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Active Forums => QB64 Discussion => Topic started by: GTC on December 19, 2020, 09:32:01 pm
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In an old and closed thread here:
https://www.qb64.org/forum/index.php?topic=3383.msg126966#new
... Prithak gave us a neat little demo of how to use PowerShell to voice text strings:
INPUT "Enter text: "; text$
SHELL _HIDE "Powershell -Command " + CHR$(34) + "Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Speech; (New-Object System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer).Speak('" + text$
+ "');" + CHR$(34)
Using that code, I want to change the default voice and I gather that I have to incorporate this "method" but I am seriously ignorant of OO programming technique -- especially in regard to how it maps to QB64 code -- so if someone would show me how to incorporate the following Select.Voice code into Prithak's example, then I will be very grateful.
SpeechSynthesizer.SelectVoice("Microsoft David Desktop")
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In an old and closed thread here:
https://www.qb64.org/forum/index.php?topic=3383.msg126966#new
... Prithak gave us a neat little demo of how to use PowerShell to voice text strings:
INPUT "Enter text: "; text$
SHELL _HIDE "Powershell -Command " + CHR$(34) + "Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Speech; (New-Object System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer).Speak('" + text$
+ "');" + CHR$(34)
Using that code, I want to change the default voice and I gather that I have to incorporate this "method" but I am seriously ignorant of OO programming technique -- especially in regard to how it maps to QB64 code -- so if someone would show me how to incorporate the following Select.Voice code into Prithak's example, then I will be very grateful.
SpeechSynthesizer.SelectVoice("Microsoft David Desktop")
You will have to write out a PowerShell script and then invoke it. The PowerShell code you need is
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Speech
$voice = New-Object -TypeName System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer
$voice.SelectVoice("Microsoft David Desktop")
$voice.Speak("Take that, Goliath!")
The .NET SpeechSynthesizer class also supports SSML (Speech Synthesis Markup Language); I wrote an article about using it (in connection with a ficlang) at http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/tbb/ssml.html (http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/tbb/ssml.html); the article also covers basic speech synthesis in PowerShell.
(For what it's worth, I think you'd be better off directly calling .NET from QB64, if that's possible.)
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Thank you very much for the reply and suggestions.
The .NET SpeechSynthesizer class also supports SSML (Speech Synthesis Markup Language); I wrote an article about using it (in connection with a ficlang) at http://www.freelancetraveller.com/features/tbb/ssml.html; the article also covers basic speech synthesis in PowerShell.
when I click that link I get "404: Page Not Available"
(For what it's worth, I think you'd be better off directly calling .NET from QB64, if that's possible.)
I'd have to study up on that. I was hoping that possibly a line or two could be simply added to Prithak's original code snippet.
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Thank you very much for the reply and suggestions.
when I click that link I get "404: Page Not Available"
I'd have to study up on that. I was hoping that possibly a line or two could be simply added to Prithak's original code snippet.
Link is fixed; I didn't see that the automatic parser included the semicolon (;) as part of the URL. Sorry about that. :)
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@GTC
Always glad to see someone else on the forum using PowerShell to do stuff. I love PowerShell.
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@GTC
Always glad to see someone else on the forum using PowerShell to do stuff. I love PowerShell.
I swear by PowerShell. I swear at VBScript.
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@GTC
Always glad to see someone else on the forum using PowerShell to do stuff. I love PowerShell.
Truth be told, I wasn't even aware of it until I cam across Prithak's post. I was aware of SAPI but I gather that's been deprecated by Microsoft.
I have a simple need for my application to echo start/stop/pause/continue commands vocally so that I can be sure of the app's current run status without having to look at the screen. When it is paused I will have "paused" spoken every X seconds to remind me to continue it when appropriate.
As I have mentioned in another thread, I am also interested in being able to issue those commands vocally so that the app is hands free.
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@GTC
Take a look at this (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9361594/powershell-can-speak-but-can-it-write-if-i-speak)