Why don't you simply make a recording of a .WAV file. Either have your synth
speak into the microphone, or you yourself go ahead and give a message. Save
it as something like MyShutdownNote.wav.
Then go under Controlpanel - or its equivalent under newer versions of
Windows. Under Sound settings, point yourself to the ShutDown command, and
replace the standard Windows shutdown sound, with your newly created sound
file.
From now on, you will never more hear the standard shutdown sound, when
turning off the computer. It will all have been replaced with your message.
By default, Windows gives itself time enough to play the jingle sound of its
standard, so long as you keep your message quite shhort, I don't see timing
would be an issue here. Have it go something like "Shut off the speakers".
Won't take any more time than the standard jingle does.
Shutting down your computer, is none of Window-Eyes' business; rather a job
for the OS itself. Having Window-Eyes give any 'turn off the
speaker'-reminder, is really to ask WE to mess around with something outside
its range. And, again, what if your WE stopped working, and that is why you
had to shutdown your computer? In such a case, WE would not anounce any
reminder, since it had stopped working. The Windows shutdown jingle, or its
replacement, will just about always work. Grin!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Gosselin" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 7:51 PM
Subject: RE: A Startup Solution (was Re: Weighing in on Wineyes Startup)
Aaron, could there also be a file titled "shutdown.vbs" or something
similar,
that could speak a message upon issuing the command to "Turn Off the
Computer"?
Where would you save it so that it would execute upon issuing the Start
button,
u, and u key sequence. I really could benefit from a reminder at shutdown
to
remember to turn off my battery-powered speakers. I suppose it's wishful
thinking, but . . . Anyway, thought I'd ask.
Louis Gosselin
-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Smith [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 12:29 PM
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: A Startup Solution (was Re: Weighing in on Wineyes Startup)
On 6/29/2011 12:01 PM, James Aldrich wrote:
If people want a customized start up, better learn to write apps.
It's probably easier than you think. Open up Notepad, and type:
Speak "This is what Window-Eyes will say on startup"
Then save that in your users\default directory (just call it
startup.vbs). Load that as a global script, and you'll hear, "This is
what Window-Eyes will say on startup" every time Window-Eyes launches.
Because this has been the most important concern of the recent update,
we've modified the next version to include a general startup option to
speak nothing at all, "Window-Eyes," or "Window-Eyes" followed by the
version number, when Window-Eyes starts.
I think that will make everyone happy so that we can move on to bigger
and better things.
Aaron
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