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- ******* WORD EDITING *******
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- Speech! Version 2 contains a new user-friendly word editor, which allows you
- to add (or delete) "separate words". By "separate word" is meant a word
- which is preceded and followed by a space. (Such words appear in the
- dictionary as "word< > ".)
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- The phoneme definition for a "separate word" only applies to that word and
- no derivatives (e.g. the plural) with the exception of 's. Punctuation
- (including ') is taken by the program as being equivalent to a space.
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- To illustrate the above, take as an example a word such as "cat". Using the
- new editor one can include a definition for cat as a "separate word". The
- definition will then always apply if the word "cat" appears, provided there
- is a space or punctuation before and after. It would not apply to words such
- as "cats" or "tomcat", which would have to be entered separately using the
- editor.
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- To edit a dictionary file, drop it on the Icon Bar or into any Speech!
- window. Enter the word into the Word input box, using lower case letters.
- When RETURN is pressed, the Editor searches the dictionary file in memory.
- If a match is found as a "separate word", then the phoneme definition will
- appear in the Previous box, and also in the Phonemes box ready for editing.
- The caret will be placed at the end of the phoneme string. If the word could
- not be found as a "separate word", then the phoneme definition will be
- presented in the Phonemes box. In both cases the word will be spoken.
- Pressing RETURN from the Phonemes box will also speak the phonemes.
- Alternatively, click on the little "speaker" icons to hear either the
- current phonemes for the word, or, if present, the Previous phonemes. This
- is useful for comparison purposes when editing the phonemes in the Phonemes
- box. Phonemes must be entered in upper case letters. The up/down cursor keys
- can be used to move between the Word and Phoneme boxes.
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- The grid in the lower part of the Editor window lists all 52 phonemes. Use
- SELECT to enter the phoneme into the Phonemes string or ADJUST to hear the
- phoneme.
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- (You can drop text files on to the icon bar as normal and also on to the
- Editor window. This will take you back to control mode and open the Control
- window. If the dictionary file in memory has been modified, then an error
- box will give you the opportunity to cancel the text load and hence save the
- modified module/dictionary.)
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- The option buttons have the following functions:
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- Add - used to add a word/phoneme combination to the dictionary file in
- memory. If the word already existed as a "separate word", then this will
- display Change instead of Add, because you would be changing the phonemes
- used for this word.
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- Delete - used to delete a "separate word" from the dictionary file in
- memory.
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- Quit - used to exit the dictionary editor. If the dictionary file in memory
- has been modified, you will be warned via an error dialogue box. Save - pops
- up the Save dialogue box, which operates as normal. The Save box can also
- be accessed via the menu system as with most other applications.
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- The dictionary file is automatically updated when you save the new Speech!
- module, so some care has to be taken in determining where files are kept in
- order to avoid disc errors (e.g. removing the disc the dictionary file
- was loaded from). The Speech! module in the !Speech! application is not
- updated.
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- Remember, you can use !Help to assist you.