22/11/2014

Make your Computer Talk


Intelligent machines capable of speech are often the stuff of futuristic sci-fi movies, but you can turn any computer into a chatty Cathy. Even though we aren’t yet at the stage with computers where they can interact with us like people, there are a few tools and simple scripts we can write to make any computer that is running Windows speak to us. Well, if you wish to know how to do this, then keep scrolling. With this trick, you can create a script in Windows which will make your computer speak whatever you input to it.
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To create one such talk script, follow the steps given below:
Step 1. Open Notepad.
Step 1. Copy and paste the exact code given below.
Dim Message, Speak
Message=InputBox("Enter text","Speak")
Set
Speak=CreateObject("sapi.spvoice")
Speak.Speak Message
Step 3. Click on File Menu, Save As, select All Types in Save as Type option, and save the file as Speak.vbs or "*.vbs".
Step 4. Double click on the saved file, a window will open. Enter some text in enter text column and click OK.
Now your Computer will speak/talk what you typed in Step 4.

Windows Compatibility

This VBS file can be executed on all versions of Windows including Windows XP,Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Personal Experience: I personally showed this trick to many of my friends at LUMS when i was doing Ph.D in mathematics and they were literally left awestruck. You too can impress your friends by making your PC talk and be the Computer Wiz.
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