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ENABLE READER 4.0         OPERATIONS MANUAL          CHAPTER 3-1


               CHAPTER 3  USING ENABLE READER 4.0


3.0  USING THIS CHAPTER OF THE MANUAL

This chapter will introduce you to the Enable Reader commands.
The chapter is not a tutorial, but you can learn the basics of
using Enable Reader by trying out the commands and operations as
they are discussed.  There will be some representative examples
for you to try.


3.1  STARTING THE ENABLE READER PROGRAM

Once you have set up your disks, you are ready to use Enable
Reader.  From now on, whenever you start a session at the
computer you should:

1.   Turn on your computer if it is off.

2.   Turn on your speech synthesizer.  You should always turn on
     the synthesizer AFTER the computer.

3a.  If your computer boots from a floppy disk, boot the
     computer with the Enable Reader System Disk.  Enable Reader
     will automatically be loaded into the computer for you.
     You will hear the Enable Reader Startup Message.  Then you
     will be asked to type in the date, and then the time.
     (This assumes that the  AUTOEXEC.BAT  file is the same as
     the one provided on the PROGRAM Disk.)

3b.  If your computer boots from a hard disk, wait for it to go
     through the bootup procedure.  Then type in the name of the
     Enable Reader program to execute it (for example
     ENABLE_D.EXE).  (If you have put the name of the Enable
     Reader program in the  AUTOEXEC.BAT  file, you don't have
     to type it in.  See Section 2.6 in this Manual.)  You will
     hear the Enable Reader Startup Message.

4.   Enable Reader is now active in your computer.

When you want to end your session, turn off your speech
synthesizer, and then turn off your computer.  Always turn off
the synthesizer BEFORE turning off the computer.  Never turn the
computer on or off with the synthesizer on.

If you try to boot with the Enable Reader System Disk, or
otherwise try to execute the Enable Reader program, and you
forget to turn on your speech synthesizer first, the computer
will freeze up.  You will have to reboot your computer.  If the
computer won't boot, you will have to turn it off and then on
again.  But remember to turn the synthesizer off first, then
turn the computer off, wait at least fifteen seconds, then turn
the computer back on, then turn the synthesizer back on.









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3.2  READ MODE AND INPUT MODE

There are two modes of operation when Enable Reader is active in
your computer -- the INPUT Mode and the READ Mode.  You can
switch back and forth between these modes by typing the CONTROL
and RIGHT SHIFT key combination.  This means you hold down the
CONTROL key, tap the RIGHT SHIFT key, then release the CONTROL
key.  When you enter the Read Mode the computer says  READ DATA,
and when you enter the Input Mode the computer says  INPUT DATA.

When you first start the Enable Reader program, you are put in
the Input Mode.

When you are in the Input Mode, you can type the usual commands
that the computer expects.  For instance, if you are at the
operating system level, you can get a directory with the  DIR
command, copy files with the  COPY  command, et cetera.  If you
are running a word processor, all the word processing functions
will work as usual.

When you want to use the features of Enable Reader, then you
need to switch to the Read Mode.  Now the commands that you type
are Enable Reader commands.  The operations that were occuring
in the Input Mode are halted, and the contents of the screen
remains fixed until you go back to the Input Mode.  NOTE THAT
ALL THE ENABLE READER COMMANDS ARE ACCESSED FROM THE READ MODE
UNLESS YOU ARE USING MACROS GENERTATED BY SUPERKEY.

If you would like to execute any Enable Reader commands, you
have to go into the Read Mode.  You can then execute any number
of Enable Reader commands you wish, before you go back to the
Input Mode to continue with your application.  NOTE THAT YOU
CANNOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE CONTENTS OF THE SCREEN WHILE YOU
ARE IN THE READ MODE.

At this point, you should practice going in and out of the Read
Mode.  Just type a few  CONTROL RIGHT SHIFT  toggles, and listen
to the synthesizer tell you which mode you are in.

There is a file on your MANUAL disk called  README.DOC  which
contains updates to the Operations Manual.  A good exercise at
this point would be to send this file to the synthesizer so that
you can listen to it.  To listen to the  README.DOC  file, put
the Enable Reader MANUAL disk in the default drive of your
computer, and make sure that you are in the Input Mode.  Type in
CLS    and then hit the  ENTER  key.  This will clear the
screen.  Now type in   TYPE README.DOC   and then hit the  ENTER
key.  The file will then display on the screen, and speak at the
same time.














