Windows Narrator.bat (Read from file)

[Boombox]

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This one gets so far and stops... (Maybe text file is too long)

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@echo off
set /p read=<Readme.txt
echo strText = "%read%">words.vbs
echo Set objVoice = CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice")>>words.vbs
echo objVoice.Speak strText>>words.vbs
wscript.exe "%cd%\words.vbs">nul
pause

This produces error... (File already open)

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@echo off
for /f %%g in (Readme.txt) do (
set read=%%g
echo strText = "%read%">words.vbs
echo Set objVoice = CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice")>>words.vbs
echo objVoice.Speak strText>>words.vbs
wscript.exe "%cd%\words.vbs">nul)
pause

WTF!

EDIT:

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@echo off
for /f "tokens=*" %%g in (amanita.txt) do (
echo strText = "%%g">words.vbs)
echo Set objVoice = CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice")>>words.vbs
echo objVoice.Speak strText>>words.vbs
wscript.exe "%cd%\words.vbs">nul

Nevermind, this works so far...

[foxidrive]

This seems better - how do you add a pause to the speech, such as the end of a line?

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@echo off
del words.vbs 2>nul
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('type "%~1"') do (
>>words.vbs echo strText = strText + "%%a"
)
echo Set objVoice = CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice")>>words.vbs
echo objVoice.Speak strText>>words.vbs
wscript.exe "words.vbs">nul

[Boombox]

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Pause? Delay after sentences..?

I just add extra periods . . .
As long as the period is alone. A short pause follows...

Have her read this line for you... Lol

yes. oh yes. oh baby, yes, yeah, that's it, right there, faster. yeah. yeah. yeah. yeah. yeah.

And thanks Foxi.

[foxidrive]

LOL The speech says dotdotdotdotdot with a set of periods.

I found that if there is a trailing space then she doesn't pronounce dotdotdot. Ta.

[Boombox]

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3 grouped together ... ?

But only connected to the previous word.

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If anybody knows where I can get a different voice for this thing. Please speak up!

Boom.

[foxidrive]

I separated them with spaces too. I guess it's fair because she'd have to say dotdotdot for ellipses.

[Boombox]

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Her name is Anna, Lol.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/wind ... ator-voice

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/For ... d918799054

[Sponge Belly]

Hi Boombox!

Have you tried Best Free Windows Narrator Voices? Some good links there.

There are also rumours that ETI Eloquence voices can be made to work with NVDA (an open source screen reader for Windows), but it's legally murky and I couldn't possibly comment further...

On a lighter note, you might get a chuckle out of JAWS vs NVDA (Harry Potter Style). Apparently, JAWS (the 800lb alpha-male orangutan of screen readers) has an achilles heel.

Hope this helps!