All", and then fire off the text-to-voice? [[[the following is interesting only if you're into art schopenhauer. his works were not correctly xlated until {i think} 1954. I bought the p'back of his *Parerga and Paralipomena: A Collection of Philosophical Essays*. I never read it. google has it, and I suppose I could cough pup $whatever. but only if they got their tts stuff working without me having to mouse 600+ pages or whatever it requires. ]]] anybody know howto make this All menu cmd work in chrome? in ffox, it's a simple edit->control-A thanks much, gary -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix Twenty-six years of service to the Unix community.