[jawsscripts] Re: Speaking a text with a specified voice?
- From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 08:10:19 +0200
Hmm, yep, it might be a good idea because accessing SAPI directly doesn't
actually change the active voice synthesizer used by Jaws.
The possibility of stopping that voice is a must even if it is not done with
Jaws standard keys like Control, but there is the other problem... the fact
that if the current synthesizer is WinTalker, I will need to speak the English
text with Eloquence.
Does anyone know if it is possible to access Eloquence directly as it is
possible to access SAPI5?
--Octavian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan Moisei" <vortex37@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 10:39 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Speaking a text with a specified voice?
>I was thinking you could use a separate synthesizer to speak the Romanian
> messages and simply not change the jaws voice. When the Synthesizer is done
> talking, jaws would have the same voice as before, since it was never
> changed.
> The only problem I see with this approach is that you can't stop the speech
> using control. There is a method to stop sapi 5 speaking, but I don't know
> how to intercept the control key in a jaws script. KeyPressedEvent doesn't
> seem to intercept it.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Octavian Rasnita
> Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 10:06 AM
> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Speaking a text with a specified voice?
>
> Thanks Stefan, but it doesn't work because I can change the active
> synthesizer using scripting functions, however the problem is that I don't
> know the moment in which to do that change.
>
> I want to do something similar to what Jaws is doing when it switches the
> language when it encounters a text in another language, if the "detect
> language" feature is active.
> But I want not only to change the current language of the current loaded
> synthesizer, but to also load a new synthesizer on the fly, then when it
> needs to speak in another language, stop the currently running synthesizer
> in that moment and load another synthesizer.
>
> For example, Maestro Translate does the translation using Google translating
> service.
> When I press a hotkey to translate a text, if that translation is made from
> English to Romanian, even if in that moment the user uses English Eloquence,
> the translated text should be spoken in Romanian with the voice Ivona Carmen
> for example.
> But if in the middle of speaking that romanian text the user wants to stop
> it, he should be able to press Control or another hotkey, and then if he
> wants to read the title of the window or a text from that window, or to hear
> the time or do something else, he should be able to hear English Eloquence
> as before.
>
> Or if the user currently uses a SAPI4 synthesizer like WinTalker and
> translates something from Romanian to English, he should hear the English
> text spoken with English Eloquence, and after it finishes speaking that
> text, he should hear WinTalker again.
>
> But it seems that Jaws is not that flexible for beeing able to do that...
> :-)
>
> Jaws should consider somehow all the voice synthesizers as beeing a single
> synthesizer with many voices, and should be able to change easier among
> them.
>
> --Octavian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stefan Moisei" <vortex37@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 9:32 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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