Say Digits As Mmddyy

[CSI]

I'm running 5.2.1005 in my production system and I cannot get the date to play correctly.

 

If I wanted to play January 5th, 1976, it says:

 

"Fifth, January, Nineteen Hundred Seventy Six" even though I have specified that I want the month first (MMDDYY).

 

Also, the year should be played as "Nineteen Seventy Six" when played as a year and currency or another number-type.

 

If no fix is available for this, I can play the sounds I want using a series of Play modules and reference the needed sound files manually, but I wanted to ask about it before I put in that amount of work.

 

Is this fixed in 5.2.3a?

 

Thanks!

[SupportTeam]

From: http://www.voiceguide.com/vghelp/html/modSayNumber.htm

Need to change the way Say Number module speaks Amounts ?

 

Users can edit the way in which the numbers are spoken, or even add their own Say Number functions by editing the file: lib_num2wav.vbs located in VoiceGuide's \system\vbs\ subdirectory. This is useful if it is required to say numbers/amounts in a language other then English.

 

Please read the lib_num2wav.vbs file for more information.

Changing it all around should be pretty easy - just change the order in which the sound files are sent back to VG. ie: in "Function DateMMDDYYYY(ByVal arg1)" change that line:

 

DateMMDDYYYY = "month" & Left(arg1,2) & ".wav,place" & mid(arg1,3,2) & ".wav," & Number(right(arg1,4))

 

to be:

 

DateMMDDYYYY = "place" & mid(arg1,3,2) & ".wav, & "month" & Left(arg1,2).wav," & Number(right(arg1,4))

 

or just create your own new function with the change...

[corrigaj]

Just tried this on the system I have installed (Ver 5.2.4) and received an error. Could the line:

 

DateMMDDYYYY = "place" & mid(arg1,3,2) & ".wav, & "month" & Left(arg1,2).wav," & Number(right(arg1,4))

 

be incorrect?

 

Thanks!

[SupportTeam]

The lib_num2wav.vbs which ships with v5.2.4 is correct and does not need to be changed.

 

The "Date - DDMMYYYY" function in lib_num2wav.vbs installed in v5.2.4 looks like this:

'######

'name : Date - DDMMYYYY

'info : Say day, month, year

'arg1 : DDMMYYYY or DD/MM/YYYY:

'######

Function DateMMDDYYYY(ByVal arg1)

  arg1 = replace(arg1, "/", "")

  If Len(arg1) < 8 Then

    Exit Function

  End If

  DateMMDDYYYY = "place" & Left(arg1,2) & ".wav,month" & mid(arg1,3,2) & ".wav," & Number(right(arg1,4))

End Function

[corrigaj]

Changing it all around should be pretty easy - just change the order in which the sound files are sent back to VG. ie: in "Function DateMMDDYYYY(ByVal arg1)" change that line:

 

What about changing vbs in Date - MMDDYYYY to say the date as:

 

"April fifteenth,nineteen eighty four"

[SupportTeam]

OK, you have two options:

 

1. Just change:

 

DateMMDDYYYY = "place" & Left(arg1,2) & ".wav,month" & mid(arg1,3,2) & ".wav," & Number(right(arg1,4))

 

to be:

 

DateMMDDYYYY = "month" & mid(arg1,3,2) & ".wav,place" & Left(arg1,2) & ".wav," & Number(right(arg1,4))

 

2. Add a new Say Number function to lib_num2wav.vbs:

'######
'name : Date - DDMMYYYY - MDY
'info : Say month, day, year
'arg1 : DDMMYYYY or DD/MM/YYYY:
'######
Function DateMMDDYYYY_MDY(ByVal arg1)
 arg1 = replace(arg1, "/", "")
 If Len(arg1) < 8 Then
   Exit Function
 End If
 DateMMDDYYYY_MDY = "month" & mid(arg1,3,2) & ".wav,place" & Left(arg1,2) & ".wav," & Number(right(arg1,4))
End Function

 

Option 2 is a better way to go probably - that way you have the ability to say the date in both ways, depending on which function you select to use in the Say Number module.

 

There is already a function there which will say the month first, but the data needs to be input in MMDDYYYY format. I take it that your data is provided in DDMMYYYY format, correct?