[jawsscripts] Re: Speaking a text with a specified voice?
- From: Soronel Haetir <soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:31:41 -0900
http://msdn.microsoft.com has a lot of info, but there is no central
documentation listing all such.available objects.
You can also look through the registry trying to spot interesting things.
On 2/11/13, Jim Snowbarger <Snowman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I always feel like an idiot asking this, since I'm not a windows
> programmer. But, I have never mastered the art of finding out about what
> objects are available, and the interface documentation. Where do people
> find the definitions of the myriad objects that get mentioned.
> Obviously, that stuff is documented. Where?
> Splain this to me again, so maybe I'll stop asking.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stefan Moisei" <vortex37@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 1:32 PM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Speaking a text with a specified voice?
>
>
> Depending on your requirements, you could use sapi directly from a jaws
> script, like so:
>
> var object o
> o=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice")
> o.Speak("test")
> You would have to manually set the voice, rate and pitch on the object.
> I think you can even get the available voices on the system and choose the
> one you want. Search for "sapi.spvoice" to find out what you can do with
> this object.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Octavian Rasnita
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 6:54 PM
> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Speaking a text with a specified voice?
>
> Yes of course. I used delay(5) as I shown in my first message.
>
> But you are right, I don't know how to find when the synthesizer finished
> speaking so I don't know how much I need to wait.
>
> But actually the method is not very good, because if the text is 1
> kilometer
> long and Jaws should speak it for a long time, in that period I am not able
> to shut it down by using the Control key or in another way, but I need to
> wait until it finishes.
>
> --Octavian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Geoff Chapman" <gch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 4:33 PM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Speaking a text with a specified voice?
>
>
>> Hmmm.
>>
>> you obviously must've also tried single/multiple pause statements between
>> the
>> Say (StrText)
>> and the resetting of the voice profile, have you?
>>
>> like:
>> SetActiveVoiceProfileByName ("Carmen2")
>> SayString(sTrText)
>> Pause ()
>> Pause () ; varying amounts of these.
>> SetActiveVoiceProfileByName ("Eloquence")
>>
>> That still doesn't really help you though probably in the need to find a
>> function that informs jaws when the synthesizer has actually done
>> speaking
>> it's assigned text. especially if your texts are never the same lengths.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 6:36 PM
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Speaking a text with a specified voice?
>>
>>
>>>I gave the code in my first message. Here it is again:
>>>
>>> SetActiveVoiceProfileByName ("Carmen2")
>>> SayString(sTrText)
>>> SetActiveVoiceProfileByName ("Eloquence")
>>>
>>> The first line changes the voice to a specified voice profile, then it
>>> should speak the message and then it should change the voice profile
>>> back
>>> to Eloquence.
>>> But the third line is executed immediately, and when it is executed, the
>>> previously synthesizer is stopped so it doesn't speak anything.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Octavian
>>>
>>> --Octavian
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Dang Manh Cuong" <dangmanhcuong@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 10:22 AM
>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Speaking a text with a specified voice?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>> I don't do that for a long time, but if you could send me your code, I
>>>> think
>>>> I could help you.
>>>> Cuong.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 11:22 PM
>>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Speaking a text with a specified voice?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks, but as I said, I tried in 2 ways:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. SetActiveVoiceProfileByName ("Carmen2")
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. I also tried using SetSynth ("eloq") but it didn't help either.
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem is that when a new voice is activated, it shuts Jaws down
>>>>> so
>>>>> the
>>>>> text spoken with the previous voice is not spoken at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> --Octavian
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Dang Manh Cuong" <dangmanhcuong@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 3:37 PM
>>>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Speaking a text with a specified voice?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>> Use SetSynth to swich to the synthesizer of choice, and use
>>>>>> SetVoicePerson
>>>>>> to set name.
>>>>>> HTH
>>>>>> Cuong
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 3:07 PM
>>>>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Speaking a text with a specified voice?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks Stefan and Doug. Unfortunately it seems that there is no way
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> instruct JAWS to speach a piece of text with a specified
>>>>>>> synthesizer,
>>>>>>> although I was sure that this should be a simple thing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --Octavian
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>> From: "Doug Lee" <doug.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 12:45 AM
>>>>>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Speaking a text with a specified voice?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> SpeechInUse() actually tells you only whether or not speech, as
>>>>>>>> opposed to Braille output, is being used by the JAWS user. It does
>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>> tell you when something is actually being said.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, Feb 09, 2013 at 08:05:57PM +0200, Stefan Moisei wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>> The function SpeechInUse() should tell you if jaws is speaking or
>>>>>>>> not.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>> From: Octavian Rasnita
>>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 5:29 PM
>>>>>>>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Speaking a text with a specified voice?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is it possible to create a JAWS script that speaks a text with a
>>>>>>>> specified
>>>>>>>> installed voice, then after it finishes, switch back to the default
>>>>>>>> voice?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I tried:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> SetActiveVoiceProfileByName ("Carmen2")
>>>>>>>> SayString(sTrText)
>>>>>>>> SetActiveVoiceProfileByName ("Eloquence")
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> But nothing is spoken. When the function
>>>>>>>> SetActiveVoiceProfileByName()
>>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>>> called the second time, it stops immediately the speech.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have found this by doing:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> SetActiveVoiceProfileByName ("Carmen2")
>>>>>>>> SayString(sTrText)
>>>>>>>> Delay (50, TRUE )
>>>>>>>> SetActiveVoiceProfileByName ("Eloquence")
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This time the text was spoken as wanted, but I wasn't able to use
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> computer for a few seconds after that, because of the Delay()
>>>>>>>> function.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I guess that it is not possible to calculate how much time it would
>>>>>>>> take
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> speak a certain text with a specified voice, but isn't possible to
>>>>>>>> detect
>>>>>>>> somehow when JAWS finished speaking, in order to be able to switch
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> voice
>>>>>>>> in that moment?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I also tried using SetSynth ("eloq") but it didn't help either.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --Octavian
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