Copyright: Help for General Parameters Control British English - D91171-21-01 ENG


This help file provides context sensitive help only. Click ? at the top of the General Parameters Control dialog, and then click the specific item you want information about.


Closes this dialogue without saving any changes you have made.


Shows the default speech parameter settings.


Enter your test sentence(s) here.


Select the read mode. Choose letter-by-letter, word-by-word, sentence-by-sentence or terminator-based. By default, the input text will be read sentence-by-sentence.

(This option is not available for all languages.)


Choose the silence interval between letters, words or sentences (depending on the read mode). The silence interval ranges from 0 to 1800 milliseconds.


Closes this dialogue and saves any changes you have made.


Use the slider to set the voice pitch. Since voice variations 1 to 9 have pre-set pitch values, the slider can only be used for user-defined voices.


Use the slider to set the voice pitch. Since voice variations 1 to 9 have pre-set pitch values, the slider can only be used for user-defined voices.


Use the slider to set the voice speed. Since voice variations 1 to 9 have pre-set rate values, the slider can only be used for user-defined voices.


Use the slider to set the voice speed. Since voice variations 1 to 9 have pre-set rate values, the slider can only be used for user-defined voices.


Lets you hear the text entered in the test box using the selected speech parameters.


Select the system context: choose text to read standard text, choose e-mail to read e-mail messages.


Select the system context: choose text to read standard text, choose e-mail to read e-mail messages.


Enter a test sentence in the test box and click the speak button to vocalise the text using the selected speech parameters.


Select a set of voice attributes from the list. A selection can be made from variation 1 (default voice attributes) to variation 9. Each variation has pre-set pitch and speed values. You can also choose to create an additional voice by selecting the user-defined variation. Only the user-defined option allows you to set the pitch and speed sliders.


Select the required voice (female or male).


Select the required voice (female or male).


Use the slider to set the selected voice volume.


Use the slider to set the selected voice volume.


Choose the silence interval between letters, words or sentences (depending on the read mode). The silence interval ranges from 0 to 1800 milliseconds.


Select the read mode. Choose letter-by-letter, word-by-word, sentence-by-sentence or terminator-based. By default, the input text will be read sentence-by-sentence.

(This option is not available for all languages.)


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Select a set of voice attributes from the list. A selection can be made from variation 1 (default voice attributes) to variation 9. Each variation has pre-set pitch and speed values. You can also choose to create an additional voice by selecting the user-defined variation. Only the user-defined option allows you to set the pitch and speed sliders.


There is no help topic for this item.


There is no help topic for this item.


There is no help topic for this item.