Hi, I tried to post a new topic but for some reason it wouldn't post it.
I'm trying to get VC version 2.3.1.1 to do the knock knock jokes, it does fine until after it says the punchline
than it reads off a hole bunch of junk and locks up. Thanks for your time

hi pegleg. thanks for the response I figured it out  when I was saying like to remind me in one minute it doesn't like that, but as long as its 2 minutes or more it works fine thanks again for your response

have a quick question ....this xml is working great other than it will only remind me in hours...like if I say remind me in 1 minute to take out the dinner, and when I ask what reminders do I have it replys ....in 11 hours take out the dinner, ive deleted the reminders log.txt and told vc to cancel all reminders so it will create a new log file, however it still does the same thing....any idea on whats goin on??

  never mind james i figured it out, i wont say what i did cause itll make me look like an idiot ha but thanks for your replys i didn't mean to waste your time thanks again

sorry to ask another? but if windows doesn't open any .py files when using vc than is there away to get vc to be the one that opens it? or what runs the .py files when using vc and issueing a command that uses the .py file?

sorry for making ya lost james, i downloaded a xml file  off of the vc xml exchange called (WHO IS HOME) it gives you a command that ounce activated it tells you who and what all devices are connected to the internet, however you have to go and change the names and ip address's in the .py file, and by mistake i opened it using (NOTEPAD) and now none of my commands that use the .py file works. hope this better explains it......btw i have not installed python at any time.....

thanks james for the link, however I have tryed everything that was listed on the Microsofts site, and vc is still trying to open any .py file using notepad,and now most of my commands are not working. do you know by chance what default program win 8.1 uses to open a .py file? I looked on my other computer and it has listed under (open using) unknown program.i may have to reinstall windows in order to take care of this issue,but that's my last option

hi newbie here, but I messed up and append a .py file from vc and I did it using notepad by mistake and I can not get the file to reopen using the default program, can someone please tell me how to change the file back to the default program that use to open it? im running windows 8.1 thanks

hi im still a newbie here  but I have been trying to setup tts for this xml so vc will say what time it is setting the alarm for but no such luck. sorry but could someone maybe help with this issue?

worked like a champ!! thanks a million james 

your welcome take your time enjoy time with your family

im using vc version 2.138 and yes it is activated
here is the xml file I copied and pasted into the vc tree...

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
<command id="625" name="wolfram" enabled="true" alwaysOn="False" confirm="False" requiredConfidence="0" loop="False" loopDelay="0" loopMax="0" description="">
  <action>
    <cmdType>Scrape</cmdType>
    <cmdString>http://api.wolframalpha.com/v2/query?appid=[yourAPIkey]&amp;input={1}&amp;format=plaintext</cmdString>
    <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
  </action>
  <action>
    <cmdType>Results.RegExSingle</cmdType>
    <cmdString>Input.*?&lt;plaintext&gt;([^&lt;].*?)&lt;/plaintext&gt;.*?[Result|Definition|approximation].*?&lt;plaintext&gt;([^&lt;].*?)&lt;/plaintext&gt;</cmdString>
    <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
  </action>
  <if ifBlockDisabled="False" ifNot="False">
    <ifType>LastActionSuccess</ifType>
    <ifParams>&amp;&amp;</ifParams>
    <then>
      <action>
        <cmdType>Results.SetLastResult</cmdType>
        <cmdString>You asked for: {Match.1.1}. {Cr}The answer is: {Match.1.2}</cmdString>
        <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
      </action>
      <action>
        <cmdType>Results.RegExReplace</cmdType>
        <cmdString>sqrt\((.*?)\)&amp;&amp;square root of $1</cmdString>
        <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
      </action>
      <action>
        <cmdType>Results.Replace</cmdType>
        <cmdString> × &amp;&amp; times </cmdString>
        <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
      </action>
      <action>
        <cmdType>Results.Replace</cmdType>
        <cmdString> | &amp;&amp;, </cmdString>
        <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
      </action>
      <action>
        <cmdType>OSD.ShowText</cmdType>
        <cmdString>{LastResult}</cmdString>
        <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
      </action>
      <action>
        <cmdType>TTS.Speak</cmdType>
        <cmdString>{LastResult}</cmdString>
        <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
      </action>
    </then>
    <else>
      <action>
        <cmdType>TTS.Speak</cmdType>
        <cmdString>I'm sorry, I don't know the answer to: {1} Could you speak more clearly, or perhaps try to rephrase your question.</cmdString>
        <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
      </action>
      <action>
        <cmdType>OSD.ShowText</cmdType>
        <cmdString>I'm sorry, I don't know the answer to: {CR}{1}{CR}Could you speak more clearly, or perhaps try to rephrase your question.</cmdString>
        <cmdRepeat>1</cmdRepeat>
      </action>
    </else>
  </if>
  <phrase>Wolfram</phrase>
  <payloadDictation>payloadDictation: Regular</payloadDictation>
</command>


VoxCommando.exe is the one I am using.....but I watched James's how to upgrade video and that's how I installed it.
and yes vc does understand what I am saying ...better example is....when I say...wolfram what is 9+9 ...it replys I do not know
the answer to 9+9

hi,im still a newbie  I hope im posting this in the right spot..my ? is ive put in James's xml for wolfram and ive
gone and did my alpha api key from wolfram and have put it into vc. however it still doesn't work.

thanks for your time
  james m

hi,im still a little newbie here,i hope im posting this in the right spot
I have watched so many videos I lost count and have figured most things out on my own and a lot of reading the fourms ,but what im asking is how can I get vc to change my desktop image?
like ide seen in one of James's videos......thanks in advance

thanks kalle, that seems easy enough to understand and use:) just one ?  is it possible to have vc perform the shutdown action or
is it just from a command line?