vozMe
Version
j (last update on Aug 28, 2008)
Rating
Compatibility
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22
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
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47026
Date Added
12 February 2008
mambot/plugin to convert text to speech using vozme free text to speech engine Features:- Configuration around layout of vozMe icon Float or Align Justify lift middle right, top & bottom Several options for icon/button/text Ability to exclude categories Ability to disable in specific content items.
Change log:-
version j
fixed problem with joomla 1.5.3
version i
Added ability to display vozme on frontpage
Article ID is appended to vozme div ID
Javascript & Css is only included when needed (and only once)
versions available for joomla 1.0 & 1.5 (without legacy mode)
-you can now select language
-English
-Italiano
-Español
-Hindi
-Catala
-Male or Female voice
-Enable language dropdown in artice
-Several styles of icon/button/text
-Customise CSS for button
-Auto vozMe allows vozMe to be enabled for all content automagically
-Exclude categories
-Turn off per article using {vozme no}
-Select text to speak using {vozmestart} & {vozmeend} markers
-Works with mospageberak ;-)
Hello this plugin is excellent I am blind but for my french friend how could we setup this to be compatible with the French blind community?
please let me know your help is appreciated
thank you
please let me know your help is appreciated
thank you
Installed flawlessly and appears to function flawlessly thus far. Still have to test it in a variety of browsers beyond FF. Thank you for this great extension!
Cheers
Cheers
Excellent plugin, work well and is easy to install and basically do it all itself.
At first I didnt like much the pop up windows when you clik on listen but I see that in this way you can browse the website while listening.
The only thing I woul like is that the little gear on the loading appear sooner, on my setup I see a blank screen for quite a few time and maybe some people just think is a broken thing and leave before it actually start, the gear appear just a second before the actual thing is ready should appear sooner.
At first I didnt like much the pop up windows when you clik on listen but I see that in this way you can browse the website while listening.
The only thing I woul like is that the little gear on the loading appear sooner, on my setup I see a blank screen for quite a few time and maybe some people just think is a broken thing and leave before it actually start, the gear appear just a second before the actual thing is ready should appear sooner.
Thank you very much for this extension, it has added a whole new dimension to my website. It took all of 5 minutes to download, install and have it working in my articles. Fortunately I am only using one language so there were no issues there. Well done this is fantastic.
I have had this installed on my site for a few weeks now and it works wonderfully. It is great both for helping those that have difficulty reading the material and is also lovely to have sections read out when going through other areas of the site. Have poetry and stories on the site and adds an extra dimension.
I had some queries about voz2me installation in the beginning and Lee was exceptionally quick to answer them and help out, thanks Lee, much appreciated.
I had some queries about voz2me installation in the beginning and Lee was exceptionally quick to answer them and help out, thanks Lee, much appreciated.
This is an awesome plugin that lives up to the highest standards: from fast/easy uploading, utility, and ease of use, this is the way to go. Best of all, the very timely support team (Lee) is out of this world. He is extremely responsive to your issues and does more than help you get the job done....he makes it easy! Thank you for the plugin, I look forward to the reviews that I receive as a result of having it on my website.
Easy to install and works well.
I really appreciate being able to make my site accessible to people who cannot see well..
It would be nice if it could integrate with other extensions, for instance MyBlog and JomComment.
I really appreciate being able to make my site accessible to people who cannot see well..
It would be nice if it could integrate with other extensions, for instance MyBlog and JomComment.
This extension does very well its job, that is to help partially sighted users to better access my site, by adding an icon or a text near the article you want to listen to.
It lets you choose if all articles will have this feature or only the ones you want. The style is also customizable, to fit your pages layout.
Great idea and well written plugin.
Thanks a lot!
It lets you choose if all articles will have this feature or only the ones you want. The style is also customizable, to fit your pages layout.
Great idea and well written plugin.
Thanks a lot!
This is an ideal feature if you have a website which you want to give access to the partially sighted or blind users. I think all Joomla sites should use this mambot as a way of supporting hearing disabled users.
You have an option of female or male voices and the text read back is better than I expected. I can’t speak for the other language options (As I cant speak any of them) but for English it’s an excellent functional tool for the hearing disabled and manages to negotiate the text almost flawlessly occasionally the odd difficult word may sound wrong but overall an excellent pass rate in my view. I will be using this on my local mencap website as this was something they requested sometime ago but had to pay for using another product but thanks to Lee and others this has made it possible to use at no cost.
