Thanks! A set file would solve the problem of the self-voicing
program. Unfortunately, that's only half the problem.
Let's say I've created a macro with the keystroke recorder script, and I
don't want Window-Eyes to jabber through 8 or 10 commands, but rather,
remain silent until I hit a Window-Eyes key to turn the voice on again.
The key I'm suggesting (and that I thought existed) would be perfect.
The other application would be in the HotSpot script. Let's say I want
to locate the mouse in a particular point, click the left mouse key,
move by clip three times, and then read to the right of the mouse. I
don't want to hear all the stuff read between. It breaks one's
concentration.
If WE had a silence speech key that could be invoked in the hot key
script or in the Keystroke Recorder script, one could produce some
pretty powerful results without having to write a script.
I should have mentioned this as reason number 2 for my request.
Thanks nevertheless, thanks for the set file suggestions.
n for the set file suggestions.David wrote:
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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