Stupid Geek Tricks: How to Make Your Computer Talk to You
@pulkit wrote: Any way to use your own voices , or voices from here :http://www.bytecool.com/voices.htm Read full topic
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@Sonneillon wrote: I think that if you replace the SAPI.SpVoice section in ------ CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice") with the name of the voice, you should be able to do it. Or if you make one of the voices...
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@wilsontp wrote: pulkit: Any way to use your own voices No. The voice synthesis technology in the engine used by Windows does not play back recorded samples; it generates the sounds in real time. What...
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@Ushindi wrote: Thanks for this - I'm having a lot of fun with it. Read full topic
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@snomasnayr wrote: I was wondering, is there a way to make the volume on the .vbs file that tells the time louder to overpower any video/music I may be listening to when I open the file up? I created...
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@ckw369 wrote: So, I tried it and it worked fine. Then I changed the text to say good morning and it didn't work. As a matter of fact it won't even show the vbs icon, just notepad icon with vbs...
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@ckw369 wrote: Never mind. Somehow I made Notepad the default for vbs. Changed it back and we're all good. Read full topic
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@ziw wrote: Another cool thing to use it for,if the situation allows. Is to post it on the Desktop page and leave messages to other family members. Of course others would need and have access to their...
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@Sonneillon wrote: Or play pranks on less tech savvy family members and friends by replacing the icon with that of their favorite browser and make it tell them something like "we are watching you. we...
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@Sonneillon wrote: There you go! Glad you got it sorted. Read full topic
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@Sonneillon wrote: Not sure if it will apply to the actual script but you could include this to raise the volume to max when the script runs: set oshell=createobject("wscript.shell")oshell.run...
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@BigFerret wrote: Is there a way to insert a pause in the playback? When the computer says, "Good Morning Sir. The time is 8 A.M." I would like to have time to say "thank you" before it then says,...
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@wilsontp wrote: try using a comma in the text. Otherwise, you can make the script sleep with the wscript.sleep command, as illustrated in the post above yours. Read full topic
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@BigFerret wrote: wilsontp: try using a comma in the text. Otherwise, you can make the script sleep with the wscript.sleep command, Comma does not allow any significant delay. wscript.sleep does...
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@wilsontp wrote: BigFerret: Comma does not allow any significant delay. wscript.sleep does nothing but it could have been inserted into the script incorrectly. What value are you using? The sleep...
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@BigFerret wrote: wilsontp: What value are you using? I used 600 then 900. Thanks to you, 3000 did the trick.Now the banter with my PC goes like this...PC: Good Morning GinoME: Good Morning, What time...
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@Sonneillon wrote: I need to try this pause out. I wonder how long it would take me to make a script that I could use to have a full fledged conversation with my computer and freak people out in...
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@TheTexasRAT wrote: Is there a way to add or change voices in the Windows 7 VBS without having to buy a program? Read full topic
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@BigFerret wrote: Sonneillon: I need to try this pause out. I wonder how long it would take me to make a script that I could use to have a full fledged conversation with my computer and freak people...
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@Sonneillon wrote: How long is the convo and how long did it take you to make the script. Also, you know what would be cool, to have a command that runs another script to pull up web pages or take...
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@jkglad wrote: This was great fun. It plays when I boot my pc. Any instructions on how to do this on a Mac? Several family members have Macs. Read full topic
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@cawas wrote: Mac got this built-in for decades, I think. Look for Dictation & Speech. Read full topic
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@geek wrote: From the terminal you can just type: say whatever Read full topic
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@Sonneillon wrote: www.howtogeek.com How to Add a Timeout or Pause in a Batch File If you are writing a batch file and you don’t want to continue until somebody presses a key, you can do it really...
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