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Filename: README.096

     This file tells you about the changes in Video-Voice between
Version 0.90 and this preliminary Version 0.96. There are bugs,
some known and some not yet discovered. Please retain your older
versions of VIDEO VOICE until we "officially" release version 1.00.

Not Yet coded:
     The following commands appear in your documentation, but are
not yet coded -- they have been documented in the Appendix B
part of the manual, but do not exist in Version 0.96.

     Ennunciate Video Voice Window
     Select Skill Level
     Speak Status of Video Voice Toggles

     These commands will be included with Version 1.

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The following conditions are KNOWN BUGS:
     These bugs have proved elusive. I AM aware of them and have
even partially fixed some of them, but don't bother calling us about
them. I am painfully aware of their existence.

     Known Bug 1 -- Keyboard Echo:
     Keyboard Echo is still a little screwy. Word Echo sometimes
splits a word in half and speaks the two pieces separately,
especially with the Echo and the Votalker and SynPhonix. With
some programs, it echoes character by character instead of word by
word. Keyboard Echo with the Votrax is always slow. I find the
Votrax just as slow with other talking programs as well. I am doing
my best to make it respond faster. I guess it is just hard to teach
an old Votrax new tricks! This new version's Keyboard Echo is a
lot faster with most of the synthesizers. However, Character Echo
in Screen Mode is jerky. Timing with each synthesizer is different.
This bug is going to require more work.

     Known Bug 2 -- Punctuation Levels:
     With the Echo PC, even in No Punctuation Mode, some
punctuation creeps through. I send some punctuation through to the
synthesizers to improve emphasis. With less punctuation spoken it is
hard to tell if a sentence has ended. Also, I find monotonous voices
grating. Unfortunately, the Echo sometimes misbehaves and uses
this punctuation for emphasis, and sometimes it speaks it. The
DECtalk has the same problem. Speed up your synthesizer and
endure the occasional punctuation errors that creep through.

     Known Bug 3 -- Programs which crash or refuse to work:
     It has been reported that VIDEO VOICE does not work with
Perfect Writer, YTerm, or Relay Gold. We don't have these
programs here, so we don't know why.

     Known Bug 4 -- Sidekick:
     VIDEO VOICE can't follow Sidekick's cursor. Actually I have
written a procedure to do it, but that procedure occasionally hangs
the machine. Hopefully by Version 1 we will have a version that
can keep track of slippery Sidekick.

     Known Bug 5 -- Toshiba T1100-Plus:
     When you press the ALT key for some VIDEO VOICE key
combinations, (ALT-backslash, or ALT-back accent, for example) the
Toshiba doesn't record your release of the alternate key. The
machine will appear locked up but actually it just thinks you are
still holding down the ALT key. Press the ALT key by itself a
couple of times, and VIDEO VOICE and the Toshiba will work
properly again.

     Known Bug 6 -- TOSHIBA T1100-Plus:
     Another Toshiba bug happens with Toshiba DOS 2.1. The
machine locks up when Video-Voice is loaded and a disk is being
formatted or a drive door is left open. Get Toshiba DOS 3.2 (this is
the version currently being shipped by Toshiba). If you bought the
Toshiba from us we will update you for no charge.

     Known Bug 7 -- Lockup in parallel Port:
     If you have a synthesizer on your parallel port and it is not
turned on while VIDEO VOICE is trying to talk to it, your machine
may lock up. This happens with some clones. If it does please tell
us so that we can keep a list of which computers it happens on.
Keep your parallel port synthesizers attached and turned on!

     Known Bug 8: Sonix Reboot: If you are using the SynPhonix
or Votalker (both of which require Sonix), shut up VIDEO VOICE
before rebooting. If you cursor around quickly or type rapidly,
these synthesizers occasionally hang up on a phoneme. Just use the
VIDEO VOICE QUIET command when this happens.

     Known Bug 9 -- VIDEO VOICE Eats memory:
     It sure does! Version 1.0 will be smaller. For technical types
who have contacted me about VIDEO VOICE's large size I must
point out that it is not "code" or "data" that is actually eating all
the memory but rather "stack size." I have allotted a generous 2000
hex in stack size to keep the program from locking up while
Video-Voice is undergoing constant revision. Once version 1.0 is
out, there will be only bug fixes for a while, rather than a large
number of new commands. At that time I will shrink the program
as much as possible.

