KnowBrainer Software and Support Forum

unknown error with KnowBrainer(icon) - Lunis Orcutt

Lunis Orcutt — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:54:20 GMT

This has nothing to do with your question but you might want to remove the extra space in HeardWord "mouse", "click". It may work but it might cause you some problems. Another slightly faster option would be to substitute ButtonClick 1,1 (for mouse click) which you'll find in your KnowBrainer Left Click command but let's get to your problem…

We can't be certain but we suspect that your KnowBrainer icon might be to a previous version of KnowBrainer. There are no problems with your commands and you can probably right-click on the current shortcut and reset the properties but it might be easier to just delete that shortcut and replace it with another by right clicking on C:\Program Files (x86)\KnowBrainer2011\KB2011.exe (note that the .exe portion of the name will probably be hidden) and selecting Pin to Taskbar.

unknown error with KnowBrainer(icon) - cjbob

cjbob — Wed, 16 May 2012 08:27:59 GMT

I added some simple commands (like the one in the JPEG attached) and some websites from my last version and now when KnowBrainer loads, Windows uses the generic unknown icon as you can see at the top at the end of my start bar. Could it be a problem with one of the commands I added?

I'm trying to get a new computer up and running and I'd like to be sure I'm not adding any bugs that might cause problems later on.

I was running KnowBrainer 2008 and the only thing I can think of that might be wrong with the commands I added is that many of them insert text for me using sendkeys instead of send system keys. Does it matter? Should I open the editor and change them all?

Thanks,

Bob

Unovoice - Lunis Orcutt

Lunis Orcutt — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:03:39 GMT

UniVoice was developed by John Ames for NaturallySpeaking 8 - 10. Its original design was to function as a generic non-gender specific user profile that would allow a user to run the Audio Check and immediately begin using a profile without having to train. It would also allow multiple people to use the same user profile without having to change users.

UniVoice is no longer available to the public because it is basically outdated as Nuance has their own version which 1st appeared in Ver. 10 and was later refined for Ver. 11. You will not be prompted as to whether or not you are using UniVoice on the new forum which is scheduled to go live this Sunday, May 19, 2012.

Unovoice - JamesArms

JamesArms — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:36:36 GMT

What is Univoice and how do I know if I'm using it? This is one of the questions in the Knowbrainer profile editing process. (i.e., "Are you using Univoice?". Interesting that Univoice does not show in the topics list of DNS Help and does not result in a hit when I search for it in the Help window. I've seen this as a discussion topic in the Knowbrainer forums but I still don't know the answer.

Knowbrainer 2011 Rev E medical - Lunis Orcutt

Lunis Orcutt — Sun, 13 May 2012 03:36:19 GMT

Our programmer is working on KnowBrainer 2011 REV E, KnowBrainer Medical REV E and KnowBrainer FREE (a free version of KnowBrainer) but he has not yet given us an ETA other than that he is caught up on his other projects and is working on this one. We're hoping to see results in a few weeks.

Voice-activated folder contents and subdirectories - Lunis Orcutt

Lunis Orcutt — Sun, 13 May 2012 12:33:22 GMT

From a speech recognition point of view, files and folders with standard names are easy to highlight by simply saying their name. Additionally, it's easy to instantly open a folder or file by editing your KnowBrainer Open Advanced-Scripting listing command. We have around 100 folders and files that we regularly open directly with this command.

It would be possible to create a specialized listing command to handle 11 digits or a combination alphanumeric sequence but the potential for something to go wrong is relatively high so we don't recommend this approach. Our preferred methodology would be to use the Open command to open the specific folder and change your file names to real names like “Marianne Krishna Report”. Once you open the folder with a single command, you could say something like “Marianne Krishna” to highlight the correct file followed by saying Enter, Enter 1 or press enter.

Knowbrainer 2011 Rev E medical - Dr. Mel

Dr. Mel — Sun, 13 May 2012 12:33:54 GMT

Lunis, you had indicated, earlier in the year, that there was going to be a free upgrade to KB2011 available in the first quarter or so. Has that been canceled or did I miss something along the way?

