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   Kerr-Mudd, John to Herbert Kleebauer   
   Re: request for easy to implement spell    
   10 Feb 22 19:11:22   
   
   From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 18:06:38 +0100   
   Herbert Kleebauer  wrote:   
      
   > 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   
   []   
      
   Well the version I have on XP seems to not read the text displayed in a cmd   
   box, just it's title.   
   (I had to replace 'SysNative' with olde 'system32')   
      
   > I added a 4 second delay between starting the reader and   
   []   
   I increased the delays, and got a cmd window showing the first word of each   
   line in my spell.txt, but narrator doesn't pick them up. It *is* only version   
   1.5 !   
      
   Ah well. Not to worry.   
      
      
   >   
      
   WAUE, W10 groups dropped   
      
   --   
   Bah, and indeed Humbug.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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