     Known Bug 10 -- Speak-Single-Digits:
     I have learned never to trust synthesizer manuals. So if you
want to hear multiple digits spoken as numbers, (example: 135
spoken as one hundred thirty five), the command does not work
with Echo, Votalker or SynPhonix. It works fine with the Votrax
and DECtalk, and I plan to make it work with the others.

     Known Bug 11 -- Toggle Second Synthesizer:
     Before activating this command PREFIX SHIFT-7, make sure
that the VIDVOICE.000 overlay file is available on the default
drive. Otherwise VIDEO VOICE will speak an error message and
expect you to insert a disk containing that file and press a key to
retry. The overlay file has all the routines to control the various
synthesizers. The problem is that if you are using Video-Voice on a
hard disk and you want to toggle synthesizers, you must be in the
sub-directory where the VIDEO VOICE files reside in order for it
to find its overlay. If you press PREFIX SHIFT-F7 and then
realized that VIDVOICE.000 is not on your disk, press the ESCAPE
key to abort.

     Known Bug 12 -- DECtalk spells inappropriately:
     Paul, Betty, Ursula and I fought over this one for a while.
When the DECtalk sees a word with an embedded digit or
punctuation mark it spells the word. I have corrected the old
problem mostly by breaking off a word, (terminating it with a
space) if I encounter digits or punctuation. Unfortunately I can't
just put spaces on both side of any punctuation mark or digit
because then DECtalk won' t pronounce digits accurately. If you
would rather put up with DECtalk speaking single digits and not
spelling at all then toggle Speak Single Digits ON.

     Known Bug 13 -- Singing Cursor:
     If your machine locks up while singing cursor is on try typing
more slowly (or run your computer at a faster speed if you have a
turbo computer).

     Known Bug 14 -- Macro Programs:
     Yes, we KNOW that it is not possible to put PREFIX
commands in Superkey macros. VIDEO VOICE co-exists fine with
Superkey, but Superkey sees a PREFIX key as Function key 9. I
want to use macro programs, too! I will continue working on the
problem. PREFIX commands work fine in Prokey macros.

     VIDEO VOICE co-exists nicely with WordPerfect macros. As I
write this file, I have a WordPerfect macro to move forward a
sentence and one to move forward a paragraph. But that still
doesn't make it talk.

     In summary, SuperKey and WordPerfect macros cannot contain
embedded VIDEO VOICE commands, but ProKey can.

     Now for the good news -- VIDEO VOICE has a new command
SELECT Environment, which does a lot of the macro work for you.
Using VIDEO VOICE Environments is almost like having a dedicated
talking applications program!

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     FIXED BUGS:
     As far as we know we have fixed the bugs listed below.

     Fixed Bug 1 -- DECtalk Uppercase:
     The DECtalk now raises its pitch with uppercase letters, and
lowers it slightly for punctuation marks.

     Fixed Bug 2 -- DECtalk speaks faster:
     DECtalk will now speak faster than 300 words per minute but
you must have a DECtalk II. Speech rate choices 8 and 9 are for
rates 325 and 350 per minute respectively. If they don't work, then
you have an older DECtalk.

     Fixed Bug 3 -- Enunciator:
     VIDEO VOICE now enunciates Juliette for "J" and Kilo for
"K".

     Fixed Bug 4 -- Spell Uppercase:
     This command now works. When you toggle spell uppercase
words on, VIDEO VOICE will spell out words that are composed
entirely of uppercase letters.

     Fixed Bug 5 -- DECtalk spelling:
     When the DECtalk encounters a word with an embedded digit
or punctuation like "LPT1:", it spells the whole word. If you never
want to hear spelling, then toggle Speak Single Digits ON.

     Fixed Bug 6 -- Toggle Second synthesizer:
     Toggle Second synthesizer now announces details of the the
configuration of the newly selected synthesizer.

     Fixed Bug 7 -- Keyboard Echo:
     Keyboard Echo no longer "doubles" echoing. It may appear
slower because I am using a different technique to read the
keyboard. Previously I echoed a key the minute it was struck. If
you use a slow program like Wordstar 3 or a program that did lots
of disk and screen activity it takes the application a while to read
the keyboard. The applications' software was often slower at
reading the keyboard than VIDEO VOICE. This meant that VIDEO
VOICE kept seeing the same key and repeating it. VIDEO VOICE
now NEVER echoes a key until it knows the application program
has grabbed it. This means IF YOU TYPE AHEAD, YOU WILL NOT
HEAR YOUR KEYSTROKES ECHOED UNTIL THE APPLICATIONS
PROGRAM GETS AROUND TO READING THEM.

