Hi Vic, This sounds like a perfect topic for an app, which maybe could offer less intrusive little sound queues at various points instead of speech?
I'm copying the script list to see if your request can interest anyone in writing such an app (perhaps it could let you define any number of "points" in a named scenario, and let you define a sound queue or speech for each point when reached?) Perhaps when you hit the "stop" hotkey, it could then tell you the length? If you're interested, you may want to subscribe to the script list to see any answers. Chip -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 10:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Talking Alarm and Talking desktop clock Hi Chris Thanks for sharing the link. What I have been looking for and playing with is a stop watch for Windows that works nicely with WE. I have tried a couple from the download.com site with questionable success. I want a stop watch that is non intrusive so that I can perform the timer function at Toast Masters International meetings. For those involved with TMI the timer records the times of speeches and evaluations. The timer also provides queues to the presenters at different time points depending on the presentation. For example I think the table topics presenter gets their first warning at one minute, another at one minute thirty, the third at the two minute mark, then they get clapped down at two minutes and fifteen seconds. Some types of presentations get their first warning at the five minute mark, then another at six minutes, then the third one at seven minutes, but they can continue to the end of their presentation, but need to know exactly how long they took. Talking watches with stop watch functions are too intrusive, because they don't have an ear phone connection. Many talking devices have timers, but no stop watches. Some of the software I found does sort of work with the mouse pointer, but I don't know if I can trust it enough yet. -----Original Message----- From: Chris G [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 8:53 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Talking Alarm and Talking desktop clock I was looking for a novelty talking clock program to announce the time on the hour or any time I chose. I discovered two programs of interest. One is called Talking Alarm clock, this is a talking alarm manager, you can schedule tasks and reminders. It can speak through SAPI or Microsoft Agent. The alarm clock is pretty simple to use. The other is Talking Desktop clock. This is a clock that can announce the time using sapi or ms agent if installed. Both programs can be found at http://www.cinnamonsoftware.com/ Both programs are free but they accept donations. They also have a file copy utility I am thinking of checking out. In the information on the page it says it works with MSAA and has been tested with Window-eyes from GW-Micro. - The home of the Mystic Place blog and podcast. http://www.mysticplace.info Mailing lists: lists.mysticplace.info If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
