--- On Tue, 6/19/12, Steve Nutt <[email protected]> wrote:
> From: Steve Nutt <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Speaking contents of the clipboard > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 8:48 AM > Hi Bruce, > > I am the author of SayClip. That's why I didn't do it > because I didn't > think we could get at it through the WE object model. > So my app only > handles text at the moment. I will update if I learn > how to do it. > > All the best > > Steve > -- > Computer Room Services > 77 Exeter Close > Stevenage > Hertfordshire > SG1 4PW > Tel: 01438-742286 > Mob: 07956334938 > Fax: 01438-759589 > Email: [email protected] > Web: http://www.comproom.co.uk > > > -----Original Message----- > From: BT [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: 18 June 2012 16:25 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Speaking contents of the clipboard > > > Hi Kevin, > > OK, that is what you are limited to unless I > write up a shared object > that uses the other fields inside the Windows Clipboard that > does allow > looking at the file name list which is stored on a > collection list that you > have to have the type enumeration for which the WE object > does not give. > It is a nice thing to have though. > > Bruce > > Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 11:10 AM > Subject: Re: Speaking contents of the clipboard > > > Hi Bruce and Chip: > I just check out the Sayclip script and, it will only read > the text > that is in the clipboard. If you select several > filenames. it will > just say "no text". > Based on what you guys have told me, I am just going to let > my script > work in situations where you are cutting, copying or pasting > text, and > I will leave the other cases, such as filenames in a > directory, alone. > For now, anyway. > Kevin Huber > > On 6/17/12, BT <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi Kevin, > > > > Chip has mentioned that which > inside the WE object model you can not > > monitor files or names of files, but if you make your > own com object you > > do > > > > have a type function which can tell you something about > files and you make > > you test to check what type is inside the Clipboard and > go look at the > > collection on the file handle list... > > > > But, there are only 2 flags > inside the WE Object model, so you are > > restricted to those 2, pictures and text... > > > > Bruce > > > > Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2012 1:06 PM > > Subject: RE: Speaking contents of the clipboard > > > > > > Hi Kevin, > > > > If you speak it when something else posts new content > to the clipboard, > > no, > > there's no event I know of which you could use. > > > > You could pole the clipboard with a timer, once a > second for instance, and > > if it's text compare it to the last contents you spoke, > and if it's > > different then try to figure out if it's a file name > (test for existence > > of > > the file?), and if so speak it; but it seems quite a > bit to do to get it > > to > > speak the file name. > > > > BTW, if the person is interested they could just use a > hotkey to speak the > > clipboard, which reminds me there is an app named > sayClip I remember > > seeing > > which does do that I think? > > > > Chip > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Kevin Huber [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 1:40 PM > >> To: gw-scripting > >> Subject: Speaking contents of the clipboard > >> > >> Hi: > >> I am in the process of writing a script which has > three > >> hotkeys. One will copy text from the > clipboard and speak the > >> contents of the clipboard, another will cut text to > a > >> clipboard and read the contents of the clipboard, > and still > >> another will paste text from the clipboard and > announce the > >> contents of the clipboard. > >> My question is, if I am copying filenames to the > clipboard, > >> is there a way to get Window-eyes to speak the > contents of > >> the clipboard, similar to the line: > >> "speak clipboard.text", which speaks the contents > of the > >> clipboard when the clipboard contains text. > >> Kevin Huber > >> > > > > > > > > Hi, You could all so try clip.exe available from: ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/Services/TechNet/samples/PS/Win98/Reskit/FILE/CLIP.EXE Warm regards. Martin Webster. I.T. team leader for kirklees visual impairment network.