     Fixed Bug 8 -- Synphonix and Votalker:
     Previous versions of Video-Voice had a tendency to lock up
the machine with the internal Votalker and SynPhonix cards. I have
worked long and hard on these bugs. I am having a machine lockup
about once every four days, and I use my SynPhonix 12 hours a
day and run all sorts of strange programs with it. If you
experience repeated lockups under conditions you can duplicate, I
would be very interested in hearing about them. I have also have
altered the filter setting so the voice is different when entering
Review Mode.

     Fixed Bug 9 -- Count Duplicate characters:
     Count Duplicate characters now announces the correct total of
duplicate characters.

     Fixed Bug 10 -- Searches:
     Video Voice has two major ways of handling screen searches.
One way uses the PREFIX key and can be used both in and out of
Review Mode.  The other way does not use the PREFIX key and
can be used only in Review Mode.

     When you search using the PREFIX key, Video Voice searches
for every occurance and reads the appropriate unit of text. For
example, searching for "bright white" using the PREFIX causes
VIDEO VOICE to read ALL text on the screen in bright white. The
syntax to search for bright white and read ALL the text on the
screen that is in bright white is: PREFIX "f" (for find) "a" (for
attribute) "9" (for bright white) ENTER.

     If you are in Review Mode and use the PREFIX technique, the
same thing happens -- you hear ALL text on the screen that
happens to be in "bright white".

     On the other hand, if you do not use the PREFIX in the
sequence to do a search, Video Voice will find the next occurance
of text that is in bright white, read the information to you, and
position the Review Mode cursor at the beginning of that
occurance. For example, searching for bright white in Review Mode
by typing "f" (for find) followed by "a" (for attribute) followed by
"9" for bright white followed by the enter key will cause Video
voice to search from the current review cursor location to the next
occurance of bright white. The entire block of text in "bright
white", whether it be several lines or only a single character will
be read. The Review Mode cursor will be positioned on the first
"bright white" character. Searching for text works in a similar
fashion.

     When in Review Mode, remember that without the PREFIX the
searches will always begin at the current Review Mode cursor
location not, and not at the top of the screen or active Video
Voice window. This facilitates easier exploration of the screen.  It
is a good idea to use the Review Mode HOME command to move to
the top of the screen before doing a series of Review Mode
searches.

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NEW COMMANDS:

     Here's the most exciting part about this version of Video
Voice. We have added many wonderful advanced commands. Please
report all bugs and suggestions!

New Command #1 -- SELECT Environment:
     PREFIX ALT-2 Environment-number ENTER

     Wish you didn't have to do a PREFIX command each time you
moved your word processing program forward a word or down a
line? Now you don't have to. You have our very first version of
Video Voice to do Key-Linking. It's almost like turning WordPerfect
or WordStar into a dedicated talking word processor!

     Here's how it works. When you are using your word processor,
there are common commands you execute all the time. Examples
are: move forward a character, move down a line, or move left a
word. Video Voice watches the keyboard for your word processor's
special movement keys and links Video Voice PREFIX commands to
them. We have tables of these commands and keystrokes, called
Environments, in Video Voice's memory.

     This version of Video Voice comes preconfigured for eight
Environments: Standard Generic, Alternate generic, Standard
Wordstar, Alternate Wordstar, Standard WordPerfect, Alternate
WordPerfect, Standard AskSam, and Alternate AskSam.

     The difference between the Standard Environments and their
Alternates is which Video Voice READ UNIT command is linked to
the UP CURSOR and DOWN CURSOR keys. In the Standard
Environments, the UP CURSOR and the DOWN CURSOR keys cause
Video Voice to read the CHARACTER the cursor lands on.  In the
Alternate Environments, the UP CURSOR and DOWN CURSOR keys
cause Video Voice to read the whole SCREEN ROW the cursor lands
on. Turn on and Alternate Environment and cursor through a
document, reading the text IN REALTIME. Forget the Review Mode
Blues!

