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Star Trek Omnipedia Premier Edition (0-671-56784-5)(Simon & Schuster Interactive)(1995).iso
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CONTENTS
I. Setting Up Speech Recognition For Windows
II. Hints On Speaking
III. Vocabulary
I. SETTING UP SPEECH RECOGNITION
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1. The system requirements for Speech Recognition are...
-486 or Pentium PC
-Sound Blaster 16, Microsoft Sound System or
other "100% Sound Blaster 16 compatible" board.
-8mb or more of RAM
-For best accuracy, use a true Soundblaster 16 card.
The speech software is NOT compatible with Windows 95 or
Windows NT. For a free upgrade for Windows 95, send in
your registration card.
2. Run "SETUP.EXE" from the CD-ROM. Choose
"Standard Installation" and "Speech Recognition" options.
3. Plug a microphone into your sound card. For best accuracy,
use the standard microphone that is shipped with
SoundBlaster cards and the Microsoft Sound System.
4. Close all other applications, TSR's, networking software,
extraneous drivers, etc. before launching Omnipedia. This
software is especially sensitive to inadequate free DOS Memory.
5. Restart the machine and run Windows.
6. Check the microphone-input volume. For SoundBlaster cards,
this is located in the "Creative Mixer" application. Generally,
the most accurate setting is the second or third lowest setting.
7. Make sure that the Microphone input is working. To make sure
your microphone is functioning properly, do the following:
A. Within the Accessories Group, there is an icon
called "Sound Recorder."
B. Double click on "Sound Recorder".
C. Click on the Record button to verify that your microphone
is connected and functiuoning properly.
8. Run "Star Trek Omnipedia" from the Program Manager.
9. Once Omnipedia is ready, the "SPEECH" button will become
available, if Speech Recognition was installed. Click the
"SPEECH" button to activate Speech Recognition. If there are
no errors, the button should turn yellow, and then show a
speaker icon. The speaker icon means that the microphone is
on, and Omnipedia is listening for your commands. Clicking
on this button will now toggle the microphone on and off.
II. HINTS ON SPEAKING
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- Speak the phrase evenly and continuously. Don't pause,
for example, between "Play" and "Video". The last syllable
in the phrase is just as important as the first.
- Speak at a conversational volume.
- Use the software in a quiet room. Any ambient noise, such
as someone speaking in the background, may confuse Omnipedia.
- Pronounce each syllable slowly, clearly, and CONTINUOUSLY.
Speech Recognition will get confused if you pause in the middle
of a phrase.
- Use inflection, rather than speaking in a monotone.
An expressive, bubbly voice is more likely to be recognized.
- Relax. Wait for the speaker icon to show that Omnipedia is
listening.
- Hold the microphone 6 inches away from your mouth for
best accuracy.
- Speech Recognition is not available in Topics Mode or in
Help. The microphone will be turned off automatically when you
enter these modes. When you leave one of these modes, the
microphone will turn on automatically, if it had been on before.
- You may only have partial success with the alphabet, since
short sounds are hard to recognize.
- If it seems that the computer did not respond to your command,
try saying it again. Make sure that the microphone is listening, as evidenced
by the speaker icon in the "SPEECH" button. Although we have
employed state-of-the-art Speech Recognition technology from
Dragon Systems, Inc., the computer will occasionally mistake
the command you spoke for something else. Patience is a virtue.
III. VOCABULARY
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Omnipedia will respond to the following spoken commands...
"Next Entry", "Previous Entry"
Chooses the next or previous entry in the index list.
"Back"
Links to the last entry that you were viewing.
"Play Video", "Play Sound"
Plays a video or audio clip, if the current entry contains one.
"Resources"
Links to a related resource, if the current entry has one.
"Show Photo One", "Show Photo Two", "Show Photo Three",
"Show Photo Four", "Show Photo Five"
Enlarges a picon, if the entry has one.
"Close", "Close All Windows"
"Close" closes the topmost floating window.
"Close All Windows" closes all of them.
"Scroll Forward","Scroll Backward"
Scrolls the entry text forward or backward.
"Scroll Entries Forward", "Scroll Entries Backward"
Scrolls the index list forward or backward.
"Open Find Strip", "Close Find Strip"
Opens or closes the Find Strip.
"Begin Entry Search"
Searches the entry names for the currently entered
Find Strip word.
"Begin Word Search"
Searches the entry text for the currently entered
Find Strip word.
"Encyclopedia Mode", "Episode Mode", "Chronology Mode",
"Resources Mode", "Topics Mode", "Found Entries Mode"
Speak one of these phrases to switch to one of these modes.
Speech is not available in Topics Mode.
"Hyperlink", "Link To", or "Link"
Any of these will launch "Hyperlink Mode". This allows you
to follow links, or choose an entry from the index list.
Once you have entered "Hyperlink Mode", speak the number of
the entry that you wish to view.
Say "Cancel" to exit this mode.
"Deactivate Omnipedia"
This will launch "Deactivation Mode". Once you have entered
this mode, say "Confirm Deactivation" or "Quit" to quit
Omnipedia. Say "Cancel Deactivation" or "Resume" to exit
this mode.
"Letter A, Letter B", "Letter C" . . . "Letter Z"
In Encyclopedia Mode, say one of these phrases to view that
section of the index.
"All", "T O S","Movies","T N G","D S 9"
In Episode Mode, say one of these phrases to view that section
of the index list. For "T O S", "T N G". and "D S 9", speak
each letter distinctly, without pausing between letters.
"Help"
Enters "Help Mode". Speech is not available in this mode.
Click "Exit Help" to leave this mode.