#Speech timer for apple laptop full

(The next day, after you have woken up fresh and rested) Wake the Mac back up and eject the Kindle USB drive properly. The Mac will wake itself up at the pre-determined time, (even if the lid is closed on a Mac laptop!) and the Kindle 2 will mount again as a USB device, thus halting the text-to-speech!ġ2. Fall asleep listening to your favorite book.ġ1. Start the text-to-speech on the Kindle 2.ġ0.

#Speech timer for apple laptop full

(If you have a desktop, turn your monitor off or turn it away, as it will come on full brightness when you just selected, and you don't want it to wake you up)Īfter a few seconds, the Kindle 2 screen will stop showing the USB symbol and return to normal use. Close the lid on your Mac laptop, or go to the Apple Menu -> Sleep. the current time + how long you want the kindle to read forĨ. enter in the time that you want the kindle to stop talking, i.e. Check the box next to 'Start up or wake'ĥ. Go to the Apple Menu -> System Preferences -> Energy Saver -> Schedule ButtonĤ. (it should mount normally as a USB drive)ģ. Connect the Kindle 2 to the USB port on the mac. Bring your Mac within USB cable range of where you want to sleep while listening to your Kindle 2 text-to-speech, and make sure the Mac is plugged in to wall power.Ģ. This was tested on OSX 10.5, and should work on all OX versions.ġ. Here's a simple, though crude, way to do it.

Hi all, I'm new here, but I did a short search and hadn't found any mention of a sleep timer solution for the text to speech so far.