[jawsscripts] Re: Speaking a text with a specified voice?
- From: "Octavian Rasnita" <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:19:34 +0200
Oh yes, it would be great if it would be possible to make Jaws speak with a
specified voice alias. Actually, this is what I tried, but without good
results.
--Octavian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Soronel Haetir" <soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 1:42 PM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Speaking a text with a specified voice?
> Maybe not a specified synthesizer but how about a specified voice
> alias? I would suspect that functionality to be present and if so you
> might be able to make it work for your needs.
>
> On 2/9/13, Octavian Rasnita <orasnita@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 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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