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3.3  LISTENING TO THE CONTENTS OF THE SCREEN

Basically there are two main categories of operations within the
Read Mode -- screen review, and function setting.  The first
category, screen review, is basically the review of the
characters presently on the screen by listening to them through
the synthesizer.  You can listen to specific characters, words,
lines, or windows located anywhere on the screen.  The screen is
divided into 25 lines numbered 00 thru 24, and 80 columns
numbered 00 thru 79 .  The CURSOR MOVEMENT KEYS and the READING
KEYS are used to accomplish the screen review.

When you enter the Read Mode, the original cursor gets replaced
by a different and separate READ MODE CURSOR on the screen.  You
can move this cursor around on the screen, similar to the way
that you can move a wordprocessing cursor around on the screen
when you are in the Input Mode.  The characters you listen to
are chosen relative to this Read Mode Cursor.  The CURSOR
MOVEMENT KEYS move the Read Mode Cursor without speaking any of
the characters on the screen.  The READING KEYS actually speak
different portions of the screen.

There is another file on the MANUAL Disk called  EXAMPLE .  It
is a sample text file that you can display on the screen; then
you can practice the screen review commands on that file.
Display it on the screen the same way as you displayed the
README.DOC  file.  (Go into the Input Mode, type  CLS , and then
type   TYPE EXAMPLE  )

Now, let's learn how to review the screen.  First, go into the
Read Mode so that you can access the Enable Reader commands.
Then type the  U  for UP key.  The synthesizer should speak the
word  UP .  On the screen, the Read Mode Cursor moves up to the
line above.  If you hit the  D  key, the synthesizer will speak
the word  DOWN , and the Read Mode Cursor will move down one
line on the screen.  Notice how the synthesizer speaks the
command so that you have feedback on which key you are hitting.

How do you know the position of the Read Mode Cursor on the
screen?  There is a command that will tell you.  Type in the  C
for CURSOR key.  The synthesizer will speak the row and column
position of the cursor.  Now move the cursor up and down with
the  U  for UP  and  D  for DOWN keys, and verify with the  C
for CURSOR key that the cursor is really moving.

Three other Cursor Movement keys are the  R  for RETURN key,
which moves the Read Mode Cursor to the beginning of the current
line; the  F  key which moves the Read Mode Cursor to the end of
the current line; and the  H  for HOME key, which moves the Read
Mode Cursor to the top left corner of the screen.  Try them out.

Again, use the  C  for CURSOR key to check the position of the
cursor after each move.










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There is also a command to place the cursor at any point on the
screen.  As an example, if you want to place the cursor at line
five  column zero , you can do the following steps:

        Go into the Read Mode.

        Type  G  which is the GOTO command.
        The computer will now ask you to type in the line
        number.  Note that all line and column numbers are TWO
        DIGITS, so you type in  05  for the Number 5 line.

        The computer will now ask you to type in the column
        number, so you type in  00  .  The Read Mode Cursor will
        now move to line 05  column 00 , and speak its position.

Now let's cover some of the speaking keys.

Type the  S  for STEP  key.  Now type the  B  for BACK  key.
Keep alternating back and forth between these two keys.  If your
cursor is on top of some text, you should hear the same
character being spoken.  You are going back and forth over the
character, and speaking it.  The  S  key speaks the character
under the cursor and steps you forward one character.  The  B
key backs you up one character and then speaks the character
under the cursor.

The  W  for WORD key, and the  K  for WORDBACK key, are
analogous to the  S  and  B  keys, except that they operate on
words.

Now, to read the current line word by word, you use the WORD
command, which is the  W  key.  Each time you type a  W  the
computer speaks the word beginning with the position of the Read
Mode Cursor, and moves the Read Mode Cursor to the beginning of
the next word.

If you want to back up, reading words in the process, just type
the  K  key for each word you want to back up.

Three more Reading Keys are the  L  for LINE key, which speaks
from the beginning of the line up to the cursor; the SEMICOLON
key, which speaks from the cursor to the end of the screen, and
the  P  for PAGE key which speaks the entire contents of the
screen from beginning to end.  None of these keys move the
cursor.

If you type the  SEMICOLON  key or the  PAGE  key, you will
discover that you need a command to tell the synthesizer to shut
up.  Just hit the  Q  for QUIT key to stop the synthesizer from
speaking.  In general, to abort speech from the synthesizer AT
ANY TIME, go into the Read Mode and type the  QUIT  key.
(Depending on which synthesizer you are using, there might be a
delay until the synthesizer finally stops speaking.)  Keep this
QUIT  key in mind during the following exercise.









