XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.usage.english   
   From: klee@unibwm.de   
      
   On 10.02.2022 16:49, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:   
      
   >> starts. But it only works in 64 bit Windows because there   
   >> seems to be no 32 bit version of the Microsoft reader.   
   >>   
   > Oh? there is on my (32bit) XP machine; but it only "says" each letter, not   
   words, AFAICT   
   >   
   > Ah, it does say "Foreground Window [the subject line] - Compose *   
   > (which is the window title)   
   >   
   > (but I can't see how to say selected text)   
      
   It should read the text in the foreground window. Therefore   
   I added a 4 second delay between starting the reader and   
   starting the cmd window which echoes the words. This should   
   allow the reader to finish loading before the cmd window   
   is opened, which makes the cmd window topmost. On a very slow   
   computer maybe you should increase this delay time. Alternatively   
   you can just click on the cmd window to make it topmost after   
   the speech starts.   
      
      
   start "" %p% /min %windir%\system32\narrator.exe   
   timeout /t 4 >nul   
   start "" "%~f0" xxx   
   exit   
      
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