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YAKKITY CLOCK
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Shareware Version Product Documentation
Version 1.01 S - Interim Release
7/20/92
INTRODUCTION
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Yakkity Clock is a powerful, easy-to-use "talking clock"
utility for the Microsoft Windows operating environment
(versions 3.1 or above).
Yakkity Clock takes advantage of the sound capabilities
introduced in Windows 3.1. The program provides digitized
voice time updates at the touch of a button, or at regular
intervals set by the user. You may select either a male or
female voice for Yakkity Clock's updates.
A library of "built-in" sound effects are included, any of
which may be substituted for the voice time reminder.
Yakkity Clock is an alarm clock, too! Up to four different
alarms can be set to play bell tone or buzzer sound effects
-- and can even be configured to play stand-alone .WAV
sound files!
Note: Alarm functions and voice selection features are
available only in the registered version.
Yakkity Clock's flexibility makes it the ultimate "custom"
clock utility for the Microsoft Windows environment.
VERSION 1.01 RELEASE NOTES
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Yakkity Clock (Version 1.01S) is an interim release that features
improved memory handling and a number of performance enhancements.
The improvements implemented in this release make Yakkity Clock
more efficient with system memory and "friendlier" to other
applications that may make demands on your sound system hardware.
These improvements are limited to your YAKKITYS.EXE file (with
updated documentation in the YAKKITYS.HLP and YAKKITYS.TXT files).
You may safely copy all of the new Yakkity Clock 1.01 files into
your Yakkity Clock directory, overwriting all files from the
previous version.
YAKKITY CLOCK FILES
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The YAKKITY CLOCK package consists of eight files:
README.TXT
Introductory program ASCII text file.
YAKKITYS.EXE
The executable program file for this version
of Yakkity Clock.
YAKKITYS.INI
The initialization file, used for recording the
program's configuration information.
YAKKITYS.HLP
The Windows Help file, used for providing
comprehensive run-time help. A registration form
is included in the Help file; both it and any other
Help topic may be easily printed through the
Windows Help menu bar "File/Print Topic" command.
YAKKITYS.TXT
This file, containing program information, notes,
and general operating instructions.
YAK01.DLL and YAK02.DLL
The Yakkity Clock voice libraries, containing
digitized speech data for the program's voice
time features.
YAKSNDS.DLL
The Yakkity Clock sound effects library,
containing digitized sound effects data for the
program's interval sound and alarm features.
YAKKITY CLOCK PROGRAM NOTES
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Yakkity Clock runs within the Microsoft Windows environment
(versions 3.1 or higher), and requires the following:
* VGA graphics capability.
* A Windows-compatible mouse or other pointing device.
* A Windows-compatible sound card (AdLib, Roland,
Sound Blaster, etc.) installed...
or...
* The Microsoft Windows 3.1 PC Speaker driver.
Yakkity Clock runs in 16-color mode, but will run acceptably
on monochrome or black & white VGA systems. The program will
run in any Windows 3.1+ operating mode.
VIDEO DRIVER NOTES
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Generally, we do not recommend that this program be run at
video resolutions higher than "Super VGA" 800x600.
Video card manufacturers routinely release updates of their
video drivers, both to maintain compatibility with their
operating environments (as in an upgrade from Windows 3.0 to
3.1) and to fix any reported problems.
If you do decide to run Yakkity Clock at resolutions higher
than 800x600, please make sure you are using the most recent
release of your installed video driver.
SOUND DRIVER NOTES
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Yakkity Clock makes use of the sound functions implemented
in Microsoft Windows version 3.1 or later. So, obviously,
you must have the correct version of Windows installed and
correctly configured for your system.
As stated earlier, you must also have one of the following:
1) A Windows-compatible sound card (AdLib, Roland,
SoundBlaster, etc.) correctly configured via Microsoft
Windows' "Control Panel" utility.
2) Microsoft's proprietary PC speaker driver. The speaker
driver is a small program that allows music and sound
effects to be played through a standard PC case speaker.
This driver is available from Microsoft, as well as from a
number of on-line information services. It, too, must be
correctly installed and configured via Windows' "Control
Panel."
YAKKITY CLOCK SETUP
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Yakkity Clock requires very little in the way
configuration or setup. Although it can be run from a
floppy disk, we strongly recommend installation to a
hard disk.
INSTALLATION GUIDELINES
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1. We recommend making a backup copy of your program
disk. Keep the master copy in a safe place and use
the backup disk for program installation.
2. Copy the program files (YAKKITYS.EXE, all *.DLL files,
YAKKITYS.INI, and YAKKITYS.HLP) from your master disk to
an appropriate subdirectory on your hard disk (e.g.,
C:\YAKKITY).
There are no hidden files or "key" files on the
program disk, so the file copying process can be
accomplished with the DOS "COPY" command or, if you
prefer, through the Windows File Manager File/Copy
command.
This file, YAKKITYS.TXT, is not required in order to
run Yakkity Clock. The program files (YAKKITYS.EXE,
YAK01.DLL, YAK02.DLL, YAKSNDS.DLL, YAKKITYS.INI, and
YAKKITYS.HLP), however, are required, and must reside
in the same directory in order for the program to work
properly.
Yakkity Clock can make use of independent .WAV files
in its alarm feature. Toward that end, any .WAV files
you might want to use with Yakkity Clock must be copied
into the Yakkity Clock directory.
3. You may use the "Windows Setup" utility to setup a
program item (icon) for Program. Windows Setup will
recognize the YAKKITYS.EXE file and assign its icon to
a program group for you.
or...
You may assign a program item icon to Yakkity Clock
manually, through the File/New commands in Program
Manager.
Always make sure that the correct path and filename
(e.g., "C:\YAKKITY\YAKKITYS.EXE") is assigned to the
YAKKITY CLOCK program item. The "Browse" control in the
Program Item dialog box will make it easy to locate and
assign the correct path and filename.
4. If installed correctly, the program should load from
the Program Manager screen when the YAKKITY icon is
double-clicked (or from File Manager when the Yakkity
Clock listing is selected with "File/Run" or double-
clicked).
GETTING STARTED
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Yakkity Clock's performance is entirely dependent on the
accuracy of your computer's system time setting (also
called "DOS Time"). You can check and/or adjust this
setting from the DOS prompt by using the "TIME" command,
or from within Microsoft Windows via the Control Panel
"Date/Time" utility.
Assuming your system time is correctly set, Yakkity Clock
should display the correct current time as soon as it
appears on your screen.
A pushbutton control is located below the digital time
display. This button can be "clicked" with the mouse
pointer to provide a voice time update.
Yakkity Clock can be configured to automatically provide
periodic voice time or sound effects updates. In
addition, up to four independent alarms can be set, and
will sound even if Yakkity Clock is not the active window
or if the program is minimized.
All configuration settings are automatically saved by
Yakkity Clock (and written to the YAKKITYS.INI
configuration file). Until they are changed, these
settings will be placed into effect every time the program
is run.
To take advantage of these features requires a familiarity
with the Yakkity Clock menu ba