Many years ago, customers asked us to give them an 'atta boy' for getting no errors when running Checkups. That evolved from just the Congratulations dialog box to the dialog plus the Congratulations spoken message.
The voice being used depends on the version of Windows you have. On Windows XP, the voice is officially known as Microsoft Bob. Windows Vista is Microsoft Mary. Windows 7 is Microsoft Anna. You can download additional voices if you want and you can change the speed and other options as well. To do this:
1. Open control panel, click on speech recognition.
2. In advanced speech option, click on text to speech tab.
3. Select the voice from the drop down of Voice select.
If you are tired of The Voice, don't despair. The next release (50.10/51.10) of HydraCAD will give an option to turn off the voice, period
Oh – and one other thing. There has been a hidden command in HydraCAD for a few years now. Type in SPEAK at the command line and enter a message. It will be spoken back to you. Amuse your friends!
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