Noob Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 This may not be possible, or it may just be way too complicated for an amateur like me. I looked at the sound-related functions in the Help file. As far as I understand them they can be used (only) in relation to actual sound files. My problem is I have a need to detect if the sound being played by the computer is generated by the text-to-speech function of Windows. A little bit of background: This is related to my freeware application which controls a third-party GPS navigation program. A user requested a feature which would mute his music (CD, MP3, etc) for the duration of the voice direction prompts given by the GPS navigation program (e.g. "Turn right in 1 mile"). Perhaps I could figure out how to mute the music, but I have no idea how to detect when the Windows Text-To-Speech engine (e.g. Microsoft Anna) is talking. Any feedback/help/suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibon Posted May 31, 2007 Share Posted May 31, 2007 $o_speech = ObjCreate( "SAPI.SpVoice" ) $o_speech.Speak( "Turn right in 1 mile", 1 ) If Not $o_speech.WaitUntilDone( 10 ) Then PAUSE_MUSIC( ) EndIf Do Sleep( 100 ) Until $o_speech.WaitUntilDone( 10 ) RESUME_MUSIC( ) $o_speech = "" =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noob Posted May 31, 2007 Author Share Posted May 31, 2007 Thanks much for trying to help, but looking at your code I realized I should have been clearer about the fact that the voice direction prompts are coming from the 3rd party GPS navigation software (not from my application). So I need to detect when Text-To-Speech is "talking". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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