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- Kurzweil VoicePad for Windows 95
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- Release 1.0
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- READ ME
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- AUDIO INPUT
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- 1. Confirming Correct Installation
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- Confirm correct installation by starting Kurzweil VoicePad, adding
- yourself as a new user, checking sound levels, and adjusting the
- microphone gain as needed. Confirm proper operation by dictating
- to the system. Follow these steps:
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- A. Start Kurzweil VoicePad. Add your name to the user list as a new
- user. Read the initial help dialog, and press OK. The Start User
- screen appears. Select your name from the start user screen and
- press OK. If a dialog appears saying "Kurzweil VoicePad cannot
- control the microphone gain," you will have to perform step C3, below.
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- B. Complete a sound levels check by saying "Sound Levels" and
- following the prompts on the screen. You will be prompted to record
- four seconds of silence and to say nine words, "testing one two
- three...six seven eight."
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- C. Adjust the Microphone Gain as Needed:
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- 1. If the difference between the level of silence and the level
- of your Kurzweil VoicePad is not greater than two ticks on the sound
- levels meter, press the Mike Gain button and raise the gain.
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- 2. If the sound levels meter doesn't respond to your Kurzweil VoicePad
- (even after you've raised the gain), check the following:
- - Make sure the microphone plug is connected to the microphone jack
- on your sound board.
- - If a microphone gain button is present in the Sound Levels dialog,
- press it, and raise the gain by a couple of ticks.
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- 3. If the gain button is not present, the microphone gain must be
- set outside of Kurzweil VoicePad. See "Adjusting the Microphone Gain
- Outside of Kurzweil VoicePad" in on-line help (search on the keyword
- "microphone").
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- 4. If you still can't get a proper sound levels check, record a
- test sentence using the sound recorder icon in the Accessories
- program group to check the output sound quality of your sound
- board. See "Checking Sound Board Fidelity" (search on the keyword
- "soundboard) in on-line help for this procedure.
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- 2. Sound Board Compatibility
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- Extensive steps have been taken to assure that Kurzweil VoicePad is
- compatible with the widest possible range of Sound Blaster
- 16-compatible and Windows-compatible, 16-bit sound boards. If you
- experience recognition difficulty or find that the microphone
- doesn't hear anything you say, the problem may be due to one of
- the following:
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- A. Incorrect microphone gain. Because of the variations in
- microphone gain among sound boards, Kurzweil VoicePad's default
- microphone gain setting may be incorrect for your sound board. If
- recognition appears to be poor or erratic the first time you use
- Kurzweil VoicePad, see "Adjusting Microphone Gain Inside Kurzweil
- VoicePad" in on-line help for information about correcting the problem
- (search on keyword "microphone").
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- B. Nonconforming sound board. You should be able to use Kurzweil
- VoicePad to control your microphone gain, but if your sound board
- does not conform to accepted Windows conventions, you may need to
- refer to "Adjusting Microphone Gain Outside Kurzweil VoicePad" in
- on-line help for information about correcting the problem (search on
- keyword "microphone").
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- KNOWN PROBLEMS AND WORKAROUNDS IN KURZWEIL VOICEPAD 1.0
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- 1. "Say" Command in the Active Words Window
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- In the Active Words window, do not select the "Say" command from the pop-up
- menu because Kurzweil VoicePad may crash. If this occurs, please restart
- Kurzweil VoicePad and continue. To avoid this, you can double-click
- on the item in the Active Words window.
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- 2. Disk drive spinning during Setup
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- You may hear prolonged spinning of the disk drive during your setup of
- Kurzweil VoicePad. Do not be concerned; it is part of the mechanics of the
- Install Shield.
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- FEATURES AND APPLICATION NOTES
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- 1. Changing Kurzweil VoicePad System Files Using a Text Editor
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- When you add or edit commands using the Active Words window, Kurzweil
- VoicePad automatically formats these commands in Kurzweil VoicePad .kvv
- system files. If you are forced to edit .kvv files using a text editor
- (Notepad or Wordpad), you must insert an asterisk after the equal sign. The
- edited entry must be left justified. For example:
- "MY ADDRESS" =* "123 Main St.", , TEXT, Y, N
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- CONFIGURATION
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- 1. Memory Requirements
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- VoicePad ships with a 12,000 word vocabulary and the ability for users to
- add an additional 500 words or commands. It requires approximately 5.5
- DEDICATED RAM. This does not include the memory required
- for the Windows 95 operating system and any other applications you may
- be running. Your applications and the operating system typically require
- 8 MB of RAM. Consequently, you will probably need a total of 16 MB of RAM
- to run VoicePad.
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- 2. System Requirements
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- Kurzweil VoicePad Release 1.0 may perform adequately on a 486-based PC, but
- a Pentium-based PC is strongly recommended.
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