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APPENDIX A:
outSPOKEN's COMPONENT FILES
Program Files
The outSPOKEN program files are located in the root
directory of the outSPOKEN installation disk. If you
have installed outSPOKEN to your computer's hard disk,
these files have been copied to the outSPOKEN directory
(by default, C:\OSW). Each program file is listed below
along with its basic function.
GUIACCES.EXE The core of outSPOKEN. This is the
program which must be executed from within Windows to
start outSPOKEN.
BSIVKD.386 This is a keyboard driver which outSPOKEN
uses instead of the standard keyboard driver provided
by Windows.
GUISTART.SCP This file specifies the filenames of
outSPOKEN extensions, such as input and output drivers,
which are to be linked to outSPOKEN when it is started.
This is an ASCII file, and can be viewed with a
standard text editor. Each line in the file is of the
form:
Load xxxxxxxx.dll
where xxxxxxxx is the name of another of outSPOKEN's
component files.
PCKBDIN.DLL This file allows outSPOKEN to accept
commands from the PC keyboard. It is one of the files
loaded in GUISTART.SCP.
OSSPEECH.DLL This file is outSPOKEN's generic
connection to the speech output drivers, which connect
to specific speech synthesizers (listed below). This is
one of the files loaded in GUISTART.SCP.
BSISCP.DLL This file contains outSPOKEN's keyboard
commands. This is one of the files loaded in
GUISTART.SCP.
KEYHOOK.DLL This file is part of the keyboard input
chain connecting BSIVKD.386 to PCKBDIN.DLL.
Dictionary and Preferences Files
All of outSPOKEN's preferences settings (Section 5.1)
are stored in preferences files in the outSPOKEN
directory (by default, C:\OSW). These outSPOKEN
preferences files are called OSSPEECH.INI and OS.PRF.
In addition to these preferences files, outSPOKEN
maintains all icon definitions in files called graphics
dictionaries (Section 5.2.3). These dictionaries are
also kept in the outSPOKEN directory, and have the file
extension ".DIC".
OSSPEECH.INI contains outSPOKEN's voice settings. This
file is an ASCII file, and can be viewed with a
standard text editor, though we do not recommend using
an editor to modify the file. Each outSPOKEN voice has
its own section headed by the voice's name contained in
brackets ([]). The entries in each section are: Rate,
Volume, Inflection, Filter, and Aux. For details about
these voice settings and the significance of the
different voices, see Section 5.1.1.
OS.PRF is the file which contains the settings for all
of outSPOKEN's preferences. This file is an ASCII file,
and can be viewed with a standard text editor, though
we do not recommend using an editor to modify the file.
Each line of this file contains the name of a
particular setting, followed by that setting's current
value. For more information about the significance of
these settings, see Sections 5.1.2-5.1.8.
outSPOKEN ships with a number of graphics dictionaries.
They can be found in the root directory of the
outSPOKEN disk. In general, the file name contains a
hint about the type of icons the dictionary contains.
For example, the dictionary WIN3BIT.DIC contains names
for standard Windows graphics in a three bit color
scheme (sixteen colors). The outSPOKEN installer copies
all dictionary files from the program disk to the hard
disk. For information on the exact filenames of the
dictionaries shipped with the current version of
outSPOKEN, see the README file on the outSPOKEN DISK.
Speech Synthesizer Driver Files
outSPOKEN uses drivers to communicate with the speech
synthesizer to which it is connected. Because each
synthesizer is slightly different, outSPOKEN has a
number of different drivers, each tailored to a
specific synthesizer or group of synthesizers. The
driver for your synthesizer must be run from DOS before
launching Windows with outSPOKEN. outSPOKEN's
installer, OSINSTAL.EXE, automatically adds a line to
the AUTOEXEC.BAT file to load the appropriate
synthesizer driver whenever the computer is started.
If your synthesizer is external (not a card inserted
into the computer), the port to which it is attached
must be specified on the command line when the driver
is run. Serial synthesizers must have the letter "S" in
front of the port number, while parallel synthesizers
must have the letter "L". Remember to leave a space
between the driver name and the port designation, but
not between the letter ("S" or "L") and the port number
(e.g., ARTIC S2). For more information about
synthesizer drivers, see Section 2.2.1. For a complete
list of currently supported synthesizers, check the
README file on the outSPOKEN disk.
List by Driver
ACCENT.COM Accent PC, Accent SA
APOLLO.COM Apollo
ARTIC.COM Artic 210, Artic 215, Artic 220,
Votalker, Votrax
ASP.COM ASP Synthesizer
AUDAPTER.COM Audapter System
BNS.COM Braille'n Speak, Braille Blazer,
Type'n Speak
DEC-C.COM DecTalk Classic, Kurzweil
Personal Reader
DECPC.COM DecTalk PC
DOUBLE.COM DoubleTalk, DoubleTalk LT,
LiteTalk
ECHO-N.COM New Echo
ECHO.COM Echo GP
MULTI.COM MultiVoice
PB.COM PocketBraille
SB.COM SoundingBoard
List by Synthesizer
Accent ACCENT.COM
Apollo APOLLO.COM
Artic ARTIC.COM
ASP Synthesizer ASP.COM
Audapter AUDAPTER.COM
Braille `n Speak BNS.COM
Braille Blazer BNS.COM
DECtalk Classic DEC-C.COM
DECtalk PC DECPC.COM
DoubleTalk DOUBLE.COM
DoubleTalk-LT DOUBLE.COM
Echo GP ECHO.COM
Kurzweil Personal Reader DEC-C.COM
LiteTalk DOUBLE.COM
MultiVoice MULTI.COM
New Echo ECHO-N.COM
PocketBraille PB.COM
SoundingBoard SB.COM
Type'n Speak BNS.COM
VoTalker ARTIC.COM