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- This is a freeware version of WinSpeech 3.0 text reading application. The
- system requirements are: IBM PC or compatible computer, with at least 3 MB
- of free hard disk space, running Windows 3.1 or higher. To install the
- program, run "setup.exe" from Windows Program Manager.
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- This "zip" file can be freely distributed under the following conditions:
- 1. All the files need to be stayed together and not modified.
- 2. The "zip" file contains a PC's speaker device driver from the Microsoft
- Corporation, the included license agreement ("license.txt") of the device
- driver should be carefully read and agreed to.
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- New features in Rev. 3.0.
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- 1. Better speech quality.
- 2. Fewer mispronounced words.
- 3. Improved text-to-words conversion for handling abbreviations, ordinal
- numbers, currencies, punctuation signs, ... etc.
- 4. Read Windows WRITE (WRI) files.
- 5. Read contents on the Clipboard directly - automatic Clipboard mode for
- speaking whenever contents change, and hot key for speech control from
- other Windows programs. These features let the WinSpeech 3.0 be used
- as the speech add-on utility for other Windows applications.
- 6. Separated dictionary editor with improved user's interface.
- 7. Allows of loading different dictionaries and voice data sets.
- 8. Allows of changing speaking speed and voice pitch.
- 9. Status window for showing program status and currently opened file.
- 10. Command line parameters for reading a file or a string automatically when
- program starts, and other options like minimize window and disable showing
- title.
- 11. Pop up instructions for graphical buttons.
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- Contact information.
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- PC WholeWare,
- 33 Justin Street,
- Lexington, MA 02173,
- U.S.A.
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- E-mail address: wholeware@aol.com
- Web URL: http://users.aol.com/WholeWare/index.html
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- (The following files are from the Microsoft device driver library.
- speaker.drv
- oemsetup.inf
- license.txt
- speaker.txt
- audio.txt)
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