[RESOLVED] Why Does This Work?

[davidgsmith]

Hi Everyone!

Don't know where exactly to put this.... but since I am using a desktop computer I put it here.

A few days ago while browsing through www.stumbleupon.com I came upon a webpage that said it could determine if my computer was male or female.

Being curious.... I followed the directions.

1.Open Notepad.
2. Enter the following code exactly as shown....

CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice").Speak"How Are You"

3. Save As xyz.vbs

4. Double click on xyz.vbs and hear a voice say, "How Are You", it could be either a male or female voice.

To my suprise I found I had a male voice on my computer. I took this to work, and on the 3 computers in our office, I found I had 1 male and 2 females.

We are all running XP Pro. I gave it to a friend running Windows 7 and it did not work.

Why does it work?
How does it work?
Why are there two different voices, and what determines which one plays?
Why didn't it work on my friend's Windows 7 computer?

I thought this was fascinating !

I cannot wait to hear the answers !
Thanks in advance,
Dave

[jdc2000]

In XP, Click Start, Control Panel, double click on Speech. You will see the default voice selected.

There is a voice in Win 7 also.

[fink]

Works on my Win7 PC. (female BTW)

[SuperSparks]

BTW, it does work on my Win7 rig. I suspect that your friend's computer just has scripting disabled.

In Win 7 the voice setting is in Control Panel>Speech Recognition>Advanced Speech Options, under the "Text to Speech" tab.

[fink]

Clever little trick.

And if anyone's wondering.. yes, it will repeat rude words LOL.

[davidgsmith]

Hey Guys thanks for the info!
I still don't know why or how it works though.
What program is it using?
Is it something built into Windows?
Thanks,
Dave

[fink]

It's windows built in app for the sight disabled.

[SpywareDr]

1.Open Notepad.

2. Enter the following code exactly as shown....

CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice").Speak"How Are You"

3. Save As xyz.vbs

".vbs" = Visual Basic Script

Wikipedia: VBScript

[davidgsmith]

Thanks for the info. Sorry it took so long to get back.
Reading the Wikpedia article was enlightening. And I descovered that programmers speak a totally different language, besides whatever language they are programming in! Not to mention the hundreds of abbreviations they have to know.
Thanks again!
Dave

[SpywareDr]

Sorry it took so long to get back.

No problem.

... I descovered that programmers speak a totally different language, besides whatever language they are programming in! Not to mention the hundreds of abbreviations they have to know.

Right?

Thanks again!

You're welcome.