I use the following script multiple times daily in Wordpad, and it usually is somewhat slow to deploy, and sometimes only partially deploys.

Sub Main
 'SetMicrophone 0
 SendKeys"  "
 SendKeys Format(Now, "m-d-yyyy",.01
 SendKeys "%of{tab 2}6~",1
 SendKeys" marlon weiss, m.d. ~",0
 HeardWord "\Cap"
 'SendKeys ""
 'SetMicrophone 1
End Sub

 Any ideas to make it more bulletproof? It almost seems to be worse if I breathe after the command, but that should not effect it with the microphone lines.

I don't think that ending a line starting with SendKeys other than ",1" makes much sense, especially not like this: ",01".

Ending it with ",1" is equivalent to ",True", ",0" means ",False".

"True" is supposed to cause the following line to deploy only after the current line is processed.

So, I'd suggest consolidating the code with regards to this. Other than that, I don't see anything wrong here, but can't tell of course, not knowing what the script is supposed to do.

Rüdiger

Well, it's past the point where we can make any changes in the code, but we can still make changes to the Easter Egg!

Sometimes, when putting many shortcut keys into one line, it may be too fast for the computer to recognize. Then, the script will execute only partially or not at all. That's why I have changed the middle part of your script. By the way, it works in DragonPad too.

Try this: 

Sub Main
 SetMicrophone 0
 SendKeys "  " ' what do you need these for?
 SendKeys Format(Now, "m-d-yyyy", 1 ' remove the smiley upon import
 SendKeys "%o", 1
 SendKeys "f"",1
 SendKeys "{tab 2}6~ ", 1
 SendKeys "marlon weiss, m.d. ~", 1
 HeardWord "\Cap"
SendKeys ""
SetMicrophone 1
End Sub

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simplified as follows instead:

Sub Main
 SendKeys"  " 'need space
 SendKeys Format(Now, "m-d-yyyy",1
 SendKeys "%of{tab 2}6~",1
 SendKeys" marlon weiss, m.d. ~",1
 HeardWord "\Cap" 'need line to start with capital
End Sub

sometimes works great, other times see it all print, then dragon erases back to the end of the date.

Then just add wait times in between some lines, like e.g. "Wait 0.5", and play with it until you get it working bulletproof. I also assume that mispelling the grammar as presented here may be just a glitch.

Rüdiger

Well, it's past the point where we can make any changes in the code, but we can still make changes to the Easter Egg!

Marion,

In addition to Rüdiger's two cents, consider changing the first line of your script from SendKeys " " to SendKeys "{Space}.

If you use that for adding spaces, then it is a very simple process of making modifications to the number of spaces that you need by simply adding that after {Space}, such as {Space 2} or {Space 3}, etc. yes, it's just as simple to simply add spaces between the quotation marks.  However, if you only need one or two spaces, that's a simple process.  After that, for example, if you need to add 10 spaces, it just simply gets a lot harder to count the number of spaces.  Using the {Space #} means that you never have to count in order to be sure that you get the exact number of spaces.

I know that I'll get some feedback on why this is a necessary, but I learned a long time ago from one of the best programmers in the world that there were two critical points to programming: (1) the best programming code is written in the fewest number of lines, and (2) the best programming code uses the most efficient command structure.  I've simply follow that whenever I write my own programs or scripts.

Chuck Runquist
Owner, GEMCCON - The Choice of Intelligence
Speech Recognition Consulting and Training

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Chuck,

waiting for feedback? - Good catch!

SendKeys " " may work, but using {Space} definitely works better. I only use "" for testing whether a string variant is empty, or setting it so.

Thanks!

Rüdiger

Well, it's past the point where we can make any changes in the code, but we can still make changes to the Easter Egg!