     Press the PREFIX key followed by the ALT-2 combination to
invoke the Select Environment command. Video Voice will speak the
current Environment name. If you want to change to another
Environment, press it's number using the top row number keys. The
Alternate Environments use Alt-top row number key combinations.

     These are the whole sequences that are currently available:
     PREFIX ALT-2 0 ENTER for Standard Generic
     PREFIX ALT-2 ALT-0 ENTER for Alternate Generic
     PREFIX ALT-2 1 ENTER for Standard Wordstar
     PREFIX ALT-2 ALT-1 ENTER for Alternate Wordstar
     PREFIX ALT-2 2 ENTER for Standard WordPerfect
     PREFIX ALT-2 ALT-2 ENTER for Alternate WordPerfect
     PREFIX ALT-2 3 ENTER for AskSam
     PREFIX ALT-2 ALT-3 ENTER forAlternate AskSam.

     After you press a valid key combination, Video Voice will
announce the new Environment. Press the ENTER key and Video
Voice sets up the Environment for you.

     In the Generic Environment, LEFT CURSOR and RIGHT
CURSOR speak the CHARACTER under the cursor. HOME, END and
TAB, and CONTROL-LEFT CURSOR and CONTROL-RIGHT CURSOR
say the WORD under the cursor. PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN say
the SCREEN ROW row under the cursor. DELETE says the
CHARACTER under the cursor. Please note that usually this is not
the character you deleted but rather the next character you're
about the zap.

     In the WordStar Environments, the LEFT CURSOR and RIGHT
CURSOR, DELETE, CONTROL-G, CONTROL-S, CONTROL-E,
CONTROL-X, and CONTROL-D all say the CHARACTER under the
cursor. The CONTROL-A, CONTROL-F, CONTROL-LEFT CURSOR
and CONTROL-RIGHT CURSOR all say the WORD under the cursor.
The PAGE UP, PAGE DOWN, CONTROL-C and CONTROL-R say the
SCREEN ROW under the cursor. The HOME and END keys are
supposed to say the word under the cursor but in WordStar 3, they
don't work properly unless you set an active window to exclude the
top two lines of the screen. They seem to work fine with WordStar
4 and Turbo Pascal.

     The WordPerfect Environments are just like the Generic
Environments except that the HOME key does not say anything
because WordPerfect uses HOME key as a prefix key for its own
commands. I am using the WordPerfect Environment now as I type
this and everything seems OK. I welcome more suggestions about
keys to link to in WordPerfect.

     The AskSam Environments are like the Generic Environments
but with longer delays. Note that TAB, CONTROL-RIGHT CURSOR
and CONTROL- LEFT CURSOR, when used to jump from on
bracketed field to another work properly but that PAGE UP and
PAGE DOWN do not.

     New Command #2 -- TOGGLE WRITING TO ROW 1:
     PREFIX SHIFT-6 1-or-2 ENTER

     Video Voice has a new toggle command which will echo
everything being spoken by the synthesizer onto row one of the
screen. Even the creative misspellings, which we use to make
synthesized speech sound better, will be written to row one.

     If you are blind and accidentally turn on this command Video
Voice will appear to creep very very slowly. This is because it
takes a long time to write to the screen slowly enough so that
sighted people can read it before it goes away and also write to
the synthesizer at the same time.

     This command was requested by sighted instructors teaching
blind students who are listening to the synthesizer through
headphones. It is also useful for demonstrating Video Voice to
sighted people when a speech synthesizer is not available.

     To toggle between ROW 1 ON and ROW 1 OFF, press the
PREFIX key followed by the SHIFT-6 key, then use the cursor keys
to select which you want, then press the ENTER key. You can also
select your choice directly by using the top row number keys.

     Of course, if there is valuable information (such as a status
line) on row 1, the information will not be available while ROW 1
is ON.

     New Command #3 -- SELECT SPEECH UNIT:
     PREFIX ALT-1 speech-unit-number ENTER

     The old KEYBOARD WORD ECHO and KEYBOARD
CHARACTER ECHO commands have been moved to split into two
commands. The KEYBOARD part is still on the PREFIX "\"
(backslash) sequence, while the CHARACTER and WORD part have
been moved to the the SELECT SPEECH UNIT.

     There are three choices:
     (1) CHARACTER ECHO (speaks single characters as they are
typed),
     (2) WORD ECHO (speaks the word after the SPACE bar or the
ENTER key has been pressed), and
     (3) ROW ECHO (speaks the row of text after a delay has
elapsed, or the ENTER key has been pressed, or the cursor changes
screen rows).

