how do you keep "listen for" from timing out?

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#1

I have this script and I want it to sit still until I hears a phrase. But, it times out if it waits too long. Is there something I can do to keep this from timing out.

tell application “SpeechRecognitionServer”
activate
set heardPhrase to listen for {“lights on”, “turn off lights”, “call josh”, “quit ichat”, “play music”, “turn music off”}
end tell

#2

Try this script…

activate application "SpeechRecognitionServer"
set heardPhrase to listen for {"lights on", "turn off lights", "call josh", "quit ichat", "play music", "turn music off"}
#3

I get an error with that saying “script doesnt understand the listen message”

#4

From the dictionary…

Speech Recognition Suite
Providing access to speech recognition via AppleScript

listen for‚v : Listen for a spoken phrase
listen for list of string : list of possible phrases to listen for
[with prompt string] : text computer will speak as a prompt
[giving up after integer] : how many seconds to wait before giving up
[filtering boolean] : whether to skip phrases with special characters
[displaying list of string] : an optional list of commands to be displayed
→ string : the recognized phrase

listen continuously for‚v : Listen for spoken phrases. Call stop listening when done.
listen continuously for list of string : list of possible phrases to listen for
[with prompt string] : text computer will speak as a prompt
[giving up after integer] : how many seconds to wait before giving up
[filtering boolean] : whether to skip phrases with special characters
[with identifier string] : a unique identifier string for this recognizer
[with section title string] : a section title under which the commands will be listed
[displaying list of string] : an optional list of commands to be displayed
[attach to psn ] : only listen for commands when this application is frontmost
→ string : the recognized phrase

stop listening for identifier‚v : Stop listening when listening continuously
stop listening for identifier string : the unqiue identifier string for the recognizer to stop

#5

one more try…

tell application "SpeechRecognitionServer" to set heardPhrase to listen for {"lights on", "turn off lights", "call josh", "quit ichat", "play music", "turn music off"}
#6

oen of theses might be better…

ignoring application responses
	tell application "SpeechRecognitionServer" to set heardPhrase to listen for {"lights on", "turn off lights", "call josh", "quit ichat", "play music", "turn music off"} to activate
end ignoring

tell application "SpeechRecognitionServer" to set heardPhrase to listen for {"lights on", "turn off lights", "call josh", "quit ichat", "play music", "turn music off"} to activate
#7

What are you using to write these? They don’t compile in Script Editor.

#8

the Script Editor on Tiger (10.4.3)

#9

no luck with these. The script I have works fine if I give it a command. But, if I wait too long, it times out. I think I need a loop that will keep it from timimg out.

#10

what is weird…if you run this, the stop button does not work until it times itself out either. Weird…

tell application "SpeechRecognitionServer"
	activate
	set heardPhrase to listen for {"lights on", "turn off lights", "call josh", "quit ichat", "play music", "turn music off"}
end tell