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TINYTALK DISTRIBUTION FILES, VERSION 1.06
READ.ME What you're doing right now
TTALK.DOC User guide
SYNINFO.DOC Names/addresses of synthesizer manufacturers
TTACCENT.EXE Tinytalk for Accent synthesizers
TTASP.EXE Tinytalk for the Automated Functions ASP board
TTAUDAPT.EXE Tinytalk for the Audapter
TTBGM.EXE Tinytalk for the BG Micro Computalker board
TTDEC.EXE Tinytalk for the Dectalk
TTDEMO.EXE Tinytalk for the PC's internal speaker (not really suitable
for serious use; provided for demonstration purposes)
TTDOUBLE.EXE Tinytalk for the Doubletalk PC
TTECHO.EXE Tinytalk for the Echo PC/GP (also works with the Braille 'n'
Speak)
TTLAPTLK.EXE Tinytalk for the Laptalk (from Computersmith; not to be
confused with the Automated Functions Laptalker, which uses
TTASP)
TTSONIX.EXE Tinytalk for Sonix-interface synthesizers (Artic, Votalker)
TTSOUND.EXE Tinytalk for the Soundingboard (also compatible with any
synthesizer that supports PortTalk)
TTTNT.EXE Tinytalk for the Votrax Type&Talk
TTCONF.EXE Configuration load/save utility
VIEWCONF.EXE Configuration display utility
RELEASE NOTES
1.06
Maintenance release
BUGS FIXED
Alt-Escape now works properly
1.05
Maintenance release
NEW SYNTHESIZERS SUPPORTED
BG Micro Computalker (and other designs based on General Instruments chip
set)
1.04
Maintenance release
BUGS FIXED
Eliminated keyboard echo of control characters
Added extra space before punctuation to ensure that "a" is pronounced OK
Turning off keyboard echo no longer disables cursor tracking
Hitting any key in words mode echo will shut up synthesizer
PageUp and PageDown keys will no longer trigger cursor movement action
(this was causing premature shutups with some programs using BIOS output)
1.03
Maintenance release
BUGS FIXED
Laptalk version now handshakes correctly
1.02
Maintenance release
BUGS FIXED
Dectalk version no longer requires timeout to speak some prompts
1.01
Maintenance release
BUGS FIXED
Accent version now defaults to LPT3 rather than non-existent LPT4
1.00
First official shareware release
BUGS FIXED
Run-on problem with keyboard buzz
Tone setting for Audapter
Scroll windows reading outside their boundaries
Lockup when using automatic configuration
Shutup problem with Dectalk
NEW SYNTHESIZERS SUPPORTED
Doubletalk PC
Laptalk
Type&Talk
Demo version using internal PC speaker
Sonix synthesizers without Porttalk
NEW FEATURES
Reading any window without going into review
Changes for Paradox: check marks now spoken, additional cursor movement
options, etc.
Output options for horizontal cursor moves
Improved cursor movement detection
Improved forms mode
"Silent" verbosity option
Words without vowels now spelled out on all synthesizers
Lightbar reading works with highlighted letters
Smarter automatic lightbar attribute detection
Allows use of synthesizer number processing if available
Shutup command now works even when speech is backed up
Synthesizer settings now say reference numbers.
User-defined punctuation
Right margin bell
Protected attribute alert.
Environment variable for TTCONF and VIEWCONF
Direct horizontal cursor move in review
Relative horizontal and vertical cursor moves in review
OTHER
Substantial rewrite of manual.
VERSION 0.27 CONFIGURATION FILES ARE NO LONGER COMPATIBLE
0.27--Fixed setup problem with Audapter. Changed BIOS output intercept
logic to eliminate need to load ANSI.SYS on some systems. Added option to
make letters-mode keyboard echo interruptable.
0.26--Added support for the Dectalk and Audapter, and fixed a bug in
parameter setting in the PortTalk version.
0.25--Added support for synthesizers other than the Echo
Copyright 1991 by Eric Bohlman. All rights reserved. See TTALK.DOC for
conditions of use/distribution.