Eric S. Johansson wrote: > Austin English wrote: > > > You may be able to use AutoHotKey to cut and paste for you more > > automatically (http://www.autohotkey.com/). > > > > I don't believe a hotkey will work in this application. It appears it would > only work in the wine environment and not have any effect on the linux side. The > timeline and contexts shifts outlined below might make this clearer. > > [Linux] > Switch to application thunderbird > Bring up the message composer > click on the compose window > > [wine] > switch to first notepad > Dictate message > copy the buffer > > [Linux] > switch to Thunderbird > click on compose window > paste buffer into compose window > > [wine] > Switch to first notepad > dictate more text > > [wine] > start second notepad > switch to second notepad > dictate more text > copy the buffer > > [Linux] > Switch to instant messenger > select message window > paste buffer > > [wine] > switch to first notepad > copy buffer > > [Linux] > switch to Thunderbird compose > select message window > paste buffer > > ------------------------- > > In order to make this work, I need to know the context of the active application > at the time dictation starts. Then during the dictation time, switch context to > the editor window associated with the application, injected text into the editor > if it's plain dictation other wise take the output from a grammar activator > program and stuff it in the X11 keystroke stream. When dictation finishes, > return focus to the formerly active application. > > In thinking about what would be the minimum acceptable setup, a simple ping-pong > between an active application and an editor should be okay about 80% of the time > if something like natlink+python was available. Activating adding and > terminating editing by explicit commands shouldn't be too onerous as that's what > we use today with the current dictation box capability. > > Shifting the topic slightly, natlink is a wrapper around a com interface to > NaturallySpeaking. How difficult would it be to make that something that can > cross the wine/ linux boundary? Not an ideal solution, but have you tried running Windows Thunderbird under wine? Firefox works pretty well, I guess Thunderbird can't be that bad.
