Speaking the time in my code or codes

Hello MATLAB Community, again.

So I have a code where it speaks and shows the time, but I really want my code to speak the time I enter.

Right now I have:

res=input('','s');
    if strcmpi(res,'What is the time')
        NET.addAssembly('System.Speech');
        obj = System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer;
        obj.Volume = 100;
        Speak(obj, 'this is the time' )
       fprintf('%s\n', datestr(now,'HH:MM:SS'))
       s=-1;
       k=1;
       
    end

It speaks out but tells the current time. Is there a way to make it speak the time a user enters? Please provide an example. Thank you.

Answer 1

[Sulaymon Eshkabilov]

Hi,

If I have understood your question correctly, here is the corrected code that speaks the current time:

    NET.addAssembly('System.Speech');
    obj = System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer;
    obj.Volume = 100;
    Speak(obj, 'this is the time' )
    % If no need to display the time, then just to remove it. 
    Speak(obj, datestr(now,'HH:MM:SS'));

Good luck.

[Rainaire Hansford]

Thank you

[Sulaymon Eshkabilov]

You are welcome! It is just a pleasure. Good luck.

[Image Analyst]

Surprised you picked this answer as the best one since it does not speak the time the user entered with your input() function, like you asked for and like my answer below does. So if you're still wondering how to do that, see my solution.

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

Try this. It works. Adapt as needed.

% Instantiate the speech .Net assembly (for Windows only - not Apple!!)
NET.addAssembly('System.Speech');
obj = System.Speech.Synthesis.SpeechSynthesizer;
obj.Volume = 100;

% Have the computer tell us the current time.
Speak(obj, 'This is the current time')
string2 = sprintf('%s', datestr(now,'HH:MM:SS'))
Speak(obj, string2)

% Now let the user enter something.
Speak(obj, 'Now it is your turn to enter a time')
string3 = input('Enter a time in the form HH:MM:SS   :  ', 's')
Speak(obj, string3)

[Rainaire Hansford]

Oh yours is cool too. I didnt see yours actually. Really I just wanted it to say the time. But I may use yours for setting a time, timer or alarm. Thank you.