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Whenever you want to return to your original application, just
type  CONTROL RIGHT SHIFT  to return to the Input Mode.


3.4  WORKING WITH THE FUNCTIONS

The second category of operations contains commands to set
conditions and parameters defining HOW Enable Reader speaks.
The HELP KEYS, the COMMAND KEYS, the SYSTEM KEYS, and the
INTEGRATION KEYS make up this category.  With the HELP KEYS you
can tell the computer to speak the commands with a chosen level
of detail; to speak whole words or to spell words out; to filter
out certain punctuation and/or text characters and keep them
from speaking if they occur; to identify capital letters,
spaces, the Read Mode Cursor position, and control characters;
and more.  The COMMAND KEYS allow you to send commands directly
to the synthesizer.  The most useful of these is to tell the
synthesizer to abort speaking, when you no longer want to hear
all that you have told it to speak.

One useful command is the  I  for IDENTIFY key.  Be sure you are
in the Read Mode and type in the  I  key.  Now type in any other
key.  You should hear the definition of the second key being
spoken.  If you can't remember what a particular key does, just
let it identify itself by typing the  I  key.

If you get sick of hearing the Help Definitions when you type in
the commands, you can set the HELP to a different level with the
O  as in OPEN key.  The levels are in a circle; you can keep
hitting the  O  key until you reach the level you want.  One
Warning:  If you set the Help to a low level, you may forget
about it and wonder why the synthesizer isn't speaking.
WHENEVER YOU FIND THAT THE SYNTHESIZER ISN'T SPEAKING, CHECK THE
SETTING OF YOUR HELP LEVEL.


Now, let's try a useful example of screen review.

From the Read Mode, move the Read Mode Cursor to the upper left
corner of the screen by typing the  H  for HOME key.  Now go to
the end of the line with the  F  for ENDLINE key.  To verify
where you are, hit the  C  for CURSOR key; you should be at line
zero  column 79 .  Now speak the line with the  L  for LINE key.

If you then go down to the next line with the  D  for DOWN key,
you are right in position to speak the next line with another  L
for LINE  command.  You can repeat this procedure and speak the
whole screen line-by-line, by alternating between the  D  and
the  L  keys.














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If you can't understand one of the words on a line, you can use
the  W  for WORD and  K  for WORDBACK keys to move the cursor
over the suspect word, and then to speak it over and over.  If
you still can't understand the word, you can use the STEP and
BACK commands to go back and forth over the characters and speak
them one at a time.  Another way to spell a word is to toggle
the  A  for AUTO command, and then do the  WORD  and  WORDBACK
commands.  AUTO ON  will speak whole words, and AUTO OFF will
spell the words.

If you still can't understand one or more of the characters in
the word, you can turn on the  Z  for TRANSLATOR function.  This
will substitute a word for each character.  This procedure of
"homing in" on the characters of a word is a very efficient way
to analyze a word you can't understand.

There are other commands to further help you understand what is
on the screen.  If you read a line and nothing is spoken, maybe
the line is full of spaces.  You can use the  SLASH  key to
check for spaces or blank characters.  The  T  for UPCASE key
allows you to check for capital letters.

If a line contains a string of characters, such as many EQUAL
signs, you don't want to have them spoken.  You can use the  M
key to filter out specific characters; or you can use the  N
key to set a lower punctuation level.

In the appendices, there are some very important and useful
tables.  APPENDIX A  contains the Enable Reader Standard
Punctuation Set, and APPENDIX B contains the Enable Reader
Letter-To-Word Translation Table.  APPENDIX E  is a command
summary of all the Enable Reader commands, and  APPENDIX C gives
the default settings of the commands.

The SYSTEM KEYS include the commands for the TYPER Function and
for the VIDEO Function.  The TYPER Function allows the
characters that you type in on the keyboard when you are in the
Input Mode also to be sent to the synthesizer to be spoken.  The
COMMA  key toggles this feature On and Off.  If you are enabling
this feature when you hit the COMMA, the computer will say  TYPE
ON .  The computer will say  TYPE OFF  if this feature is being
disabled.  Note that the TYPER Function pertains to the Input
Mode, but you have to go into the Read Mode to give the COMMA
command to switch this function On or Off.

The VIDEO Function allows any characters which are sent to the
screen display when you are in the Input Mode also to be sent to
the synthesizer to be spoken.  The  V  key toggles this feature
On and Off.  The computer says  VIDEO ON  or  VIDEO OFF  when
you enable or disable this feature, respectively.    Note that
the VIDEO Function pertains to the Input Mode, but you have to
go into the Read Mode to give the  V  command to switch this
function On or Off.  When you first start with Enable Reader,
the Typer is Off and the Video is On.









