Voice Announce Your Buddies in iChat
	Friday, July 09 2010 By: chrisb Hear who is available iChat Preferences Click to see a larger image When one of your buddies becomes available in iChat, you hear a sort of "whooshing" sound, It is quiet and subtle and doesn't interrupt your work. The problem is that you have to check your Buddy List to see who just became available. You can very easily change the notification so that your Mac speaks the name of your buddy when they become available. Go to iChat Preferences. Choose the Alerts panel. In the Event dropdown, choose "Buddy Becomes Available". Check the "Announce when event occurs" checkbox. Now when one of your Buddies become available, your Mac will announce "{buddy name} is now available." Check out the other Events in the dropdown. Besides "Buddy Becomes Available", you can have any of the events spoken. iChat uses the currently selected system voice to speak the announcement. To change the voice, go to System Preferences (under the Apple menu) and choose the Speech pane and then the Text to Speech tab. "Alex" is the default voice but you can choose any one you like. Related Items: iChat | Buddy List Donate $1

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