     Press the PREFIX key, followed by the ALT-1 combination,
followed by a CURSOR key, followed by the ENTER key to change
speech unit.

     New Commands #4 and #5 -- READ DESIGNATED FIRST PART
OF SCREEN and READ DESIGNATED LAST PART OF SCREEN:
     PREFIX PAGE-UP stopping-row-number ENTER
     PREFIX PAGE-DOWN startin-row-number ENTER

     Video Voice has long had two commands to read parts of the
screen. These commands are READ FIRST PART OF SCREEN (which
uses the PREFIX followed by the SHIFT-back accent) and READ
LAST PART OF SCREEN (which uses the PREFIX ALT-back accent
combination). These commands define "first" and "last" in relation
to where the cursor is currently on the screen. Sometimes these
commands can be inflexible because your cursor is way at the top
or bottom of the screen.

     READ DESIGNATED FIRST PART OF SCREEN: Press the
PREFIX key, followed by the PAGE-UP key, followed by a number
between "2" and "25" (using the top row number keys), followed by
the ENTER key to cause Video Voice to read from the top of the
screen to the designated row. For example, press the PREFIX
PAGE-UP 22 ENTER sequence, and Video Voice will start at the
top of the screen and read through row 22. Press the PREFIX
PAGE-UP 3 ENTER sequence, and Video Voice will start at the top
and read through row 3.

     READ DESIGNATED LAST PART OF SCREEN: Press the
PREFIX key, followed by the PAGE-DOWN key, followed by a
number between "1" and "24" (using the top row number keys),
followed by the ENTER key to cause Video Voice to read from the
designated row to the bottom of the screen. For example, press the
PREFIX PAGE-DOWN 22 ENTER sequence, and Video Voice will
start at row 22 and read through the bottom of the screen. If you
type PREFIX PAGE-DOWN 3 enter, Video Voice will begin reading
at row 3.

     These commands will improve your ability to quickly review
parts of the screen outside Review Mode.

     New Command #6 -- SPEAK VIDEO VOICE STATUS:
     PREFIX 6

     Press the PREFIX key followed by the 6 key in the numbers
row at the top of the keyboard to speak the current status of the
speech synthesizer.

     The information spoken is:
     SYNTHESIZER brand and/or model
     PORT the synthesizer is attached to
     TYPE of compatible computer you are using
     SOFTWARE INTERRUPT (in decimal) that Review Mode uses.
This last one is technical so do not alter it unless you know what
you are doing.

     Other information will be added later.

     New Command #7 -- TOGGLE TYPEMATIC:
     PREFIX ALT-6 1-or-2 ENTER

     If you are heavy-handed with the keyboard, you will like this
one! Press the PREFIX Key, followed by the Alt-6 combination,
followed by a cursor key, followed by the ENTER key to toggle
Typematic ON and OFF. The default is ON, which means that Video
Voice leaves the normal keyboard typematic action ON. Once you
have toggled it OFF, you can hold down a key all day and it will
not repeat.

     New Command #8 -- DEFINE NEW PREFIX:
     PREFIX d p new-prefix-key ENTER

     If you don't like reaching for the Function 9 key, you can
define a new PREFIX of your choosing. Press the PREFIX key,
followed by the "d" key (for define), followed by the "P" key (for
PREFIX), followed by the key for the new PREFIX key, followed by
the ENTER key. You can define Function Key 1 through Function
Key 10 as well as ALT, CONTROL, or SHIFT function key
combinations. You cannot define a non-function key, such as the
slash, as the PREFIX.

     New Command #9 -- TOGGLE SPEECH CUTOFF:
     PREFIX ALT-5 1-or-2 ENTER

     This is also known as Interruptability. Default is SPEECH
CUTOFF OFF. SPEECH CUTOFF ON causes speech to immedidately
halt anytime a key is pressed. This command works best with the
BOSS, the Echo, the SynPhonix and the Votalker. The Votrax halts
speech quickly, but is slow to begin speaking the new text. And
DECtalk is just plain ponderous. SPEECH CUTOFF enables you to
work more quickly at the computer because you do not have to
wait for speech to finish before continuing with your work.

