Get the Computer to Speak on Wake-Up

For a bit of fun, I want the computer to say Hello Paul EACH time I wake up the computer from sleep.

So for example, I will put the following Wake_Up_Message.vbs Script in %SystemDrive% . . .

Code:

Dim SpeechObject
Set SpeechObject=CreateObject("SAPI.SPVoice")
WScript.Sleep 2500
SpeechObject.Speak "Hello Paul."

Is this possible using something like Task Scheduler ?

I do NOT want to automatically wake up the computer or anything like that, and I want to do this WITHOUT any amendment to the Wake Timers.

As a side note, I already have 20 seconds of the 'The X-Files' music and some speech play over the music when I Boot or Restart [ I rarely do this as I usually use Sleep ], along with speech in some of my Script files. I just thought that it would also be a bit of fun to have the above for wake up.

I think this may be the easiest route to follow:

Open Event Viewer > System and look for "PowerTrouble-Shooter" "EventID 1" which appears to logged as soon as one resumes the PC from sleep or Hibernation.

On the actions menu on the right hand side of Event Viewer, click "Attach A Task To This Log" and follow the Wizard.

CORRECTION:
On right hand side of Event Viewer : Attach to the EVENT not LOG.
On the actions menu on the right hand side of Event Viewer, click "Attach A Task To This EVENT" and follow the Wizard.

Thanks @das10,

That worked except it just said Paul straight away, and then there was the required delay and it said Hello Paul.

I just needed to amend the Script to . . .

Code:

Dim SpeechObject
Set SpeechObject=CreateObject("SAPI.SPVoice")
SpeechObject.Speak ""
WScript.Sleep 2500
SpeechObject.Speak "Hello Paul."

. . . and it works.

However, I am now getting random Hello Paul's very occasionally.

I will investigate this further tomorrow.

Paul Black said:

However, I am now getting random Hello Paul's very occasionally.

I think the reason for the above could be due to the fact that Event ID 1 is NOT ONLY Power-Troubleshooter . . .

Code:

Keywords Date and Time          Source               Event ID Task Category

	 04/02/2023 16:18:49	Power-Troubleshooter        1 None
	 05/02/2023 06:03:31	Power-Troubleshooter	    1 None
Time	 03/02/2023 21:23:47	Kernel-General              1 (5)
	 05/02/2023 06:02:30	Power-Troubleshooter        1 None
	 03/02/2023 21:23:51	Power-Troubleshooter        1 None
Time	 05/02/2023 06:04:09	Kernel-General              1 (5)
	 05/02/2023 06:05:28	Power-Troubleshooter        1 None
Time	 03/02/2023 17:24:04	Kernel-General              1 (5)
Time	 05/02/2023 06:05:24	Kernel-General              1 (5)
	 05/02/2023 06:04:13	Power-Troubleshooter        1 None
	 03/02/2023 17:24:08	Power-Troubleshooter        1 None
Time	 04/02/2023 19:20:05	Kernel-General              1 (5)
	 04/02/2023 19:20:08	Power-Troubleshooter        1 None
	 31/01/2023 18:59:21	FilterManager               1 None
Time	 04/02/2023 16:20:56	Kernel-General              1 (5)
	 04/02/2023 16:21:00	Power-Troubleshooter        1 None
Time	 04/02/2023 16:18:45	Kernel-General              1 (5)
	 05/02/2023 06:01:49	Power-Troubleshooter        1 None
Time	 05/02/2023 06:02:26	Kernel-General              1 (5)
Time	 05/02/2023 06:01:46	Kernel-General              1 (5)
Time	 05/02/2023 06:00:18	Kernel-General              1 (5)
	 05/02/2023 06:00:22	Power-Troubleshooter        1 None
Time	 05/02/2023 06:06:05	Kernel-General              1 (5)
	 05/02/2023 06:13:43	Power-Troubleshooter        1 None
Time	 05/02/2023 06:07:59	Kernel-General              1 (5)
Time	 05/02/2023 06:03:27	Kernel-General              1 (5)
	 05/02/2023 06:07:16	Power-Troubleshooter        1 None
	 03/02/2023 14:36:06	Power-Troubleshooter        1 None
	 05/02/2023 06:08:03	Power-Troubleshooter        1 None
Time	 05/02/2023 06:13:39	Kernel-General              1 (5)
	 02/02/2023 19:53:09	Power-Troubleshooter        1 None
	 02/02/2023 13:50:35	Power-Troubleshooter        1 None
Time	 02/02/2023 19:53:07	Kernel-General              1 (5)
Time	 03/02/2023 14:36:02	Kernel-General              1 (5)
Time	 05/02/2023 06:07:12	Kernel-General              1 (5)
	 01/02/2023 14:46:17	Power-Troubleshooter        1 None
	 05/02/2023 06:06:09	Power-Troubleshooter        1 None
Time	 01/02/2023 14:46:13	Kernel-General              1 (5)
Time	 02/02/2023 13:50:30	Kernel-General              1 (5)

