[jawsscripts] Re: Direct speech via JAWS COM API
- From: Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2009 23:16:26 -0700
O, no, it *definitely* wouldn't support 64 bit OS's. I'm not even
certain it would have the same object model as later versions of jaws,
for that matter.
On 3/6/09, Victor Tsaran <vtsaran@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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