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[Woody Anna Dresner <wadresner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Joe,

I had the same sort of problem when I first tried to run VoiceBox. I 
am forwarding a message that I was sent at the time; following the 
instructions in the top portion solved the problem for me. I hope 
you'll have good luck with it as well.
regards,
Anna



> From: "Aman Singer" <aman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "'Rockbox'" <rockbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: trouble running Voicebox script
> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 07:20:03 -0400
>
> Hi.
>         This may indicate that your windows scripting host is either not
> properly registered or not properly installed. Were I you, I'd follow the
> instructions at
>         http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q311269
>                 All I can suggest otherwise is that you make sure your
> windows scripting host is properly installed, possibly reinstalling it's
> latest version. The latest version for XP is available at
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c717d943-7e4b-4622-
> 86eb-95a22b832caa&DisplayLang=en
>         Below is a message by Brian Wolven, the main author of the voicebox
> script, on testing the Windows Scripting Host you already have installed.
>         HTH.
>         Aman
> -----Original Message-----
>
> Yes, I'm still lurking about in the shadows. =)
>
> The HTA is just a more convenient interface to the script, so if there is a
> problem with the WSH (windows script host) installation itself, neither will
>
> work properly. If you could open up a command prompt and type the following:
>
> cscript /?
>
> you should see the following:
>
>
> Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.6
> Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1996-2001. All rights reserved.
>
> Usage: CScript scriptname.extension [option...] [arguments...]
>
> Options:
>   //B         Batch mode: Suppresses script errors and prompts from
> displaying
>   //D         Enable Active Debugging
>   //E:engine  Use engine for executing script
>   //H:CScript Changes the default script host to CScript.exe
>   //H:WScript Changes the default script host to WScript.exe (default)
>   //I         Interactive mode (default, opposite of //B)
>   //Job:xxxx  Execute a WSF job
>   //Logo      Display logo (default)
>   //Nologo    Prevent logo display: No banner will be shown at execution
> time
>   //S         Save current command line options for this user
>   //T:nn      Time out in seconds:  Maximum time a script is permitted to
> run
>   //X         Execute script in debugger
>   //U         Use Unicode for redirected I/O from the console
>
> If you don't have WSH version 5.6 installed, then you're not likely to get
> anything to work. Are you running Windows XP or windows 2000? If you are,
> then
> WSH should already be installed. If you're running an older consumer version
> of
> windows (95, 98, ME) then you can get the WSH installer here:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0a8a18f6-249c-4a72-
> bfcf-fc6af26dc390&displaylang=en
>
> From: rockbox-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rockbox-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Woody Anna Dresner
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 4:42 AM
> To: rockbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: trouble running Voicebox script
>
> Hello,
>
> I just installed Rockbox on a 2 GB iPod Nano, and I am thrilled to have a
> talking interface because I'm totally blind.  It's so very cool to have
> everything talk, and amazing that people would go to all this trouble and
> offer the results free.  Thanks!
>
> I tried to run the Voicebox script to generate voice clips for the files and
> folders on my iPod, but I got an error saying there was a scripting error on
> line 98, char 3, "ActiveX component can't create object
> 'Scripting.FileSystemObject' Code:0".  I'm running Windows XP Professional,
> SP2.  Does anyone have any suggestions?  Thanks a lot.
>
> Cheers,
> Anna