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If you are running a program which displays messages on the
screen, you want to have the  VIDEO ON .  If your program wants
you to type in characters that do not get displayed on the
screen, you should have the  TYPER ON .


3.5  TABLE SAVE AND TABLE LOAD

One of the INTEGRATION KEYS is used to save and load Enable
Tables.  An Enable Table contains settings for all the
parameters used by Enable Reader.  As an example, you can go
into the Read Mode and use the HELP KEYS, COMMAND KEYS, and
SYSTEM KEYS to set the toggles and levels of various features to
values of your choice.  For example, you can change the HELP
level with the  O  as in OPEN  key, the punctuation filter with
the  M  as in MIKE  key, and set Window 6 to define a selected
portion of the screen with the  NUMBER 5  key.  Then you can do
a TABLE SAVE command to save all the current settings in a file
on the disk.  If at some future time you want to re-establish
those same settings, you can do a TABLE LOAD command to load
that same file back into the computer for Enable Reader to use.
Thus you don't need to reset all those settings by hand.

When you first start with Enable Reader, if there is a file
called  ENABLE.TBL  on the default drive, then a Table Load
command is automatically done with that file.  ENABLE.TBL  is
called the Enable Default File.  So if you do a Table Save
command and use the name  ENABLE.TBL , those same settings will
automatically be loaded in whenever you first start Enable
Reader.  If there is no file called  ENABLE.TBL  on the default
drive when you first start Enable Reader, the message  DEFAULT
FILE NOT FOUND  is spoken in the Startup Message.  This is not
an error message; it is a notification.

The Integration Key combination for these Table Save and Table
Load commands is  CONTROL T .  This means that when you want to
do a Table Save or Table Load, get into the Read Mode, hold down
the  CONTROL  key, tap the  T  key, then release the  CONTROL
key.  Then the computer will ask you to type in either an  S  or
an  L .  If you want to Save a Table you type an  S ; if you
want to Load a Table you type an  L .  Now the computer will ask
you to type in the name of the file that you want to Save or
Load.  So you type in the filename, then hit the  ENTER  key.
If the name of the file is the Enable Default File  ENABLE.TBL ,
you can just hit the  ENTER  key instead of typing in a
filename.  At this point the computer will carry out the Save or
the Load.


3.6  MATCHUP INTEGRATION

If you are doing wordprocessing on the computer, the
word processor displays a cursor which marks the location of the
next character to be typed in.  You can move this cursor around
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If you go into the Read Mode, the wordprocessing cursor disappears,
and a different  independent Read Mode Cursor appears in its place.
You can use  the Enable Reader commands to move this Read Mode
Cursor around  the screen in order to listen to what is displayed.
Note that the wordprocessing cursor, which is not displayed in the
Read Mode, does not move.  When you eventually go back to the Input
Mode to continue wordprocessing, the Read Mode Cursor disappears
and the wordprocessing cursor reappears at its old location.

Now, assume you are in the Read Mode listening to your text on
the screen, and you hear something that you would like to
change.  The Read Mode Cursor is marking the spot that needs
changing.  How do you make the change?  You have to go back to
the Input Mode and use the wordprocessor to make the change.

Let's examine how you would make the change if you did not have
Enable Reader Matchup Integration.  If you go back to the Input
Mode, the Read Mode Cursor disappears, and the wordprocessing
cursor appears IN A DIFFERENT LOCATION from the Read Mode
Cursor.  How then do you find the location that needs changing?
You have to go back into the Read Mode again so that you can
hear the contents of the screen.

This situation seems to be leading you around in circles.  You
have to be in the Read Mode to find the location of the change,
but you have to be in the Input Mode to make the change.  And
whenever you position the Read Mode Cursor on the error and then
switch from the Read Mode to the Input Mode, the cursor position
changes.

One solution to this problem is to ask for the Read Mode Cursor
location upon entering the Read Mode; this will then equal the
wordprocessing cursor location.  Then ask for the Read Mode
Cursor location again when you find the location of the change.
Now when you go back to the wordprocessor in the Input Mode, you
know how far away the change is from your cursor.  After many
toggles in and out of the Read Mode, you can finally place the
wordprocessing cursor at the location of the change.  As you can
see, this method is very time consuming and prone to error.

