Not random variables for semicolons

[E_RAMEL]

Hello,
I want to use a copied text in any application and do pronounce by speech synthesis.
I managed well with a combination of keys "Ctrl + C" and then "Say" {clip}.
The problem is that when I semicolons in my copied text, "Say" identifies these as parts of random texts.
Would you have a solution that does not read the semicolons that way, or else remove the semicolons copied text to the clipboard?
I have not found it in the manual or the forums ...
Thank you in advance for your help.
Edgar

[Pfeil]

You can use the "{TXTREPLACEVAR:}" token to replace the semicolon character, either with another character or nothing (effectively removing it), E.G.

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{TXTREPLACEVAR:"{CLIP}":";":","}
(note that the action list entry for the "Say Something with Text-To-Speech" action still interprets the semicolon as a delimiter, as it doesn't first parse the token)

[E_RAMEL]

Hello Pfeil,
Thank you for the quick response, that is what I was looking for as the principle solution 👍🏻
I tried the syntax {TXTREPLACEVAR "CLIP {}" ";": ""}, but I have a return "Error in token".
I tried with {say} and {quick input}, same result.
Any idea what this is caused?
Thank you in advance.
Edgar

[Pfeil]

The correct syntax is in my previous post...

[E_RAMEL]

Oops, error copy / paste 😵
Everything works well like that!
Excuse the newbies 😶
Again, thank you very much!

[E_RAMEL]

The correct syntax is in my previous post...

Hello again,
I think I understand why I had this error "Error in token".
The syntax is correct, it works well with semicolons ";", but causes this error with colon ":".
Here I do not see the problem...

[Pfeil]

Colon is a reserved character within tokens (it's used as a separator between parameters).

If you want to replace text that uses reserved characters, you can use the "Replace" option of the "Set a Text Value" action, E.G.

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Set text [~textToSpeak] to '{CLIP}' (Replace ':' with '')
Say, '{TXT:~textToSpeak}'


[E_RAMEL]

🤗 Et Voilà ! It works!
With two cascaded variable, it works perfectly 😀
Thank you for your support Pfeil 👏🏻

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Press Left Ctrl+C keys and hold for 0.8 seconds and release
Set text [~TexteCopier] to '{CLIP}' (Replace ':' with '.')
Set text [~TextToSpeak] to [~TexteCopier] (Replace ';' with ',')
Say, ''{TXT:~TextToSpeak}''


[Pfeil]

You don't need two separate variables, FYI
E.G.

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Set text [~textToSpeak] to '{CLIP}' (Replace ':' with '.')
Set text [~textToSpeak] to [~textToSpeak] (Replace ';' with ',')
will also work (put the variable name into the "A variable" field for the second action).

[E_RAMEL]

Hello Pfeil,
Oh yes, it's cleaner that way!
My programming skills are fairly basic and it's nice of you to help newbies to use this wonderful software VoiceAttack 👏🏻
Good day or night to you.
Edgar