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Board Mouth III
Flight Manual
Mouth III is a terminal program/file reader with speech output for
EssTee computers. Mouth III will run in any resolution. The following
files are required (and must be in the same directory/folder) :
MouthIII.Prg
MouthIII.Rsc
Speech.Tos
Terminal :
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Terminal
Under the 'Terminal' drop down menu, select 'Terminal'. The
Mouth III terminal recognizes the EsTees extended VT52 command set.
FOR BEST RESULTS :
Leave voice toggled OFF until you've logged in and are ready
to receive text from the host (bbs) computer. Likewise, toggle the
voice back OFF before logging out. Also, see 'Carrier Chk' below.
To exit the terminal mode, press <Esc>ape. Mouth III will send
a pause to the host. When you re-enter the terminal mode, the
host will resume where you left off. NOTE : If voice is toggled
ON, Mouth III will finish talking, so it may take a few moments
before your <Esc>ape is recognized.
Set Baud
Select to change the baud rate (initially set to 1200 baud).
The baud rate may be set to 300, 1200, or 2400 baud (higher
baud rates would be impractical).
Set Duplex
Most host systems use FULL DUPLEX and Mouth III is initially
set for full duplex. If the host doesn't echo your characters,
select HALF DUPLEX.
Set Flow
The 'flow' is the protocol that is used between the terminal
program and the host to communicate the need to temporarily stop
transmission. Mouth III is initially set to XON/XOFF. Different
host systems may require some experimentation.
Carrier Chk
If the host system hangs up on Mouth III while speech is being
output, there is a good chance that problems will occur. To attempt
to avoid this problem, toggle the Carrier Chk ON. This will force
Mouth III to monitor the carrier signal from the modem and stop
speech output as soon as possible when the carrier signal is lost.
NOTE: Not all modems/cables are set up for proper carrier detect.
Inexpensive cables don't always have all the proper connect-
ions and modems can be set to force a carrier signal where
there is none.
If you have Carrier Chk toggled ON and Mouth III won't talk, you'll
know for sure that your set up is incorrect (or incomplete).
Buffering
Host systems all work differently. Some send out a character (or
a few characters) at a time and then check for incoming characters,
while some send any number of characters before checking for input.
For example : Michtron BBS ( (c) Michtron ) responds quite well
and needs no buffering while one PC bbs I encountered sent
something like 512 characters before monitoring for incoming
characters, requiring buffering to be toggled ON.
Mouth III's signals to the host to pause for speech output can get
ignored because of this causing a run-on of input to Mouth III.
Initially, buffering is off. If Mouth III seems to be losing char-
acters, then try toggling Buffering ON.
In General
Some host systems require Control C to perform some functions.
Unfortunately, Control C aborts the synthesizer program (and thus
Mouth III). If you need to send a Control C, use the ~ and
Mouth III will translate the ~ character and send a Control C
to the host system.
To use :
1.) Enter Terminal Mode with voice OFF.
2.) Use your modem commands to call a host system.
3.) Once you're logged in and ready to receive text,
(ie... you're ready to read a database or messages),
toggle voice ON.
4.) Before you log out, toggle voice OFF.
Reader :
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Load File
Use 'Load File' to load a TEXT file into ram. Once a file is
loaded it will remain in ram until a new file is loaded and the
menus, 'Show File' and 'Repeat File' will become visible.
The file may be any ASCII TEXT file from any folder.
Show File
Does just what it says. To have speech output, be sure to toggle
voice ON. Press the spacebar to pause/resume the output. Press
<Esc>ape to quit to the menus (if voice is ON, Mouth III will
finish the current speech output before exiting to the menus).
Repeat File
Works just like Show File, except the file is repeated endlessly.
In General
To use :
1.) Load the file.
2.) Toggle Voice ON.
3.) Show (or Repeat) the file.
Misc :
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Voice
Select 'Voice' to toggle voice on/off. There will be a check
mark next to 'Voice' if it's activated. Initially, voice is
NOT activated.
Set Speed/Set Pitch
These options will alter the voice. They can also mung up the
program and do strange things (including causing Mouth III to
blow up 'real good').
Help On
Selecting Help On will enable the Mouth III help system. To get
help, just select any menu item. To disable the help system, select
Help Off.
Quit
If you can't figure this one out then I have a bridge for sale...
A nice large bridge by the bay with PLENTY of traffic. Bids
with LARGE non-refundable deposits are gladly accepted!
NOTES :
Mouth III will run with any ram configuration. If you get the message
'Ram Problem' when booting, or the program just won't come up properly,
then there is a shortage of ram and you'll need to eliminate the problem
(large ramdisks, accessories, etc...).
A lot of testing went into Mouth III to finally stabilize the interface
to the speech synthesizer (SPEECH.TOS). As far as I can tell (assuming
the voice settings aren't changed), the speech synthesizer will now run
forever without bombing as it had before in my programs and all other
programs I've seen using it. (Some tests ran for as long as 14 hours
before crashing, making the testing tedious and giving me a gray hair
or two...)
There are a LOT of improvements that I will be making in Mouth Iv. Please
send me any comments, ideas or problems you have. I can be reached via
Genie, Compuserve or my own bbs (The Board).
Board Mouth III
(c) 1988 Gregg Hungerford (Compuserve 72115,540/Genie GHungerford)
NOTE :
Board Mouth III may be considered Public Domain and may be FREELY
DISTRIBUTED with the following provisions :
1) This doc file (MouthIII.Doc) MUST accompany any copies distributed.
2) No changes shall be made to ANY of the Mouth III files.
3) Board Mouth III is not to be sold.
The Board - Fun Only/Message Oriented BBS (up six+ years and counting...)
Silicon Valley 408/985-7573 (Pc Pursuit-able)
Developed using TDI/Modula-2/ST
0272-742796(UK),(214)340-4942(USA)
Thanks to Fred Brooks for providing the hooks into the p/d synthesizer.