Voice-activated folder contents and subdirectories - artsilen

artsilen — Sat, 12 May 2012 04:11:46 GMT

The good news is that I finally figured out how to move through file directories using voice alone. There are some limitations, insofar as the file I want to open has to be on the visible screen. I have not yet been able to dispense with the right…, left…, up…, or down… commands completely, but being able to lock onto a particular file instead of having to engage in what might be called Kentucky windage and Tennessee elevation down on the rifle range, guesstimating how far down the list I had to go before hitting my target file, makes things move a lot more smoothly.

The bad news is that my style of writing filenames with the distinguishing differences at the end of the file, rather than at the beginning, as in, moving from a general description, with varying levels of specificity thereafter. This is the way and indexes written, but it is not the way to go when trying to move through a series of subdirectories rather quickly, using voice alone. I spent some time this week relabeling a number of my master templates using alphanumeric prefixes to differentiate one from another. That works, but only to a point. This causes obvious problems when I have a directory of some five to six hundred filenames in alphanumeric order, but to access them by voice means that I have to repeat an 11-digit accession number in order to get the file to highlight.

I can't believe that I'm the first to discover this.

I'm wondering if it is possible to do a workaround in which the first five or six digits are wildcards, and the only meaningful digits in the entire sequence are the last five. Is that possible?

Command to add a cross reference? - Chucker

Chucker — Sat, 05 May 2012 07:18:31 GMT

Rob,

Yes, the following Natural Language Commands are available for Microsoft Word 2007:

add a cross-reference
add cross-reference
create a cross-reference
create cross-reference
insert a cross-reference
insert cross-reference

All you have to do is search the Command Browser under Microsoft Word 2007 for filter "cross-reference".

Chuck Runquist
Technical Project Manager
VoiceTeach LLC
Home of VoicePower®: We don't make Dragon NaturallySpeaking, We make it better!

"What you are aware of you are in control of; what you are not aware of is in control of you." - Anthony de Mello

Command to add a cross reference? - robbyvegas

robbyvegas — Sat, 05 May 2012 02:01:43 GMT

Is there a command in DNS or KB to add a cross reference in Word 2007?

Thanks,

Rob

Knowbrainer 2011 Rev E medical - Lunis Orcutt

Lunis Orcutt — Fri, 04 May 2012 10:59:36 GMT

A new version of KnowBrainer isn't likely to fix an issue with Excel but we haven’t heard anyone mention this and we use Excel constantly for our orders.

REV E is only going to be an incremental upgrade with no new features. The next full version of KnowBrainer and KnowBrainer Medical are not due out until the last quarter of this year.

PS: We should mention that we also experience occasional Excel freezes or even a crash but we have tied all of those incidents to NaturallySpeaking hooking into Excel and acting as a catalyst to instability issues.

Knowbrainer 2011 Rev E medical - MTreloar

MTreloar — Thu, 03 May 2012 08:27:19 GMT

I have looked on the forum but cannot find out whether and where KB 2011 Rev E medical is available.

I am experiencing poor performance in Excel (hangs, recognition failure) that goes away by closing KB. Maybe this will help?

DNS & toolbar button options - Hands-Free

Hands-Free — Wed, 02 May 2012 05:41:00 GMT

You're right! These commands work great. But, when I look for them in the KnowBrainer list of scripts I can't find anything beginning with "highlight." Where are these precious little scripts?

DNS & toolbar button options - Lunis Orcutt

Lunis Orcutt — Wed, 02 May 2012 03:07:50 GMT

We've been testing some of the KnowBrainer Highlight commands and although they're not working on our main computer, they appear to be working on our other computers so we need to rewrite our previous answer. Since you are using KnowBrainer 2011, if you wish to highlight selected text in Microsoft Word or Outlook you can just say Highlight Yellow, Highlight Red, Highlight Green, Highlight Gray, Highlight Aqua or Highlight Blue. Forget about having to use mouse coordinates or hotkeys. You can also use these previous commands to highlight anything with the previous choices and return the cursor to the end of the current paragraph. For example, if you wish to highlight text in Red, within Microsoft Word or Outlook, say Highlight Yellow Back.

