https://www.msspeech-forum.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:44:47 +0000 Sat, 06 Sep 2014 11:59:44 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.02 360 https://www.msspeech-forum.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=331 https://www.msspeech-forum.com/forum_images/msspeech_forum.png https://www.msspeech-forum.com/ https://www.msspeech-forum.com/wsr-macro-file-causes-wsr-crash_topic331_post1565.html#1565 Author: russ
Subject: 331
Posted: 06/Sep/2014 at 11:59am

Well, the forums on speechcomputing.com aren't there anymore, so I thought I might go ahead and re-document the problem here.

After some trial and error, I discovered that on Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, WSR crashes when you attempt to create a WSR macro that has [itemOnScreen] inside of a <listenFor> statement. I have had to rework all of my macros to avoid using [itemOnScreen], which is a very useful capability of the WSR macro utility. I hope someday that Microsoft fixes this bug.

Here is a simple example of the problem. While in Internet Explorer, the macro below lets you say a link on a webpage followed by "in new window," and that link will be opened in a new window. Unfortunately, this no longer works.

-Russ

<speechMacros>
<appIsInForeground processName="iexplore.exe"/>
<command>
<listenFor>[itemOnScreen] in new window</listenFor>
     <waitFor seconds=".1"/>
     <emulateRecognition>Shift click {[itemOnScreen]}</emulateRecognition>
</command>
</speechMacros>
]]> Sat, 06 Sep 2014 11:59:44 +0000 https://www.msspeech-forum.com/wsr-macro-file-causes-wsr-crash_topic331_post1565.html#1565 https://www.msspeech-forum.com/wsr-macro-file-causes-wsr-crash_topic331_post1533.html#1533 Author: mmarkoe_admin
Subject: 331
Posted: 17/Jan/2014 at 2:34pm

Russ also posted his question on the Speech Computing forum. There are several posts there. If you wish to follow this on Speech Computing CLICK HERE.
Marty]]> Fri, 17 Jan 2014 14:34:36 +0000 https://www.msspeech-forum.com/wsr-macro-file-causes-wsr-crash_topic331_post1533.html#1533 https://www.msspeech-forum.com/wsr-macro-file-causes-wsr-crash_topic331_post1526.html#1526 Author: russ
Subject: 331
Posted: 13/Jan/2014 at 11:06pm

I'm hoping someone can help me with a problem that has me stumped.

In a nutshell, I've got a new computer, and I've transferred an extensive set of WSR Macros from my old computer running Windows 7 to the new computer running Windows 8/8.1. I put about ten .wsrMac files into the SpeechMacros folder with no problems, but three .wsrMac files cause Windows Speech Recognition to crash with a "Speech Recognition has stopped working" error message.

I've uploaded one of the problem files here if you'd like to try it:

FirefoxChrome.wsrMac <<Link doesn't work. See example and more details below.

This file of macros has worked fine for a long time on Windows 7, and I'm stumped as to why it's giving me problems on both Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Any ideas? Thanks.

-Russ

Edited by russ - 06/Sep/2014 at 12:06pm]]> Mon, 13 Jan 2014 23:06:24 +0000 https://www.msspeech-forum.com/wsr-macro-file-causes-wsr-crash_topic331_post1526.html#1526