Utilities
For Windows 7 and later. Many will work back to XP or 2000.'soi' Text to Speech
Reads text files using your default Windows text to speech voice.Includes a GUI file picker (soi.exe) and command line tool (soicli.exe).
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'ktype' Keyboard Input Simulator
Pass ktype a string on the command line and it will 'type' it as keystrokes.The backslash \ represents ENTER.
Example:
ktype "Hello World!\Second line"Download (use the zip if your network blocks it)
'mmove' Mouse Movement Simulator
A command to move the mouse pointer to a position, or by a certain amount.Example 1:
mmove 10 20 moves the cursor to X=10 Y=20.Example 2:
mmove 30 40 1 moves the cursor by X=30, Y=40 pixels.Download (again, zip available too)
'playwav' Audio Player Command
A command to play Wave (WAV) audio files with no GUI.Example:
playwav file.wav plays "file.wav"Download (zip and source available)
'messbox' Message Box Command
A command to open a standard Windows message box with the given text.Example:
messbox "Hello World!"Download (includes source)