Lee answered my request for this to run on the frontpage articles within an hour via email and even supplied me with the updated zip file.
Excellent work Lee and many thanks.
Andy
You have an option of female or male voices and the text read back is better than I expected. I can’t speak for the other language options (As I cant speak any of them) but for English it’s an excellent functional tool for the hearing disabled and manages to negotiate the text almost flawlessly occasionally the odd difficult word may sound wrong but overall an excellent pass rate in my view. I will be using this on my local mencap website as this was something they requested sometime ago but had to pay for using another product but thanks to Lee and others this has made it possible to use at no cost.
Lee answered my request for this to run on the frontpage articles within an hour via email and even supplied me with the updated zip file.
Excellent work Lee and many thanks.
Andy
Thanks very much for bringing vozMe to Joomla. It works very nicely. I made one modification to the XML and PHP script which allows me to change the button color and css attributes within the button.
Right now , 2c has the button set to white with black text. I added a css field to the XML setup file for mdoifying the style and changed my personal settings for it to orange for the button and whiteto the text. Since this feature is most useful for visually impaired people, a button that stands out is going to be optimal. I also added a CSS vozMe.button:hover rule so it changes when the mouse is atop of it.
One major request I have is the ability to put all of the js and php code onto the joomla hosted site rather than on the vozMe server. This way the entire system is self contained on one server and doesn't have a dependency of the vozMe.com site being accessible.
Right now , 2c has the button set to white with black text. I added a css field to the XML setup file for mdoifying the style and changed my personal settings for it to orange for the button and whiteto the text. Since this feature is most useful for visually impaired people, a button that stands out is going to be optimal. I also added a CSS vozMe.button:hover rule so it changes when the mouse is atop of it.
One major request I have is the ability to put all of the js and php code onto the joomla hosted site rather than on the vozMe server. This way the entire system is self contained on one server and doesn't have a dependency of the vozMe.com site being accessible.
Owner's reply
Thanks for the feedback!
Version 2G now has the images and javascript packaged with it.
2G also allows you to customise the css for button layout
Great job so far, but lacking French.
Only choices are English/Spanish and Italian
I would love to see auto detection of multi-language added to this or at least a drop down selection of language choices.
Example in sites that support the three major languages of English/Spanish and French which for many international sites this is a standard.
In our case, many of the sites programmed are as this and does not require any other languages. These 3 languages cover many international sites that deal with real estate, money exchange and other.
The addition of accessibility support in this manner would greatly improve a sites willingness to conform to being more then just a webspace.
Only choices are English/Spanish and Italian
I would love to see auto detection of multi-language added to this or at least a drop down selection of language choices.
Example in sites that support the three major languages of English/Spanish and French which for many international sites this is a standard.
In our case, many of the sites programmed are as this and does not require any other languages. These 3 languages cover many international sites that deal with real estate, money exchange and other.
The addition of accessibility support in this manner would greatly improve a sites willingness to conform to being more then just a webspace.
nice mambot... It would be nice to be able to close tags around certain paragraphs of an article... somewhat opposite of {vozme no} (which has already become a very handy feature.)
{vozme}paragraph{/vozme} or paragraph
But I really love this one and am sure I have a wonderful use for it. Could really help in the area of assisted internet browsing.
PS. The icons were quite large and they should be stored in 'M_images' instead of getting them from vozme.com So I modified them and stored them on my server.
{vozme}paragraph{/vozme} or paragraph
But I really love this one and am sure I have a wonderful use for it. Could really help in the area of assisted internet browsing.
PS. The icons were quite large and they should be stored in 'M_images' instead of getting them from vozme.com So I modified them and stored them on my server.
Owner's reply
nice idea!
I'll see what I can do
Just works!
Only one suggesion: Ability to choose the language: Spanish, english or french. It's easy change in the mambot, example: just write "es" instead "en" if you want the spanish version, but if it could be choose in the backend.
Thank you Lee!
Only one suggesion: Ability to choose the language: Spanish, english or french. It's easy change in the mambot, example: just write "es" instead "en" if you want the spanish version, but if it could be choose in the backend.
Thank you Lee!
Owner's reply
Hi, feature added in 2b ;-)
Have to say it's very very impressive, but perhaps adding few more voices would be bonus.
