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Re: [ECS] A few minor issues.... Mark Gilmore Mon, 14 Jun 1999 13:18:49 -0700

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Michael David wrote:
> 
> Hi Mark!
> 
> >1) Fixed (PC Bell)
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> >2) I don't have a solution for this one.(Speaking only embedded commands)
> 
> How about suppressing the error message generated when any line that starts
> with a backslash is spoken?

This won't work, as the MS TTS is not creating a .WAV file.
But it WILL work if you define a WAVE Engine for the
TTS/Speech-Interface-B Item. Then a .WAV is created only
when routing thru the phone.

> 
> >3) " (ECS Console staying open under NT)
> 
> I wouldn't worry about it, it's really not a problem.
> 
> >4) Yes, the version # in ECS.HTM is no longer used.
> 
> Where do we find the current version number?

It's only in ECS.HTM (sorry - I should have an ABOUT option).

> 
> >>Michael David wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Mark!
> >>
> >> I finally did the upgrade to the most recent version of ECS today.  A few
> >> minor issues:
> >>
> >> 1)   I prefer not to use the wav files for PC bell and error (I find them
> >> REALLY annoying), and prefer to use the PC speaker.  Before this version,
> >> all I had to do was delete bell.wav and errbell.wav, and the PC bell
> would
> >> work.  Now, after I delete those files, the PC bell doesn't beep when it
> >> should. And I now get this error:
> >>
> >> 0039 N 06/13 11:04 PM:File "BELL.WAV" does not exist (Item "PC Bell")
> >>
> >> 2)   I use the TTS embedded cmd \Vol=x\ so that ECS can change the level
> of
> >> her voice depending on whether the house is awake or asleep, when the
> kids
> >> are napping, when it's an alert message that is being spoken (e.g. "the
> >> basement is flooding!), etc.  I do this by speaking text items that only
> >> contain the \Vol-x\ cmd, so that TTS doesn't actually have to say
> something
> >> to change the volume level.
> >>
> >> Every time I "speak" one of these text items with nothing more than the
> >> embedded cmd, I get the following error:
> >>
> >> 0018 N 06/13 10:57 PM:AVIFO:FILEREAD (Item "TTS Volume Lvl 3") ("Voice
> >> Level" line 28)
> >>
> >> For reference, here is the item "TTS Volume Level 3":
> >>
> >> |Item:TTS Volume Lvl 3          Type:Text
> >> Acc:Owner/Owner
> >> |       Initial State:(None)                                    Backup:No
> >> |       Text         :\VOL=30000\
> >>
> >> Here is the relevant line (line 28 in my event "Voice Level":
> >> |       Do          TTS Volume Lvl 3    Set        Speak
> >>
> >> 3)   Running under NT, the ECS console window does not close when ECS
> quits.
> >> Doesn't seem to be a problem.  I just close it manually
> >>
> >> 4)    I notice the version number in .cfg is no longer being updated, and
> >> that you are putting the version number in the ecs.htm file.  Can I
> delete
> >> the Version line in my .cfg?
> >>
> >> By the way it was quite nostalgic going through my .cfg and deleting the
> old
> >> dos stuff, especially the screen color stuff.  I
> >> remember playing with the colors for a couple of hours back in 1990, I
> >> think, trying to find just the perfect scheme.  :)
> >>
> >> Cheers!
> >>
> >> Michael David
> >> michael@michaeldavid.com
> 
> --
> Mark Gilmore
> Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
> omnip@usit.net
> http://www.usit.com/omnip

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Mark Gilmore
Omnipotence (ECS Home Automation Software)
omnip@usit.net
http://www.usit.com/omnip

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