The MATCHUP INTEGRATION Function of Enable Reader solves this
problem.  Once you find the location of the change in the Read
Mode, just type the MATCHUP command instead of toggling to the
Input Mode.  The MATCHUP command will return you to the Input
Mode, and in addition will AUTOMATICALLY MATCH UP THE
WORDPROCESSING CURSOR TO THE POSITION OF THE READ MODE CURSOR.
The wordprocessing cursor will be sitting right where you want
it -- at the location where you want to make a change.

Before you can use the MATCHUP command, you have to Initialize
the Matchup Integration Key.  This sets the parameters of the
Matchup Routine to access particular word processor that you are
using.  Once the Initialization is done, you can type the
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The MATCHUP command  applies to word processors only.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO INITIALIZE AND EXECUTE MATCHUP UNLESS YOU ARE
RUNNING A WORD PROCESSOR  PROGRAM.

To perform the Initialization, type  CONTROL I  (while in the
Read Mode hold down the  CONTROL  key, tap the  I  key, release
the  CONTROL  key).  The computer will ask you for the name of
the word processor, the boundaries of the text area on the
screen, and whether or not word-wrapping is used.

The MATCHUP command key is  CONTROL L  (hold down the  CONTROL
key, tap the  L  key, release the  CONTROL  key).  After you
have done the Initialization, you can give this MATCHUP command
any time that you are in the Read Mode.

Chapter 6 contains the detailed descriptions of the Integration
Keys.  Chapter 7 takes you through the use of Matchup
Integration with the Wordstar wordprocessor program.  If you
have Wordstar, you can practice the Integration features of
Enable Reader as you read or listen to the chapter.  Even if you
do not use Wordstar, you should listen to Chapter 7 and learn
the Integration steps that are used.


3.7  DOS HELP FILES

One of the many programs available from PC-SIG is the DOS HELP
program.  There are many different types but the quickest to use
is simply named the DOS HELP program.  It allows you to look up
commands that are used by MSDOS, and to review them before
execution.  The HELP program only runs from the Operating System
and can not be used when running other programs.  There are other
help programs that will automatically show the correct syntax and
provide an optional screen with more information as you type in
the name of the command on the DOS command line.

To access the HELP program, just type  HELP  and then hit the
ENTER  key.  A menu of commands will be printed on the screen,
followed by a prompt for you to choose one of the commands for
review.  You can type as many of the commands as you need to
review before exiting back to MSDOS.  If you don't want to hear
the commands printed to the screen after every command you
review, just enter the Read Mode and type  V  to turn off the
video output to the synthesizer, and then type the  COMMA  key
to turn on direct typing to the synthesizer so you can hear what
you type.

















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3.8  COMMUNICATING WITH ANOTHER COMPUTER

There are many ways to communicate with other computers.  By
using terminal communication programs, and a modem or a terminal
emulation card, you can configure an MSDOS computer to access
the vast wealth of electronic information over the telephone
lines.  It is estimated that there is more information available
at any one time with a computer than in all the world's
libraries combined.  This may sound impressive until you realize
the cost involved to retrieve the information.  To read an
average newspaper may cost $30.00.  It is advisable to be
judicious in using computers to access online databases.  There
are many books that explain how to access some of the larger
databases, and you may save hundreds of dollars by investing ten
dollars in a good book.

There are also many free communication programs to get you up
and running.  One of the popular ones is called  PC-TALK III.
It has many of the features of a high-priced terminal program,
and it runs well with Enable Reader.  It does not emulate a
terminal, but runs like a teletype.  The author of this program
asks for a minimal fee to register your name for updates.  For
under $40.00 you can have a high quality terminal program.

An excellent communications program is called HYPER ACCESS .  It
is not free, but it is very powerful, yet easy to use.  It is
completely menu-driven, and has recently been modified by the
authors to be completely compatible with the Enable Reader
Professional Speech Program.  It not only runs like a teletype,
but it also can emulate terminals.  It has drop-in tables for
configuring the parameters easily.  We worked with the Hilgraeve
Software Company when they were writing the program and they put
in a function that will allow the program to run with Enable
Reader. Just type:

                 ha /nc  (Read:  h a space slash n c )

at the DOS command line.  This emulator program will speak in both
the INPUT mode as information is coming from another computer and
in the Review Mode.  It was recently voted communications program
of the year by Software Digest Review.

Just recently we completed work with another company that provides
terminal emulators for WANG.  The program required some minor
modifications and will now run with Enable Reader.  The software
is available through DPZ software.  It can make terminal
communications seven times faster than with a standard VT100 style
emulator!


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