commanding a software

hello i wanna know if we can command any software from matlab. suppose, i open a software which edits text files, can i open it, add some text into it. thank you!

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

If you are using MS Windows, you can use activex() to open a dialog with an editor.

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

Have you taken a look at the system() function?

Answer 3

[goutam]

hello i am presently working on a image processing based project. i have finished the optical character recognition part. i get a text file at the end of it. what i actually need is a way to convert tat text to audio. using the waveplay() or sound() command, i can read the required wav files, but the pronounciation is not what i require. so is there any method which can help me? also i have a software which converts any text input to audio! so i need to load that text file into that software and then play. so i need help on how to control that software using matlab?can it be controlled using matlab? thank you !

Answer 4

[Image Analyst]

Try this: http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/18091

or do a search on "text to speech matlab"