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Re: [ECS] [Fwd: Windows Version of ECS] Ingo Dean Tue, 30 Mar 1999 01:35:42 -0500

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I tried for several days, but the only solution was to get quit using the SBLive card
for ECS.  I really wanted to use it, since its output is so much cleaner... but whatever
Creative did to that card just doesn't seem to work with the MS Speech API.

My final solution was actually to run my machine with both the AWE64 and the Live card,
with the AWE being the primary card, and the Live only used by Winamp.  You can configure
the regular Soundblaster card to be the preferred device in the Multimedia control panel.

mikehughes wrote:

> Yes, thats the problem I'm having.  I downloaded the right speech kit and installed
it and everything.  I do not get any errors when it loads either.  Occassionally it
will speak the message "ECS at your Service", but usually not.  When I'm on a "Text"
Item, and try to get ECS to say it,  the little box with the play and stop buttons comes
on for a second and then disappears.  I usually get No sound or usually just a blurb.
 The little parrot program that came with the Sound Blaster Live card seems to work
though.
>
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> From:   Ingo Dean[SMTP:ingo_dean@mentorg.com]
> Sent:   Monday, March 29, 1999 12:34 PM
> To:     ecs-list@netbloc.com
> Subject:        Re: [ECS] [Fwd: Windows Version of ECS]
>
> This sounds like the problem I was having:
>
> Make sure that you download the proper version of the MS Speech kit.  I was using
the 3.0 version, and it just didn't work after I upgraded to ECS 4.0 (Windows).  Follow
the instructions in the manual to the letter to make sure you download the right version.
 Uninstall the old version
> before installing the new one.
>
> Also, I never could get even the right kit to speak to my SoundBlaster Live card -
it would say the first 2 - 3 words of the sentence, and then no more until 4-5 resets
of the SPEECH-INTERFACE item....
>
> Reverting back to my AWE64 card (with the proper speech kit) brought everything back
to normal (except that it refuses to speak the "ECS at your service" startup message
- everything past that works, though).
>
> Mark Gilmore wrote:
>
> > --
> > Mark Gilmore
> > Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
> > omnip@usit.net
> > http://www.usit.com/omnip
> >
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> > Subject: RE: Windows Version of ECS
> > Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 14:41:24 -0500
> > From: mikehughes <mikehughes@netzero.net>
> > To: "'omnip@usit.net'" <omnip@usit.net>
> >
> >    Mark,
> >
> >    I'm still playing around with the Windows version of ECS.  I am unable to get
a voice response from ECS when I issue VR commands, but the command is carried out.
 When ECS loads sometimes it says "ECS at your Service" and sometimes it doesn't.  Any
idea what I might be doing wrong.
> >
> >                                                                                
 Mike
> >
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