     New Command #10 -- TOGGLE GRAPHICS:
     PREFIX ALT-3 1-or-2 ENTER

     Default is to have GRAPHICS OFF. If TOGGLE GRAPHICS is
ON, Video Voice will speak a number representing its decimal ascii
value, when video Voice encounters a graphics character. If
TOGGLE GRAPHICS is OFF, Graphics characters will be treated
like spaces. Graphics characters are those special characters having
an ASCII code of greater than 127. These are the members of the
IBM "extended character set".

     New Command #11 -- VIDEO VOICE HELP SYSTEM:
     Load the file VVHELP.COM then
     PREFIX FUNCTION-1 1 ENTER

     We have not finished writing the Video Vice Help system, but
it is already so nifty and fun to use we just couldn't wait to show
it to you.

     DISREGARD THE COMMAND SEQUENCE IN APPENDIX B.
That is the way it WILL work, not the way it does right now.
Actually, typing PREFIX F1 toggles the "HELP ENVIRONMENT" ON.
The HELP ENVIRONMENT is just another Environment, but this
one is configured to make it easier to navigate through the many
menus in the Video Voice help system.  It works like any other
toggle, PREFIX F1 1 ENTER turns it ON and PREFIX F1 2 ENTER
turns it OFF.

     The Help System is separate program which you must run
fromn DOS.  Unlike Video Voice, the current version of the Help
System is not a "resident" program. It cannot be in the
"background" while you are running your applications program.

     Load VVHELP.COM from the DOS prompt of your VIDVOICE
default disk or subdirectory. The screen will clear and the Video
Voice Help System Main Menu will appear.

     NOW is the time to use the PREFIX F1 1 ENTER sequence to
turn the Help System Environment ON. You can move through the
menus with the cursor keys or type the first letter of your choice.
The choices are confirmed by pressing ENTER. A beep is sounded if
you make an invalid choice. You will go through a series of menus
until you get to a Help Screen, which will tell about the command
in question. This Help Screen is identical to the text of the
command's explanation in Appendix B of the Video Voice Manual.
When you are finished reading a help screen, press ESCAPE to
return again to the Main Menu.

     When you are finished with the Help System, go to the Main
Menu and press ESCAPE to return to DOS.  With you are at the
DOS prompt, press PREFIX F1 2 ENTER to turn the Video Voice
Help System Environment OFF.

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     COMMAND CHANGES:

     Command Change #1 -- SELECT SPEECH SOURCE:
     PREFIX "\" (backslash)

     SELECT SPEECH SOURCE now has only four choices:
          (1) NO SPEECH,
          (2) KEYBOARD ECHO ONLY,
          (3) SCREEN ECHO ONLY, and
          (4) SCREEN WITH SOME KEYBOARD ECHO.

     SCREEN WITH SOME KEYBOARD ECHO echoes only special
(invisible) keystrokes, such as the Function keys, TAB, and PAGE
UP and PAGE DOWN. It assumes the other keystrokes will be read
off the screen.

     If your application writes directly to screen memory, use (2)
KEYBOARD ECHO ONLY. If you are using Easy Writer use (4)
SCREEN WITH SOME KEYBOARD. In many cases you will have to
experiment to find the best selection for your particular
applications program.

     Command Change #2 -- SPELL TEXT-UNIT
     PREFIX s text-unit

     The ";" key (semicolon) is no longer used for Spell Current
Word. Nor are the "/" key (slash) used for Spell Following Word or
the "P" key used for Spell Previous Word. They are no longer used
by Video Voice. We have new and better things planned for them.

     Now you can spell any unit of text: character, word, sentence
or paragraph; line or screen; firstpart, lastpart or whole unit;
previous, following or current unit.

     To spell a unit (or part of a unit) of text: press the PREFIX
key followed by the S key followed by the unit you wish to spell.
For example:
     PREFIX S APOSTROPHE spells the whole line.
     PREFIX S K spells the current sentence.
     PREFIX S ALT-L spells the following paragraph.

     These commands are designed to be quick and easy. There is
no need to press the ENTER key. When you have heard the
information that you want, use the Double-Shift combination to halt
spelling.

     Command Change #3 -- ENUNCIATE TEXT-UNIT:
     PREFIX SHIFT-s text-unit

     The PREFIX key,followed by the SHIFT-S combination,
followed by the desired text-unit key will cause the text to be
ENUNCIATED rather than spelled. Enunciation is the Video Voice
word for "military spelling."

