I am not sure how you would execute it, but you would need to put the whole ControlCommand string in quotes for the variable to accept it.

I would instead make a $gender variable and use it in the control command, like this:

$gender = "Female"
ControlCommamd("Speech Settings",SetVoiceGender,$gender)

Alan

Tanks Alan,

The variable within the ControlCommand is working.

I am looking to simplified the use of ControlCommand to switch gender in a script where I establish a dialog between my PC and EZB

here's an example:

ControlCommand("Speech Settings", SetVoiceGender, "Female")

Saywait("who are you?")

ControlCommand("Speech Settings", SetVoiceGender, "Male")

SayEZBwait("I am EZB ")

I am wondering if it's be possible to switch gender within the "Say" command.

By the way it's fun and plenty of possibility to listen both unit chanting together.

I would do something like this, although could get even more elegant by having the phrases in text files and doing "FileReadLine" commands so the script is just a few subroutines.

note: untested --

goto(female)
saywait("who are you")
goto(male)
SayEZBWait("I am EZ-B")
goto(female)
saywait("What is your favorite color?")
goto(male)
SayEZBWait("Blue")
goto(end)
:male
ControlCommamd("Speech Settings",SetVoiceGender,"Male")
return
:female
ControlCommamd("Speech Settings",SetVoiceGender,"Female")
return
:end

As far as I know ControlCommand does not return a value (in this case anyway) so you can't assign it to a variable...

You'll have to do something like below...

saywait("am I male or female")

$g=WaitForSpeech( 30, "male",female") #script will wait 30 seconds for your answer

if($g="female") 
ControlCommand("Speech Settings", SetVoiceGender, "Female")
$gender="female"
#do something here
else
ControlCommand("Speech Settings", SetVoiceGender, "Male")
$gender="male"
#do something else here
endif

Ricahrd,

Will your script work with that space inside the parentheses after the $g=WaitForSpeech( ?

Does EZ Script ignore spaces?

@Dave... yes Spacing can be good for readability....

@Alan Your code example is working fine and will simplify my script. Text file usage is also a great idea.

@ Richard Tanks for your suggestion

gilles