Vic, I'm using both for backward compatibility for the time being: For instance, in VbScript: On Error resume next set tts = createObject("FreedomScie.JawsAPI") if not isObject(tts) then set tts = createObject("jfwAPI") endIf if not isObject(tts) then 'error code here End if 'speech processing here ' Sean. -----Original Message----- From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Victor Tsaran Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2009 9:19 PM To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Direct speech via JAWS COM API No, thanks Tim, that's enough for me. I am happy that we don't have to use the jfwapi.dll anymore. V On 3/7/2009 9:02 AM, Tim Burgess wrote: > Well Vic, it certainly shipped in 7.1.500 - I can try and check back > further, if you're interested. > > Best wishes. > > Tim Burgess > Raised Bar Ltd > Phone: +44 (0)1827 719822 > > Don't forget to vote for improved access to music and music technology at > > http://www.raisedbar.net/petition.htm > > -----Original Message----- > From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Victor Tsaran > Sent: 07 March 2009 03:12 > To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Direct speech via JAWS COM API > > Does anybody know what is the earliest JAWS version that this built-in API > was shipped with? If it is not backward-compatible, I don't think I can use > it since not everyone is on JAWS9 or 10. > Thx, > Victor > > On 3/6/2009 10:46 AM, Jamal Mazrui wrote: >> Reporting back, I found that I was using an older jfwapi.dll on the >> 64-bit computer, one my application had installed in its program >> folder on the user's computer. I modified the application (EdSharp or >> FileDir) to use the jfwapi.dll in the JAWS program folder instead, and >> that worked. Strangely, the COM technique of producing speech worked >> on 32-bit machines but not on the 64-bit one of the user (I do not >> have my own to test with yet). >> >> So, both EdSharp and FileDir now produce direct speech on 64-bit >> computers using the jfwapi.dll that ships with that version of JAWS. >> >> Jamal >> >> >> On Wed, 4 Mar 2009, Jamal Mazrui wrote: >> >>> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 16:58:27 -0500 (EST) >>> From: Jamal Mazrui<empower@xxxxxxxxx> >>> Reply-To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Direct speech via JAWS COM API >>> >>> Thanks, Doug! By the way, I did searches of all JFW documentation, >>> including fsdn.chm, and found no references to this object model. >>> >>> If anyone has a 64-bit computer, I'm interested in feedback on >>> compatibility of EdSharp http://EmpowermentZone.com/edsetup.exe >>> >>> FileDir >>> http://EmpowermentZone.com/dirsetup.exe >>> >>> and/or JAWS Script Exchange >>> http://EmpowermentZone.com/jsxsetup.exe >>> >>> I do not have access to such a computer myself at present. A user >>> reported crashes in Edsharp and FileDir, which I narrowed to use of >>> jfwapi.dll for direct speech messages. In the March 4 versions of >>> EdSharp and FileDir that I posted today, the COM object model is used >>> instead. I'm curious whether that resolves the problem. A test, for >>> example, is to press Alt+P in EdSharp, which should speak the full >>> path of the current document (more than the file name in the title bar). >>> >>> These applications have a checkbox at the end of their installation >>> processes which offer JAWS scripts to fine tune speech in ways that I >>> could not do otherwise. The checkbox is off by default, since other >>> screen readers may not want them. I'm curious, if the checkbox is >>> marked, whether the scripts are successfully installed on a 64-bit >>> computer, or whether an error message results. A bundled copy of >>> jsx.exe is used for this. You can test whether EdSharp or FileDir >>> scripts are loaded by pressing JAWSKey+Q (the standard key for this) >>> when EdSharp or FileDir is active. >>> >>> Jamal >>> >>>> Date: Wed, >>> 4 Mar 2009 11:31:00 -0500> From: Doug Lee<doug.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> Reply-To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Direct speech via JAWS COM API >>>> >>>> VBScript: >>>> dim o : set o = createObject("FreedomSci.JawsApi") >>>> o.sayString "Hello", False >>>> >>>> Summary of FSAPI.dll COM interface (JAWS 10 as reference): >>>> function Disable as Bool >>>> function Enable(Bool vbNoDDIHooks) as Bool >>>> method Enable >>>> function RunFunction(BStr FunctionName) as Bool >>>> Tells JAWS to execute a function >>>> function RunScript(BStr ScriptName) as Bool >>>> Tells JAWS to execute a script >>>> function SayString(BStr StringToSpeak[, Bool bFlush = True]) as > Bool >>>> Instructs JAWS to speak a particular string >>>> sub StopSpeech >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 11:11:51AM -0500, Jamal Mazrui wrote: >>>> A while back I asked how to do this but got no reply. Doug Lee >>>> informed me on this list that there is a COM API that is part of a >>>> JAWS installation. Previously, I had only known of a way for an >>>> application to produce a speech message through JAWS by using a >>>> Win32 type of call to JFWAPI.dll. >>>> >>>> Although I did find references to a COM object model using a COM >>>> browser, I could not figure out how to instantiate and use such an >>>> object. Can anyone tell me how an application, other than JAWS, can >>>> call a COM method, passing it a string, to produce a speech message >>>> through the currently running JAWS? >>>> >>>> This has become more important because JFWAPI.dll does not seem to >>>> work under 64 bit Windows. >>>> >>>> Jamal >>>> >>>> __________? >>>> Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository >>>> http://jawsscripts.com >>>> >>>> View the list's information and change your settings at >>>> //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Doug Lee, Senior Accessibility Programmer SSB BART Group - >>>> Accessibility-on-Demand mailto:doug.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> http://www.ssbbartgroup.com "While they were saying among themselves >>>> it cannot be done, it was done." --Helen Keller __________ Visit and >>>> contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com >>>> >>>> View the list's information and change your settings at >>>> //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts >>>> >>> __________ >>> Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository >>> http://jawsscripts.com >>> >>> View the list's information and change your settings at >>> //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts >>> >> __________ >> Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository >> http://jawsscripts.com >> >> View the list's information and change your settings at >> //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts >> >> > > > -- > --- --- --- --- > Get a sneak preview of my album at: > www.victortsaran.com > --- --- --- --- > __________ > Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com > > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > > > __________ > Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com > > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts > > -- --- --- --- --- Get a sneak preview of my album at: www.victortsaran.com --- --- --- --- __________ Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts __________ Visit and contribute to The JAWS Script Repository http://jawsscripts.com View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts