Hi, Well one problem I see with this idea is lets say the user is using ivona or another sapi device. You switch voices to send the message then you switch back to the default. This can cause a major delay between speaking the message and then reading the information. You can't just address what ever voice because you can't assume the user has the voice installed. Jfw does have this ability built in. it works fine for voices that are built in to jfw but when you start using 3rd party voices you run in to the problem I describe.
Hth From: David [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 4:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Using a secondary voice for speech messages Allright, you developers, Here is another tricky question. Hope someone has a solution, as it would have improved my projects a bit. Le'ts for samplification say, that a user is operating his computer by Eloquence Reed. Like many users actually are doing. My app sends a few messages to the synthesizer, like status messages in given operations, or resulting messages from other operations. Since they are all sent to the same synth, it is likely it only will drown in the amount of other activity the user is performing. And, he may not be able to discern what the message is about. This could specially be the case, when an app is performing some activity in the background, or in a separate window, and the user currently is reading a document. Now, if the status message from the app pops in, right in the middle of the document reading, either the user will think it may be part of the document, or he may experience a break-down of the speech altogether. It would have many benefits, if the app could have its "internal" messages sent to another voice, available on the user's system. Now, with the Speak command, in WE, is there a way to redirect the output to a secondary synth or voice? Or, is there a "back-door" workaround to this issue? I greatly would welcome any ideas you all may have, and maybe you have implied any such solution in your apps already, and could please share some techniques? Thanks alot,
