Dragon Naturaly Speaking into Virtualbox

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Hi, 

Sorry it is not really an issue but I don't find where to ask for support.

I just want to know if Autokey could work like that:

*Autokey into Ubuntu linux, Dragon naturaly speaking into Virtualbox

Ubuntu: reply to an email

Execute following script when Hotkey:
-Select Virtualbox window
-Simulate keypress to activate microphone
-Select editor window

Then I "speech to text", text is writing into editor

Execute this other script with another hotkey:
-Simulate keypress to deactivate microphone
-Select all content of Virtualbox editor
-Copy selection
-Select Email reply window
-Paste text into Linux email reply window

Just an idea to simplify usage of Dragon with linux

Original issue reported on code.google.com by sebastie...@gmail.com on 18 Oct 2010 at 4:20

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So the editor is inside the Virtualbox session? It should theoretically be 
possible, but other users have reported that Virtualbox doesn't play very well 
with AutoKey. You can certainly give it a try...

Also for help, there is the users group. It is clearly linked from the home 
page so you can't miss it.

Original comment by cdekter on 18 Oct 2010 at 4:28

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Thanks for your prompt answer!

Yes, editor is Dragon editor inside Virtualbox session.

I made tests, seems to work but the only problem is that 
keyboard.send_key('<ctrl>+a') juste write an a letter in the editor, does not 
select all text.

My workaround is to use Autohotkey (!?) into windows xp to grab F10 key and 
convert it to CTRL+A

If someone is interested here is my script:

# Dragon Naturally automatic copy on Ubuntu
window.activate("Name of the window", switchDesktop=False)
keyboard.send_key('<f11>') #F11 configured into Dragon to enable or disable Mic
keyboard.send_key('<f10>') #F10 is converted in CTRL+A in windows (select all 
the text)
keyboard.send_key('<f9>') #F9 is converted in CTRL+C in windows (copy all the 
text)

With this: 
Launch script allow me to speech and launch again close mic and copy speeched 
content.
Next step is to past content in the window I want.

Faster than manualy, and virtualbox window can be hide so it never showing.

Original comment by sebastie...@gmail.com on 18 Oct 2010 at 8:02

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You can try keyboard.fake_keypress() instead of keyboard.send_key()

Original comment by cdekter on 18 Oct 2010 at 8:47

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Tryed keyboard.fake_keypress('<ctrl>+a')
but it does nothing

So i need another shortcut (ctrl+p) to pause virtualbox
tryed send_key and fake_keypress without any success

Hope we could find a solution because pausing is better for cpu usage.

Original comment by sebastie...@gmail.com on 18 Oct 2010 at 9:26

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There are no other solutions, Virtualbox does weird things with keystrokes so 
I'm afraid there's nothing further I can suggest.

Original comment by cdekter on 18 Oct 2010 at 9:37

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Thanks. Find a solution: sending ctrl+p to VirtualBox launcher window, not 
windows xp one seems to work :)
Just need to make a test to know if virtualbox is paused or not (based on the 
title) and it will rocks!
Your soft is really usefull, thanks for that.

Original comment by sebastie...@gmail.com on 18 Oct 2010 at 9:58