Speech Synthesis icon Speech Synthesis — Speak user-defined text via PC audio or EZ-B v4 speaker; configurable voices, effects and speed; uses Windows TTS; programmatically callable. Try it →

Release 2017.01.17.00

Desktop — Windows

ARC Release

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Change Release Notes

  • BLOCKLY and SYNTAX script edit modes (read below)
  • added GetServo for blockly
  • fix for camera tracking in blockly
  • fix for Blockly power() function in math function
  • allow selecting the default editor mode (block or syntax programming when editing scripts)
  • all camera rotation options supported (mobileapp rotation is limited to what is specified in the blue question mark help)
  • fixed RoboScratch Say and SayWait
  • added RoboScratch WaitForSpeech
  • blockly loop forever function
  • bug fixes for the Blockly EZ-Script editor
  • WaitForSpeech() displays the Confidence value when detected before closing
  • WaitForSpeech() uses a mininum Confidence value that can be selected in the TOP MENU -> OPTIONS -> PREFERENCES
  • Blockly fix for Repeat X Times
  • Blockly has a longer WaitForSpeech timeout (10 seconds vs 5 seconds)

All script edits now default to Blockly mode, if there is not already a script. You can change the default behavior in the TOP MENU -> OPTIONS -> PREFERENCES -> DEFAULT EDITOR.

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Code is generated for the new Blockly script edit forms as well...

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You can change the default behavior in the TOP MENU -> OPTIONS -> PREFERENCES -> DEFAULT EDITOR.

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The last edited mode will be restored when editing the script in the future.


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#9  

last button is wait for glyph

version shown when opening is 2017.01.16.01

running windows 10 -downloaded your new down file ran the update, it only wanted to update/repair. SO, I deleted the ARC program, and then downloaded/ran the new update file. Got result above.

I am out of ideas?

#10  

@DJ... I am getting the same as Eagle218... Current version of ARC (16.01)... went to the cloud downloaded current JD.EZB file... last button is wait for glyph. Nothing afterwards. However, I don't use RoboScratch so I could be missing a step here...

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#11  

That's super strange. The project has nothing to do with the wait for speech bubble, and it displays on my pcs. I'll reupload a new build and maybe it's a corrupt file in the installer. Something like this has happened in the past once or twice we have experienced.

I'll upload a new build later this afternoon.

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#12  

I re-compiled and uploaded a new build. This thread title has been renamed with the new build to reflect version. There are no changes to this build, other than a recompile.

#13  

OK, got the "wait for speech" button on the bottom of the list, thx