I found that when I tested this using eloquence and the SAPI5 scansoft synthe, that the silence was much longer using SAPI5 synthesizers. My eloquence time worked out to be slightly more than 2 seconds and the Scansoft silences were closer to 20 seconds My eloquence speech rate is set to 90 and my scansoft rate is 13 which is approximately 65%. 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 >>> "Smith, Alice A. HQ DCO" <Alice.A.Smith@xxxxxxx> 02:19 PM Friday, July 18, 2008 >>> Sina, I wrote similar code using Delay. It works but I didn't time it with a stopwatch. How did you arrive at the factors of 28 for Rate and 6 for Silence? How accurate is it? Alice -----Original Message----- From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sina Sotudehnia Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 1:17 PM To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jawsscripts] silence in between Saying two messages=20 Hi friends, I think the following can be a solution for=20 Saying two messages with a specific period of silence in between I sent it for test and I was waiting to get feedback on test result from any one who is interesting. But I did not get any answer yet.=20 I want to know does this one work on same way with different computer speed and TTS as it works on my computer? In this program, (That is my first time Scripting in jaws), I am using Pause function to provide two type of delay. One delay to provide enough time that is required to speech the first string, and second delay for requested silence time after reading the first string. because the speed rate of voice is assigned by user, I get this value by using the following function that return the current voice speech rate: GetSettingInformation (V_RATE,VCTX_GLOBAL , MinRate, MaxRate) The first and second parameters are two Constant which are coming from hjconst.jsh" header file. (notice to, the "Include" statement before start of script). and the third and forth parameters ar two variable which get the minimum and maximum of the speed rate of Voice Context or any things that is requested by the two first parameters. after that I am finding the length of the first string. Then in a formula all this values are combining together with silence time and two other constant numbers. The number 28 is for balancing the Rate and the number 6 is for balancing the requested silence time. All of them make the total number of the time that we are using the Pause function. As I said, the calculation is not very accurate but it works for the different string length. As you all know, it is easier to convert this script to a function. In this case the function has to include two parameters, FirstString and SilenceTime. and the return value, can be an integer to show if the function end by itself or someone hit a key to end it manually. the function "StopSpeech ()", is good for make any speech off before, and after the using saystring command.. Please let me know if it works for you. I Will be happy to get any feedback. ---------- include "hjconst.jsh" Script TestScripting () var int count var int CurrentRate, int MinRate, int MaxRate, int StrLen, int SilenceSecond var string FirstString, String secondString let SilenceSecond =3D 3 let FirstString=3D"The Script Manager is a JAWS script editing program with all the features necessary for you to create scripts" let secondString=3D"So, continue Talking." let CurrentRate=3DGetSettingInformation (V_RATE,VCTX_GLOBAL , MinRate, MaxRate) let StrLen=3DStringLength (FirstString) let count =3D (StrLen / CurrentRate +1) * 28 + SilenceSecond * 6 StopSpeech () saystring(FirstString) While (count > 0) && (not IsKeyWaiting ()) Pause () let count =3D count - 1 EndWhile StopSpeech () SayString (secondString) EndScript Regards, Sina Sotudehnia Independent Insurance Advisors Group Email: sina@xxxxxxxxxxx Web: www.IIAGROUP.CA Direct Tel: (416) 496-9300 __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts __________á View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts 100 Years Merits a Celebration! http://www.psc-cfp.gc.ca/100/index-eng.htm 100 ans, ça mérite une célébration! http://www.psc-cfp.gc.ca/100/index-fra.htm __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/jawsscripts