Computer talking to you

[ALO73]

Hi,
Is there a software that would allow computer to say like:
If there is incoming email, it would say "You got maiL" or would say "Good morning".

Thanks.

 

[bcastner]

Text to Speech Infrastructure under XP:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306902/

http://www.microsoft.com/msagent/downloads/user.asp#tts

http://www.bytecool.com/voices.htm

Email oriented software and Outlook Express utilities:

http://www.softplatz.com/software/read-emails/

 

[linney]

Does your E-mail program have an audible sound when E-mails arrive? If so you could perhaps record a sound file and have it play that instead. O.K I know I'm a "cheapskate". All I've got is my wife who announces to the world that I have a new E-mail.

See if you actually have a speech engine installed.

To determine if speech recognition is installed on your computer, follow these steps:
Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Speech.
Look for the Speech Recognition tab. If the Speech Recognition tab is available in Speech Properties, the speech recognition engine is installed. If it is not available, the engine is not installed.


306537 - HOW TO: Install and Configure Speech Recognition in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;306537

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/using/howto/accessibility/ttsplaybackvoice.asp

 

[barny2006]

you can try this one:

Dim oVo, greeting, greetname, greetsentence, zzz, aaa, bbb, ccc, ddd, xxx

Set oVo = Wscript.CreateObject("SAPI.SpVoice")


aaa=hour(time())
bbb=minute(time())
if aaa >= 12 then

greeting = "good afternoon"
if aaa > 12 then
aaa = aaa - 12
end if
else
greeting = "good morning"
end if

xxx=greeting & " John. the time is " & aaa & ":" & bbb

oVo.speak xxx