[jawsscripts] Re: how-to translate numeric timer into speaking mins and secs?
- From: "Homme, James" <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:17:08 -0400
Hi Geoff,
I'm not very awake yet, so please forgive anything that might be incorrect in
this post.
You could use string segment to extract each part of the time string. You could
use the : as the separator. I know that there's a function that says how many
segments there are. Oh yes. It's string segment count. So if string segment
count says that there are three segments, the first one is hours, the second is
minutes, and the third is seconds. If it says there are two segments, the first
is minutes and the second is seconds. If minutes is 0, don't say anything. If
minutes is > 0 then say the number followed by a space, followed by the word
minute if the segment says 1, or minutes if it is greater than 1. And you
always speak the word seconds after the final segment unless that one is 1,
then you speak second.
Hope that helps.
Jim
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[mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Geoff Chapman
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 12:03 AM
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Subject: [jawsscripts] howTo translate numeric timer into speaking mins and
secs?
Mighty scripters. would any kind soul feel so able/inclined today, to assist me
ever so greatly, by either perhaps providing some actual code, or pointers,
with which I might be able to process a colon delimited numeric string, into
more friendly speaking of seconds, or minutes and seconds respectively?
as in,
x seconds. or x minutes x seconds?
the timer string always has a minimum of 4 digits delimited by a colon, as in
2 digits, then colon, then another 2 digits, even when seconds only, like this:
00:40
means it's been onHold for 40 seconds etc.
It does do hours as well, as I have here on my test system, <grin,> but I
severely doubt I have to cover that, as noone's gunna hang around onn Hold in a
business for xx hours, x minutes and x seconds eh.
<smile.>
However, I'd love it also for the output to be intelligent enough not to
announce 0 minutes x seconds, when there was only 0 in the minutes column?
Would anyone feel like they could assist with this one today? or, if not time,
point me in dirrection of how I might begin to tackle the problem?
no builtins I guess to already handle this? it must be a common enough
occurrance/desire I'd have thought?
my sincerest thanks for any tips/guidance.
Geoff c.
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