import ctypes

def sendWsrMessage(iMsg):
   SendMessage = ctypes.windll.user32.SendMessageW
   FindWindow = ctypes.windll.user32.FindWindowA
   handle = FindWindow(b"MS:SpeechTopLevel",None)
   if handle:
      SendMessage(handle, 273, iMsg, 0)
      return 1
   else:
      return 0

def wsrOn():
   return sendWsrMessage(101)
def wsrOff():
   return sendWsrMessage(102)