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- TalkToMe - version 2.4
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- ********* README.TXT **********
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- Description:
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- Ever wish your computer could talk to you? Well, now it can with TalkToMe...
- TalkToMe is a full-featured talking program that uses cartoon characters to:
- ╖ Read your E-Mail
- ╖ Read your letters and documents to you.
- ╖ Read web pages for you.
- ╖ Send Animated Messages to friends.
- ╖ Say designated Greetings.
- ╖ Announce time at certain intervals.
- . Set alarms and announce reminder messages.
- ╖ Speak your wave files.
- ╖ Be your desktop companion.
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- To Install:
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- Run the setup program: setupttm.exe
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- System Requirements:
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- -Windows« 95, Windows« 98
- -An Intel« Pentium 75-MHz PC (or faster)
- -At least 16 MB of RAM
- -Lernout & Hauspie« TruVoice Text-To-Speech Engine for speech output. (Included in the setup program)
- -At least 7 MB free disk space for the core components
- -An additional 2-4 MB for each character you install.
- -A Windows-compatible sound card
- -A compatible set of speakers
- -Microsoft Agent (included in setup program)
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- License:
- ----------
- This program has licensing restrictions and is not freely distributable.
- (see "cost" below)
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- Contact Info:
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- Company: Cantrell-Software
- Contact: Chris Cantrell
- E-Mail : cantrell@trusted.net
- WebSite: http://www.trusted.net/~cantrell/talktome.htm
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- Cost:
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- $24.95 U.S. Dollars. (1 license)
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- What's new in Version 2.4?
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- Fixed "delete message(s) from server" feature.
- Added "Test message action" to test specific animated message action.
- Added feature to 'Delete All Messages."
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- What's new in version 2.3
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- - Fixed populating "language" listbox.
- - Fixed potential error "Type Mismatch" if time was left empty for checking mail.
- - Fixed "Announce Time" feature; the character would announce although it wasn't checked.
- - Fixed "error 91" if you hit "cancel" in the main screen.
- - Added "Reminder" function to allow scheduling of reminders/alarms.
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- What's new in version 2.2
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- - Added additional mail checking and logging.
- - Minor cosmetic interface (screen) changes.
- - Fixed (potential) problem with "Runtime error 91" when reading animated messages.
- - Fixed minor mail problems.
- - Fixed bug when clicking on the 'TEST' tab then clicking 'PLAY' when nothing was selected to play. This would previously generate a runtime error.
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- What's new in version 2.0
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- - Added menu item 'STOP Talking' to manually make the character quit speaking.
- - Added function to make the character break up the speech when reading from the clipboard.
- - Added icons to the main screen tabs.
- - Added icons to the mail screen list.
- - Added Stop button when reading clipboard text, to immediately end the character talking.
- - Added two more characters to ignore from speech text (4 total).
- - Added feature to automatically remove HTML code/tags from characters speech.
- - Added Multi-Language support for 30 different languages.
- - Added program group with help file and program shortcuts to setup program.
- - Added the ability to adjust the characters voice 'pitch'.
- - Added a volume tag to code to make the characters voice as loud as possible.
- - Added ability to change install directory.
- - Added "Link-Select" (hand) icon to buttons that take you to web-sites.
- - Added a 'Hot-Key' for reading the clipboard text (Ctrl-T).
- - Added a function so the program cannot be opened more than once.
- - Added feature to optionally bring up the menu when the character is clicked.
- - Added two menu items to "Hide Character" or "Show Character."
- - Added menu item to "Send Animated Message."
- - Added auto-adjust volume for setting systems 'wave' volume level to high while speaking.
- - Added name (if it exists) to the 'Goodbye' exit greeting.
- - Added feature to optionally speak a wave file at startup.
- - Added 'Auto-Read from clipboard' feature to read clipboard when new text is placed on it.
- - Changed Time Announcement to optionally say the time every 15, 30 or 60 minutes.
- - Changed feature where character will only react when clicked if nothing is in the que.
- - Removed 32k limitation of Reading Clipboard text. Now it is unlimited.
- - If 'Test Message' has to load a new character, it now unloads when finished with message.
- - Fixed miscellaneous mail and mail checking problems.
- - Changed colors on certain buttons for better clarity.
- - Made program Shareware/Trialware.
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- What's new in version 1.7
- --------------------------
- ╖ Added more tooltips with better descriptions.
- ╖ Added "Extra Large" and "Extra Small" to character sizes.
- ╖ Fixed mouse pointer re-set if you answer 'NO' to overwriting a message file.
- ╖ Fixed problem with error "32017 Invalid Message" when loggin on to Outlook Express e-mail client.
- ╖ Fixed miscellaneous problems with reading ".TTM" (animated message files).
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- What's new in version 1.6
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- ╖ Added option to change "Character Size" under "Character" tab.
- ╖ Changed name of "Settings" tab, to "Startup."
- ╖ Added Menu Option to "Read Clipboard Text."
- ╖ Added option to Make an announcement file to be sent with the animated message file attachment.
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- What's new in version 1.5
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- - Removed API calls for System Tray icon menu, and replaced it with an ActiveX control.
- This seems to be more stable and should work for everyone.
- (Note: This also solved a problem under some Windows 95 systems where they would get a "runtime error: -214741783")
- - Changed icon click to accept any mouse click to bring up menu.
- - Added "Animated Message" feature to "Create Message" as a file, so it could alternatively
- be sent as an attachment instead of having to go through the e-mail client.
- Some people were having trouble when they hit "Send Message" because it couldn't log-in to
- some e-mail programs.
- - Added a feature to check for a previous existence of itself to see if it was already running, so the program didn't
- get oned more than one time.
- - Added feature to "Open Animated Message" which allows the user to open the message from a specific location.
- - Added file association for ".ttm" files (TalToMe Animated messages) to bring up TalkToMe and do/read the message.
- - Added a checkbox on the 'MAIL' tab in the main screen to "Resolve address"
- since this was causing problems with some e-mail programs when sending messages...
- Specifically, Netscape Messenger.
- - Removed ability to sort columns in the 'Mail Center' view. This cause problems when
- deleting mail, since the mail wasn't in order any more...
- - Corrected Time of day problem. When it was midnight it thought it was afternoon.
- - Added feature to (optionally) save the character's location, if you want him in another location on the screen
- than down by the taskbar which is the default character location.
- - Added feature "Speak Wave File" to have the character speak a wave sound file.
- - Added menu option to go to TalkToMe website.
- - Added error checking for opening the default internet browser when you choose to "Download more characters" or go to the
- menu options for "TalkToMe website" or "download latest version." It will now open a shell process if the original
- command fails. Then if that fails, a messagebox with the address will be brought up.
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- What's new in version 1.4
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- - Fixed runtime error problem when changing the default character.
- - Added tooltips to window options that needed them.
- - Removed option to delete messages individually from the server in the
- mail screen for POP mail server settings. There was already a checkbox
- in the "Mail" tab under "When Messages arrive," to "Delete from server"
- so It seemed redundant and didn't seem to work for most pop servers.
- - Replaced the text for "Clear Message" with "Delete Message" to remove
- messages from the list.
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- What's new in version 1.3
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- - Changed RIGHT mouse double-click to bring up menu, to just a single Left mouse click.
- - Fixed problems with long animated text messages.
- - Added 'Advanced Optimizations' to make program faster and more efficient.
- - Changed Month format from an abbreviation (i.e. Mar.) to the full Month (i.e. March).
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