[jawsscripts] Re: Simple question regarding sayString, in thevoice you want?
- From: Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:12:04 -0700
Hugh, no disrespect intended here, but these kinds of conventions can
also be helpful to those using a braille display.
On 1/31/09, Hugh Brackett <hugh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Geoff:
> It's a common programming convention to have the names of constants that
> are defined in header files in uppercase. They are very different from
> the variables in the program--They don't even exist at runtime; the
> compiler replaces them with the value. JAWS scripting language isn't
> case sensitive, so there's no technical reason you shouldn't use mixed
> case. It's purely a convention, and it's aimed at sighted programmers.
> That said, if you're sending scripts to other people, they probably
> expect uppercase. It shouldn't be too hard to write a program that fixes
> constants to match the capitalization in the header file. Going the
> other way to make scripts sound better is trickier. The program would
> need a dictionary file to know how to write the constants. The
> dictionary would initially only need a few dozen entries to handle
> commonly used constants. Users could add any others they use and share
> them on the wiki. If enough people are interested I'll take a stab at
> it.
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, 2009-01-31 at 10:46 +1100, Geoff Chapman wrote:
>> woooo! Jackie and David! thank you thank you!
>> I'm sooo sorry! how could I have not seen this before! so obvious now eh.
>> <grin.>
>>
>> Thanks for pointing out to the dumbster this function. I never knew this
>> existed! ok, so maybe I need tips on using the fsdn.chm properly.
>>
>> like I've now typed "say" into the search box of that help file, and
>> looked
>> down the list of all the SayOptions! my goodness there's a heapofem in
>> there eh.
>> Some I'd certanily never new existed! so this will be enormously helpful
>> for
>> me across the board I'd say.
>>
>> Thanks again to both of you for pointing out this one.
>> one other note: it appears to me as though these constants, in the hjConst
>> file, are all upper case. Yet it seems to work quite happily, I've just
>> tested it, if their split up using normative Upper and Lower Case letters
>> to
>> make stuff speak good. like vctx_PcCursor and VCTX_JawsCursor, rather than
>> VTX_PCCURSOR, which doesn't speak so good. So, is there some magical
>> methodological reason why they've put them all in upper case in this file?
>> and do we need bother with whatever reason that might be, if they work
>> equally well with mixed case?
>>
>> thanks again for the great tip on this one.
>> that'll be heaps helpful for me now that I know that.
>> geoff c.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Farough" <David.Farough@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 3:20 AM
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Simple question regarding sayString, in
>> thevoice
>> you want?
>>
>>
>> > Hi Jeff:
>> > How about SayUsingVoice?
>> >
>> > Here is the fsdn entry.
>> >
>> > Function: SayUsingVoice
>> > Description
>> > Speak a string of text using a specific synthisizer voice.
>> >
>> > Returns
>> > Type: Void
>> >
>> >
>> > Parameters
>> > Param 1:
>> > Type: String
>> > Description: Type in the constant representing the voice to be used.
>> > These constants are defined in the file hjconst.jsh and are listed
>> > below: VCTX_GLOBAL, VCTX_MESSAGE, VCTX_KEYBOARD, VCTX_SCREEN,
>> > VCTX_PCCURSOR, VCTX_JAWSCURSOR
>> > Include: Required
>> >
>> >
>> > Param 2:
>> > Type: String
>> > Description: Type the text that is to be spoken, or specify a variable
>> > name or script function that can provide the required text string. Text
>> > strings that are typed must be enclosed within quotation marks.
>> > Include: Required
>> >
>> >
>> > Param 3:
>> > Type: Int
>> > Description: Type in one of the following constants that represent the
>> > output mode to be used: OT_STRING, OT_LINE, OT_WORD, OT_CHAR, OT_FIELD,
>> > OT_CHUNK, OT_SAYALL, OT_SPELL, OT_PHONEMIC, OT_APP_NAME, OT_DIALOG_NAME,
>> > OT_CONTROL_NAME, OT_MDI_NAME, OT_WINDOW_NAME, OT_GRAPHIC, OT_HELP,
>> > OT_STATUS, OT_SELECTED, OT_TEXT, OT_POSITION, OT_STATIC, OT_FONT,
>> > OT_KEYBOARD, OT_CURSOR, OT_DEBUG.
>> > Include: Required
>> >
>> >
>> > Param 4:
>> > Type: Int
>> > Description: Not available yet
>> > Include: Optional
>> >
>> >
>> > Version
>> > This function is available in the following releases:
>> >
>> > PAC Mate 1.10 and later
>> > JAWS 4.51 and later
>> > Magic 10.5 and later
>> >
>> > David Farough
>> > Application Accessibility Coordinator/coordonateur de l'accessibilité
>> > Information Technology Services Directorate /
>> > Direction des services d'information technologiques
>> > Public Service Commission / Commission de la fonction publique
>> > Email / Courriel: David.Farough@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Tel. / Tél: (613) 992-2779
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