     For example, PREFIX SHIFT-s j will enunciate the current
word. PREFIX SHIFT-s SHIFT-k will Ennunciate the first part of
the current sentence.

     Command Change #4 -- ENTER REVIEW MODE:
     PREFIX FUNCTION-9 FUNCTION-10

     Press the PREFIX key followed by the FUNCTION 10 key to
enter Review Mode. You still exit from Review Mode by pressing
the ESCAPE key. Note that the FUNCTION 10 key alone is no
longer meaningful to Video Voice. This gets rid of a potential
source of conflict between Video Voice and another program.

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     CHANGES TO THE CONFIGURATION FILE (GRCONFIG.YAK):
You can now preset your preferred start-up configuration in
GRCONFIG.YAK. Examples are:
     SPEECHRATE = 5
     PUNCTUATION = 3
     SPEECHSOURCE = 3 (for screen echo only)
     SPEECHUNIT = 2 (speak words instead of single charcters
when echoing)

     You can set windows in the configuration file too. Some
examples:
     WINDOW1 = 5,1;25,80;asksam
     WINDOW3 = 1,1;25,80;wholescreen
     WINDOW9 = 3,1;24,80;wordstar

     The proper syntax for setting up windows in the configuration
file is:
     WINDOWNUMBER =
          leftrow,leftcolumn;rightrow,rightcolumn;windowname.

     Remember that there can be no spaces in the
WINDOWNUMBER or the window definition (the string of characters
that specify rows and columns and the windowname). Be careful
with the commas and semicolons. The WINDOWNUMBER can be
WINDOW1, WINDOW2, etc., all the way up to WINDOW9

     In general, If you specify an invalid configuration, Video
Voice picks the closest valid value.

     Unfortunately, you still can't set the pitch or voice in the
configuration file. Each synthesizer handles these configurations
differently.

     ADDITIONAL SYNTHESIZERS NOW SUPPORTED:
     Firstsyn = Intextalker
     Firstsyn = Microvox
     Firstsyn = TNT for Votrax Type'n'talk
     Firstsyn = BOSS for the Automated Functions BOSS (Battery-
operated synthesizer).

     Of course, you can also specify these synthesizers as
Secondsyn.  Also note that the Type'N'Talk and the BOSS cannnot
change pitches, so uppercase letters are preceded by the word
"cap".

     You can now set your COMPUTERTYPE, which is useful if you
have a computer which purports to be a compatible, but really is
not. With it, Video Voice can cope with some differences among
compatible (and not-so-compatible) machines. If your IBM
compatible isn't working quite right, try changing the
COMPUTERTYPE keyword in your configuration file.

     For example for my Kaypro 2000, my GRCONFIG.YAK
configuration file looks like this:
     Firstsyn = Echo
     Computertype = E
     Speechrate = 2
     SpeechUnit = 2

     COMPUTERTYPEs range from A through F. Just add the
keyword COMPUTERTYPE to your configuration file, followed by a
space, followed by the EQUALS sign, followed by another SPACE,
followed by a single letter A through F, followed by the ENTER
key.

     These are the valid COMPUTERTYPEs:
     A    Genuine IBM PC/XT/AT (the default). The ROM, video,
and serial are all standard.

     B    The ROM and video are both standard; the serial is not.
It does not require the use of LCOM to load Video Voice (LCOM is
what makes Video Voice handle the serial port so nicely). The
serial port may cause the computer to lock up.

     C    The ROM and serial are both standard; the video is not.
This COMPUTERTYPE will not let Video Voice work with Sidekick,
and lots of other programs that play silly games with the cursor. It
does not check the hardware to confirm the cursor location.

     D    The ROM is standard; both video and serial are not.
Video Voice might get confused by the way the screen is handled.
This COMPUTERTYPE will not do software handshaking and will
only do hardware handshaking with proper cable.

     E    The serial is standard; both ROM and video are not. The
serial port might behave properly, but video is questionable.

     F    PC not-very-compaitble -- the ROM, video, and serial are
ALL NON-STANDARD. In the face of almost insurmountable
adversity, Video Voice keeps on going, albeit a bit slow and
clunkily.

     COMPUTERTYPE A is the most compatible and F is the least.
Just keep trying different letters in your configuration file until
you find the one which works best.