I can't remember such a key, so others will have to jump in here, in case it
exists.
Basically, though, you are not looking for a script - if I understand your
problem right - but rather a set file. Why? Let's give you the following
example:
You are entering a self-voicing application. Here you don't want WE to
interfere, so you would have turned off speech. In one minute though, you
are going to check your Email, write a note in Word, or look up a file on
your hard disk in Explorer. All of these tasks are not self-voiced, and you
will Alt-Tab your way around, knowing nothing as to where you are. OK, if
the script had a single ON/OFFF hotkey, you could always hit that one. But
why a hotkey that has to be hit everytime you enter/leave your software that
is self-voiced?
On the other hand, using a 'silent' set file, and associating it with your
self-voiced application, will only turn off speech, when you are in that
particular application, and put speech automatically on, when you are back
in some of the other software on your PC.
I do believe, there is a standard set file, shipped with all versions of WE,
that is called SILINCE.000, or maybe SILENT.000. Look in your set file
manager, and you will for sure find it there. I've never used it myself,
since I don't have self-voiced applications here. But you might try the
following, and see if it does what you want:
1. Open your self-voiced application.
2. Press Insert-L, and the setfile loader will open. Press Shift-Tab, and
you will be in the list of setfiles, and you can scroll to the setfile you
want. Or, simply type in SILENCE.000 in the editbox. Then hit ENTER. WE
should now have slinced itself, if I am not totally wrong.
3. Press Ctrl-Backslash, to go to the WE controlscreen, then Alt-F takes you
to file menu, and here you go to Save, and choose Setfile. WE should now ask
you if you want to associate the current setfile with the actual
application, and you just press Yes.
From now on, whenever you enter your self-voiced application, WE will keep
quiet. Switching to any other software on your computer, their respectively
associated setfiles will kick in, and speech will be back on.
As I said, I have never had the opportunity to try this out, but give it a
try, and come back on the list, if this is not what you are looking for.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Marquette" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 9:50 AM
Subject: Turning Off Speech
I thought, at one time, there was a key in Window-Eyes that immediately
silences speech and keeps it off until another key is pressed. It would be
the equivalent of a macro that went into the control panel, jumped to the
global speech settings, and, if it could, turned off speech entirely.
Speech would remain off until it is turned on again.
I tried the "HushNow" script, but it seems to do nothing more than the
control key does, which is simply to kill the voice and dump the buffer.
I tried the silence key under Hot Keys in the Miscellaneous dialog box.
It appears to do the same thing.
When one interacts with self-voicing programs, there needs to be such a
command. I just cannot seem to find it. I'm pretty sure there is a
script command that does this.
Do I need to write a script that does this simple function, i.e., check to
see if speech is on and, if it is, turn it off and then, if it is already
off, turn it on again?
Somehow, I cannot believe that command doesn't already exist somewhere.
the voice until the
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