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Hello All!

Im just getting started to dig my teeth into what WSR can do and I must say Im pretty excited. But I often put my cart before my horse (or goat in some cases) and I have a few, what I hope to be, quick questions for any WSR gurus that may be about.

1. In the WDR users manual it states that ActivePearl code can be used, but I havent seen any documentation supporting this claim. Is this true?

2. I edited an example provided on this website to create a macro that tells me the time when asked. The macro works well but when speaking the time it says 11 hours 34 min 19 sec pm instead of 11 34 pm. Anyone know how to correct this?

Here's my code;

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<speechMacros>
<command>
<listenFor>Time</listenFor>
<listenFor>Give me the Time</listenFor>
<listenFor>What is the time</listenFor>
<listenFor>Tell me the time</listenFor>
<listenFor>What time is it</listenFor>
<script language="vbscript">
<![CDATA[
dim currentTime
currentTime = FormatDateTime(Time(), 1)
Application.Speak Time
Application.SetTextFeedback Time
]]>
</script>
</command>

3. How would I go about getting WSR to read data from websites(HTML)? I have downloaded modified and used the CheckWeather Maco to read from rss feeds, but what about websites that dont offer such feeds? Can this be done?

http://www.rctheatres.com/a1website.asp?house_id=8764 This is the website Id like read from

I would like the titles of the movies and showtimes to be read

If anyone is willing, a well commented example would be ideal as I would like to edit this example to include future ideas, such as asking for showtimes on certain dates. Ultimately I would like to ask "Whats Playing" then get a list of just titles that are playing today spoken in reply. I would then speak one of these titles to get more information about the movie. Im not asking anyone to write this all out for me, I just would like to be pointed in the right direction. If there are other examples that would explain this to me available I will happily accept a link and will take it from there.

If this task seems too daunting I believe I could get what I need from an example that reads the David Letterman top ten list.

http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/top_ten/ Link to top ten list

We're using Windows 7. I still do not recall the extra spaces problem when using Windows Vista.

 

This makes sense. Also, I have run into the same problem with possessives not appearing correctly until the possessive name has been added to the speech dictionary.

 

I am not using the toolkit but am strongly considering it if it will help with these issues.  It may at times be a pause but it happens too regularly for that to be the only reason.

The WSRToolkit is unlikely to fix the problems you are talking about. However, makes it much easier to manage all the functions in one place. In addition you can easily create text, command, and navigation macros. Tools that might help you are the Accuracy and Scan features which improve your acoustic model based on your style of speaking and the ability to a add your typical documents so the system learns the context within which you use particular words. Also, the Tune Microphone feature overrides the poor handling of audio in both Vista and Windows 7.

 

Marty

First of all, are you using Windows 7 or WSR in Vista? I'm going to try a couple of examples, let me know if this is the type dictation you are talking about?

 

My friend Howard Shand states that, when he is lining up his mementoes, he wants them to look perfect.

 

Bob Jones is a producer of wing nuts. He often states that the biggest nuts are not made the ones but the human ones.

 

I am wondering, if perhaps, you are pausing and breath inhales or exhales are being interpreted as words? Make sure the microphone element on a headset microphone is off to the corner of your mouth and not in front of it. Also, are you using a good noise canceling microphone?

 

Are these names that he is familiar with and that you have trained previously? Using the WSRToolkit version 2 or the Add a new word function when you say, "Open the speech dictionary."

 

Also, once you have dictated a name and it is not capitalized, you can just say, " capitalize Smith," and it will go back and capitalize that name.

 

Marty

I was going to use Dragon to do what the WSR Macros do, but that version of Dragon is ~$600 and WSR will not cost anything (except dev time of course)...

I use these APIs for monitoring and controlling audio controls on USB audio devices.

Also, you should be able to code in C/C++ using the speech API and not be forced into .Net

Best,

EB

The license key was sent with in an email but the email had an attached zip file with the application enclosed. Spam assassin bounced it. Thing is the application can be accessed from a link in a the confirmation email or from your account page so there is no need to send the application by email. 

Marty sent a copy of the bounced email so I was able to get the key from that. If you haven't resolved it yet just ask for the key in an email with no attachments. (The pdf invoice is also redundant.)

Barbara

They zip filed program has been sent. Apparently gmail accounts do not accept zip files. We are working on the automatic download, but it has been difficult to implement.

Marty