The following instructions I obtained quite a while back from the list Debbie
Scales managed, I don't recall if she wrote them or how they came in to my
possession, but they were instrumental in helping me out at the time when I
needed to use my DEC talk express for a certain application and then change
back to Eloquence upon closing it out.
I have also included the code I came up with that worked for me personally,
enjoy.
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Compatibility: JFW3.3X or higher.
It is as simple as adding a line in the AutoStartEvent, and the AutoFinishEvent
functions. If you recall, when these
functions are present
within a script file, they get called when the associated application gets
started, and when it is exited, respectively. If they aren't in the script
file, it is very easy to add them yourself.
With that in mind, we'll gear these instructions as if you found no
AutoStartEvent or AutoFinishEvent functions in your script file; if they are
there, then you can just focus on the instructions for adding the two
"SetSynth()" statements.
To get the correct synthesizer KeyName, take a look at your JFW.INI file
with NotePad, or some other editor. That file is found in the folder JFW is
installed in.
1) While in the application you want to associate the synthesizer switch
with, hit Insert+0 to launch the Script Manager with that application's
script file loaded for editing.
if there is no script file for this program, the Script Manager will create
a blank one.
2) To see if you already have an AutoStartEvent function, hit Control+L to
bring up the list of scripts/functions in the current script file. It is
sorted by name, so the "A" should be the first scripts you come to in this
list. If you have an AutoStartEvent, highlight it and whack Enter. This
will place you on that script's header line. Hit End and then Enter to
place yourself on a blank line underneath that header line.
3) If you don't have an AutoStartEvent, hit Escape and we'll create one.
a) Hit F2 to get to the first script in this file, (if there are any).
b) If you land on that script, hit the UpArrow once to get on the line
above that script. If there are no scripts, then you can just start with
the next step.
c) Type in, or cut and paste, the following lines: (Note: if you already
had an AutoStartEvent, then just add the following SetSynth line below.)
function AutoStartEvent()
SetSynth("lt") ;Sets DoubleTalk-LT/LiteTalk as synthesizer.
EndFunction
This tells JFW that whenever this program is launched, the user wants their
DoubleTalk-LT, or their LiteTalk, to be used as their synthesizer.
***Important: if you don't have the external synthesizer turned on at this
point, you'll probably hang the system, requiring a reboot. This is because
you'll be trying to access a serial device that, (as far as the system is
concerned), isn't there. This is not a bug in either the synthesizer or
screen reader, but rather a User Error--and those are the easiest errors to
fix!)
4) Hit Control+S to compile what we have so far. If successful, go to the
next step.
5) Hit Control+L again to locate the AutoFinishEvent. If you have one,
highlight it and hit Enter, then arrow down to a line underneath the
variable declarations and hit End, then Enter to create a blank line.
6) If you don't have one, hit Escape to exit the script list and hit
Control+End to reach the bottom of the file. Hit Enter a couple of times to
give yourself some room.
7) Type in, or cut and paste, the following:
function AutoFinishEvent()
SetSynth("dtsoft") ;Sets synthesizer back to Access32
EndFunction
8) Compile with Control+S.
Hit Alt+F4 to exit the Script editor and see what response you get when
loading and unloading this application!
*****
void function AutoStartEvent()
SetSynth("dte")
EndFunction
void function AutoFinishEvent()
SetSynth("eloq")
EndFunction
David Ferrin
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