Paul,

If you attach the task to the event

Log - System
Source - Power-Troubleshooter
EventID - 1

or

Log - System
Source - Kernel-Power
EventID - 131

then it will only trigger on resuming from a lower power state [S3 Sleep or Hibernation].
- In your previous attempt, you did not constrain it to just the System log which is why you got those other EventID 1 entries messing you about.
- Task scheduler creates the tasks by default in Task scheduler (Local), Task scheduler library, Event viewer tasks.
- You might also like to check Task scheduler to disable or delete any earlier tasks you created during these experiments.
- Once you have located the task, you can edit it in Task scheduler. There is no need to use Event viewer every time although it can be convenient to use it again if you want to do major changes [to replace the existing task].

I routinely monitor power state transitions in an Event viewer, Custom view and I have not found any other events to mark them.
Import Event viewer, Custom views - Power state transitions - my post #4 - TenForums
One method of seeing if there is anything else to monitor is to use my suggested Custom view, note down some sample times of resuming then find those times in the overall view given in the built-in Custom view Administrative events [which is a posh term for All] & see if there's anything that happens close to them at every resume.
- When doing investigations such as this you might find it useful to run Event viewer twice [it is perfectly happy to do be run multiple times] so you can keep one view on the right & another on the left.
- You can also export the built-in Custom view Administrative events view definition [right-click, Export] then import it with a slightly different name.

- - The imported version can be filtered whereas the original can not.
- - I add the computer name to my imported versions to remind me that they cannot be exported and transferred to my other computers. Each Administrative events view definition is unique to each computer.

All the best,
Denis

Paul Black said:

Thanks @das10,

That worked except it just said Paul straight away, and then there was the required delay and it said Hello Paul.

I just needed to amend the Script to . . .

Code:

Dim SpeechObject
Set SpeechObject=CreateObject("SAPI.SPVoice")
SpeechObject.Speak ""
WScript.Sleep 2500
SpeechObject.Speak "Hello Paul."

. . . and it works.

However, I am now getting random Hello Paul's very occasionally.

I will investigate this further tomorrow.

I looked around for this, for when you're ready...

Thanks garlin, Try3, and das10,

I deleted what I had previously done [ I ONLY had ONE instance ] and started again using the same Script as in Post #3 against Event ID 1, and after 5 hours, all is well, NO random speech messages so far.

I have also created a Hybrid CMD / PowerShell Script as a backup [ in case the one above fails ] that also changes the volume to 60% pre-speech.

Paul Black said:

... started again using the same Script as in Post #3 against Event ID 1, and after 5 hours, all is well, NO random speech messages.

Paul,

I assume that's just from the System log, Power-Troubleshooter.
Or those other event 1's you witnessed earlier can re-occur when they feel like it.


All the best,
Denis

Hello Denis,

Try3 said:

I assume that's just from the System log, Power-Troubleshooter.

That's weird, I answered you earlier shortly after your post, but the post seems to have disappeared.

Anyway, the answer is YES to your question, and I have still NOT had ANY random speech messages ALL day.