Just for fun..

[CraigGraham]

Has anyone yet tried using the MS Agent ActiveX interface to incorporate
speech input/output within Labview?

I installed it a while back, but there seems to be no documentation within
the package. Casual exploration of the ActiveX properties and methods
produces a VI that looks like it should talk, gives no errors, but remains
silent, and I'm not sufficiently motivated myself to go trawling through the
M$ site and end up wasting several hours on this simply to add a gimmicky
touch to things.

[markwysong]

Craig,

I've tried that, and there's even an example somewhere, but I can't
remember where I found it. I've got it zipped up if you want it. I
found, however, that it is easier to use MASH (a program which you can
use for free which makes executable scripts) (Microsoft Agent Scripting
Helper) and just call the script when you need it. Using that
technique, I can actually change the script but not have to change any
LabVIEW code.

Mark

In article <8mr8oh$ip4$1@sponge.lancs.ac.uk>,
"Craig Graham" wrote:
> Has anyone yet tried using the MS Agent ActiveX interface to
incorporate
> speech input/output within Labview?
>
> I installed it a while back, but there seems to be no documentation
within
> the package. Casual exploratio
n of the ActiveX properties and methods
> produces a VI that looks like it should talk, gives no errors, but
remains
> silent, and I'm not sufficiently motivated myself to go trawling
through the
> M$ site and end up wasting several hours on this simply to add a
gimmicky
> touch to things.
>
>


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[CraigGraham]

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> Craig,
>
> I've tried that, and there's even an example somewhere, but I can't
> remember where I found it. I've got it zipped up if you want it. I
> found, however, that it is easier to use MASH (a program which you can
> use for free which makes executable scripts) (Microsoft Agent Scripting
> Helper) and just call the script when you need it. Using that
> technique, I can actually change the script but not have to change any
> LabVIEW code.

Hmm- version I see is 4.5.3- shareware, 20 day trial, $25 to register it.
It's certainly an option, though I'd rather see your single-step solution if
you could send it me as an attachment. I try not to go out to secondary
applications/l
anguages too often so the code is easier to maintain after I
move elsewhere- or even if I come to modify something myself a few months
down the line 🙂

[scraggs99]

I know this is months after the original post but maybe somebody searching for this in the future will stumble on my post.

I was playing around with this just a few months ago and worked with another guy to build a basic library of VI's to play around with the Microsoft Agent. I would also recommend using Microsofts website and the MASH tool though. The MASH tool especially good for learning how to program the Agents.

Take a look at our example code for programming the agent too though... it can't hurt.