Dreamcard script problem

[Douglas Gilliland]

After spending hours trying to determine why the following
text-to-speech script wouldn't work in Mac OS 10.3, I trashed the
DreamCard Player version 2.5 (that came with Dreamcard two months ago)
and installed version 2.6.2.77.  The script works fine now.
Just thought I would let others know to save them hours of frustration.
Doug Gilliland

on mouseUp
revSetSpeechVoice "Victoria"
revSetSpeechSpeed 130
revSpeak "That is not correct. Try again"
answer "The Density of Water is 1.00 g/mL."
end mouseUp



>I use text-to-speech frequently in my HyperStudio programs so I am
>sure that isn't the problem. Also, the button answer text doesn't show
>up which is independent of the sound.
>Best regards from Florida,
>Doug


On 5/28/05, Eric Chatonet <eric.chatonet at sosmartsoftware.com> wrote:
> Hi DOug,
> 
> If text to speech is not available on the current system, the text-to-
> speech commands set the result function to an error message.
> And we may think that's the problem.
> So, you could try something like:
> 
> put revSpeechVoices() into tVoices
> if it = empty then answer error "No computer's text-to-speech
> capability!"
> else etc.
> 
> or
> 
> revSpeak "All is well."
> if the result <> empty then answer the result.
> 
> Managing errors is one of the most important things in any software ,-)
> 
> Best regards from Paris,
> 
> Eric Chatonet.
> 
> Le 28 mai 05 à 15:52, Douglas Gilliland a écrit :
> 
> > I am an educator that just recently switched from HyperStudio (using
> > some HyperLogo scripting) to Dreamcard. I have created a stack to use
> > in my science class that has the following script:
> >
> > on mouseUp
> >   revSetSpeechVoice "Victoria"
> >   revSetSpeechSpeed 130
> > revSpeak "That is not correct. Try again"
> >   answer "The Density of Water is 1.00 g/mL."
> > end mouseUp
> >
> > Problem: It works find on my PowerBook (which I have DreamCard
> > installed). But when I play it on a student eMac (with the Dreamcard
> > Player) the button action does not execute. Another button with a
> > simple "go next" script works fine.
> >
> > Any ideas on what is preventing the button action?
> > Thanks,
> > Doug Gilliland
> 
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