[jawsscripts] Re: Direct speech via JAWS COM API
- From: Victor Tsaran <vtsaran@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:57:40 -0800
Jackie,
You are correct. There is a separate package called JFWApi but I think
it was written long time ago and does not support 64-bit operating systems.
V
On 3/6/2009 8:25 PM, Jackie McBride wrote:
> O, gosh, I'm *so gonna show my stupidity here,& that is *not good!
> However, was there not some software that came out awhile back called
> somethin like jaws sdk.zip? My recollection was that folks were using
> python to call dll functions w/it& getting jaws to speak when it
> otherwise wouldn't. Does any1 know what I'm referring to? Of course I
> don't know what jaws versions it's compatible with. I actually think I
> might still have it around.
>
> On 3/6/09, Victor Tsaran<vtsaran@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Does anybody know what is the earliest JAWS version that this built-in
>> API was shipped with? If it is not backward-compatible, I don't think I
>> can use it since not everyone is on JAWS9 or 10.
>> Thx,
>> Victor
>>
>> On 3/6/2009 10:46 AM, Jamal Mazrui wrote:
>>> Reporting back, I found that I was using an older jfwapi.dll on the
>>> 64-bit computer, one my application had installed in its program folder
>>> on the user's computer. I modified the application (EdSharp or FileDir)
>>> to use the jfwapi.dll in the JAWS program folder instead, and that
>>> worked. Strangely, the COM technique of producing speech worked on
>>> 32-bit machines but not on the 64-bit one of the user (I do not have my
>>> own to test with yet).
>>>
>>> So, both EdSharp and FileDir now produce direct speech on 64-bit
>>> computers using the jfwapi.dll that ships with that version of JAWS.
>>>
>>> Jamal
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 4 Mar 2009, Jamal Mazrui wrote:
>>>
>>>> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 16:58:27 -0500 (EST)
>>>> From: Jamal Mazrui<empower@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Reply-To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Direct speech via JAWS COM API
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Doug! By the way, I did searches of all JFW documentation,
>>>> including fsdn.chm, and found no references to this object model.
>>>>
>>>> If anyone has a 64-bit computer, I'm interested in feedback on
>>>> compatibility of EdSharp
>>>> http://EmpowermentZone.com/edsetup.exe
>>>>
>>>> FileDir
>>>> http://EmpowermentZone.com/dirsetup.exe
>>>>
>>>> and/or JAWS Script Exchange
>>>> http://EmpowermentZone.com/jsxsetup.exe
>>>>
>>>> I do not have access to such a computer myself at present. A user
>>>> reported crashes in Edsharp and FileDir, which I narrowed to use of
>>>> jfwapi.dll for direct speech messages. In the March 4 versions of
>>>> EdSharp and FileDir that I posted today, the COM object model is used
>>>> instead. I'm curious whether that resolves the problem. A test, for
>>>> example, is to press Alt+P in EdSharp, which should speak the full path
>>>> of the current document (more than the file name in the title bar).
>>>>
>>>> These applications have a checkbox at the end of their installation
>>>> processes which offer JAWS scripts to fine tune speech in ways that I
>>>> could not do otherwise. The checkbox is off by default, since other
>>>> screen readers may not want them. I'm curious, if the checkbox is
>>>> marked,
>>>> whether the scripts are successfully installed on a 64-bit computer, or
>>>> whether an error message results. A bundled copy of jsx.exe is used for
>>>> this. You can test whether EdSharp or FileDir scripts are loaded by
>>>> pressing JAWSKey+Q (the standard key for this) when EdSharp or FileDir is
>>>> active.
>>>>
>>>> Jamal
>>>>
>>>>> Date: Wed,
>>>> 4 Mar 2009 11:31:00 -0500> From: Doug Lee<doug.lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> Reply-To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Direct speech via JAWS COM API
>>>>>
>>>>> VBScript:
>>>>> dim o : set o = createObject("FreedomSci.JawsApi")
>>>>> o.sayString "Hello", False
>>>>>
>>>>> Summary of FSAPI.dll COM interface (JAWS 10 as reference):
>>>>> function Disable as Bool
>>>>> function Enable(Bool vbNoDDIHooks) as Bool
>>>>> method Enable
>>>>> function RunFunction(BStr FunctionName) as Bool
>>>>> Tells JAWS to execute a function
>>>>> function RunScript(BStr ScriptName) as Bool
>>>>> Tells JAWS to execute a script
>>>>> function SayString(BStr StringToSpeak[, Bool bFlush = True]) as
>>>>> Bool
>>>>> Instructs JAWS to speak a particular string
>>>>> sub StopSpeech
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 11:11:51AM -0500, Jamal Mazrui wrote:
>>>>> A while back I asked how to do this but got no reply. Doug Lee informed
>>>>> me on this list that there is a COM API that is part of a JAWS
>>>>> installation. Previously, I had only known of a way for an application
>>>>> to
>>>>> produce a speech message through JAWS by using a Win32 type of call to
>>>>> JFWAPI.dll.
>>>>>
>>>>> Although I did find references to a COM object model using a COM
>>>>> browser,
>>>>> I could not figure out how to instantiate and use such an object. Can
>>>>> anyone tell me how an application, other than JAWS, can call a COM
>>>>> method,
>>>>> passing it a string, to produce a speech message through the currently
>>>>> running JAWS?
>>>>>
>>>>> This has become more important because JFWAPI.dll does not seem to
>>>>> work under 64 bit Windows.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jamal
>>>>>
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>>>>> "While they were saying among themselves it cannot be done,
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