DNS & toolbar button options - Hands-Free

Hands-Free — Tue, 01 May 2012 09:25:41 GMT

Thanks, Chucker. This should do the trick. The answer seems obvious now. If it had of been a snake, I could have but it. ;-)

Darren

DNS & toolbar button options - Chucker

Chucker — Tue, 01 May 2012 08:41:49 GMT

Quote:

Some of the toolbar buttons on various applications have a small arrow next to them for choosing options. For example, in Microsoft word you have to select this little arrow next to the highlight color in order to change the highlight from yellow to blue. If I say "text highlight color" it will highlight the selected text to the current highlight color. Is there a command for choosing the little arrow for changing the highlight color? Similarly for other toolbar button options? Right now I just use the MouseGrid to select the little arrow and I am hoping for a more graceful method.

Darren,

All of the toolbar buttons in Microsoft Word or fully Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) by voice command using keystrokes (hotkeys).

All you need to know is the hot key for a particular Ribbon bar. This works for Microsoft 2007 and 2010. For example, the hot key for the Home Ribbon bar is Alt+h. For the Insert Ribbon bar it is Alt+n, etc., etc. through all of the Ribbon bar tabs. In the example that you gave if you press Alt+h, it will give you all of the hotkeys for any of the toolbar buttons on the Home Ribbon bar. From that point forward, all you have to do is to select the appropriate hotkey for the item that you want to open. For example, to get the highlight color drop-down dialog you simply say "press Alt+h" followed by "press i".

Once you see how this works, you can do this for any of the Ribbon bars using the appropriate keystrokes in an Advanced Scripting command. Just keep in mind that it is best to separate the "SendKeys" commands when using Windows 7 and put a short wait state in between each one. If you're not sure how to do this, just ask.

In addition, just to use the text highlight option, once you get to that dialog there are additional hotkeys, but you can select any color by voice by simply mousing over the color that you want and noting the command that you can say for that color. For example, if you want to highlight the text in dark blue, once the highlight dialog is open, you simply say "dark blue".

Takes a little bit of getting used to but you can access any of the toolbar buttons in Microsoft Word this way. You can also do the same in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.

Let us know if you have any difficulty with this.

DNS & toolbar button options - Lunis Orcutt

Lunis Orcutt — Tue, 01 May 2012 08:09:58 GMT

Both NaturallySpeaking and KnowBrainer include a number of shading/highlighting commands but unfortunately, none of our NaturallySpeaking 11.5 Pro highlighting commands are working although these commands worked well in Ver. 10. However, there is 1 KnowBrainer command that should work. Try selecting a few words, from within a Microsoft Word document and saying Highlight Yellow.

Problem with Starting links - Lunis Orcutt

Lunis Orcutt — Tue, 01 May 2012 07:52:25 GMT

Did the static sound broken or continuous? If it's broken, you might have a frayed cable or lose connection but if it's constant, you are probably experiencing some form of interference and about the only solution we can recommend is to use the process of elimination to identify the interference.

DNS & toolbar button options - Hands-Free

Hands-Free — Tue, 01 May 2012 02:29:16 GMT

Darren

Problem with Starting links - djbman

djbman — Tue, 01 May 2012 12:26:09 GMT

Chuck

You are right about the Dragon NaturallySpeaking program I am running. I tried your advice by setting the links up as new shortcuts rather than copying and pasting them in as before. This worked great for the first two times I tried them, but after that the same problem occurred again. I've tried this on four or five different links.

Lunis

I also ran the Audio Setup Wizard again and it passed with a rating of 17. I listened to the playback and could hear some background static, but I don't know what to do about it.

Any further advice?