Re^2: Playing wav files

Oh you are opening up new scenarios for me! Can you point me to some pages describing the VB commands (I have no clue about VB, but I guess it should be easy to adapt), for example I guess there are more languages installed, how to select the one desired?

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Re^3: Playing wav files by harangzsolt33 (Deacon) on Feb 09, 2019 at 02:02 UTC
Well, the good thing about VBScript is that it's included in Windows XP and all versions of Windows after that. So, if you create a file with .vbs extension and execute it, it will run. There's no need to install anything. The same thing is true about JavaScript and VBScript. Files that end with .js .vbs can be executed just like any binary. You can either double-click on them or invoke them from perl. But this probably doesn't work the same way on Mac or Android or Linux, so this solution is for Windows only. I am pretty sure there's a way to make Linux read something out loud, but I don't know how to do that. Oh wait, maybe it's through the PerlSpeak module. VBScript is kind of like the BASIC language. It's very similar. But if you are familiar with JavaScript, then that works as well. JavaScript's syntax is more like Perl's or C syntax. There are tons of VBScript example programs online and manuals and references. The above code I wrote that makes the computer talk I did it by looking up various things online. I mean I myself couldn't write it from memory, but if I have to write something, I can look it up online and put the program together using online references and articles. I rarely use VBScript, but it's a cool feature in Windows.	[reply]

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Re^3: Playing wav files
by harangzsolt33 (Deacon) on Feb 09, 2019 at 02:02 UTC

The same thing is true about JavaScript and VBScript. Files that end with .js .vbs can be executed just like any binary. You can either double-click on them or invoke them from perl.

But this probably doesn't work the same way on Mac or Android or Linux, so this solution is for Windows only. I am pretty sure there's a way to make Linux read something out loud, but I don't know how to do that. Oh wait, maybe it's through the PerlSpeak module.

VBScript is kind of like the BASIC language. It's very similar. But if you are familiar with JavaScript, then that works as well. JavaScript's syntax is more like Perl's or C syntax. There are tons of VBScript example programs online and manuals and references. The above code I wrote that makes the computer talk I did it by looking up various things online. I mean I myself couldn't write it from memory, but if I have to write something, I can look it up online and put the program together using online references and articles. I rarely use VBScript, but it's a cool feature in Windows.

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