@MovieMaker mentioned he wanted more RSS Feeds in the AI topic earlier and listed out a few so...
Here is a project with a single Script Manager (renamed as RSS Reader so you can import in to your project via the merge button - I suspect you don't already have a command called RSS Reader).
I'm still working on it, I need to find some better RSS feeds or add in some code to cut off some of the feeds and remove the information we don't want (the poem of the day is a prime example).
It should hopefully make it clear how you can use pretty much any RSS url in the script (they are all the same script with a different feed url). Simply have your Speech Recognition commands run ControlCommand() with the relevant info to start the required feed reader. For instance;
ControlCommand("RSS Reader", ScriptStart, "Inspirational Quote")
I was (and have) going to make a single script which would read the feed from a list of available feeds however it all seemed like a lot of hard work for no gain what so ever. You could alter the code in the scripts I've linked to and use a WaitForChange() to hold off reading anything until a command was given which would change the feed url to the correct one, but this added far too many variables for my liking. I have another idea which may work to avoid having to copy and paste the same code in each script but again, unless there is good reason not to, I don't see copy and pasting code over and over again necessarily as a bad thing.
Please feel free to list any and all RSS feeds for information you use or would like to be included and I will add the scripts as we go. Keep checking the cloud, updates will just happen so make sure you check the notepad within the project to see what's been added and when it was last updated.
thank you, Rich. That is a start.
I don't want to look a gift horse in the mouth. But, if there was a way to improve the parsing on the items where we could understand them better it would be nice.
thanks for what you have already done.
I'm not sure what you're asking for?
I guess I am asking for the speech engine to pronounce the words better. But, that would be an issue to discuss with microsoft, i guess.
It would be an issue to discuss with whoever produced the voice you are using, be that Microsoft, Cereproc, Acapela etc.
I bought a new voice for Jarvis which has very good pronunciation, sometimes it makes errors but they are very rare.
Rich, I merged your RSS feed program, added additional Feeds (up to about 10 now). Still working on VR commands. Having all RSS feeds in Script manager is a big improvement plus. I run my windows speech @ a slightly slower speed, with a good sounding sound system, that makes it more understandable. Thank You Steve S
The speech speed will vary for each voice used, I find that the voice I use on Jarvis needs to run at normal speed but other voices I tried needed to run slower to understand them better. It's always going to be a case of playing with the settings and finding out which works best.
Which other RSS feeds are you using Steve? I'm trying to build up a nice list of useful RSS feeds so your input would be very much appreciated.
Since you can have multiple "Script Manager" controls running I thought it would be a cool idea to group the RSS Feeds together in one manager named RSS Feeds. Now we have the 3 desktop view screen real estate isn't as big a problem and the manager can be hidden away on a different desktop and out of the way if required. It just seemed to make it easier to group scripts this way.
Rich, Last week @ campground, no PC. I can list them Monday or Tuesday, but it is 3 weather reports, your news feed, EZ robot joke example, your last rss feed script manager modified to include bible quotes, I think about 10 in all. I just changed text on your feed to see what worked. You are a great help Rich. Thank you, Steve S