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- ReadMe File For TextAssist Patch v1.10
- ======================================
-
- This ReadMe file consists of the following sections:
-
- (a) Introduction
- (b) Which version of TextAssist is patched?
- (c) How do I use this patch?
- (d) What is the difference between my original version of
- TextAssist and the patched version?
- (e) Will I encounter any problems if I patch my older version
- of TextAssist?
- (f) Limitations of the patch program.
- (g) Copyright Notice & Licensing Information.
-
-
- (a) Introduction
-
- This is a patch file for Creative TextAssist (from Creative Labs,
- Inc). It will patch older versions of TextAssist to the latest
- version (v1.12).
-
- The following files are included with this patch:
-
- (i) TAUPDATE.EXE - TextAssist Patch application program
- (ii) PATCH.EXE - Used by TAUPDATE.EXE to patch files
- (iii) TAWIN.RTP - Patch for TextAssist Windows DLLs
- (iv) TA1T3.RTP - Patch for TextAssist applications/libraries
- (v) TACSP.RTP - Patch for TextAssist SB16/AWE32 driver
- (vi) README.TXT - This file
-
-
- (b) Which version of TextAssist is patched?
-
- This patch will upgrade older version of TextAssist to
- version 1.12. If you have a later version of TextAssist
- (version 1.12 or greater), then you do not need this patch.
-
- There are several ways to check whether you have the old version
- of TextAssist:
-
- (i) Your original TextAssist Program Disk has the following
- disk ID code - TASS-STD-01 (Revision 1 or 2) or
- SB16-TAS-01-ENG (Revision 3 or below), or
-
- Your CD-ROM has the following disk ID code -
- SBCD-STQ-01-EU5 (Revision 1)
-
- (ii) The file TAREADER.EXE in your TextAssist
- directory is dated at or before 6/22/1994.
-
- Below are the file names, sizes, date & time stamps of all the
- TextAssist software that is patched. After running TAUPDATE.EXE,
- please verify that the new "patched" TextAssist software in your
- system matches those in the list:
-
- In your TextAssist directory:
-
- File Name File Size File Date File Time
- ========= ========= ========= =========
- CTSW.EXE 112352 10-20-94 1:12a
- HOOK.DLL 13824 06-06-94 1:10a
- TAREADER.EXE 46080 09-09-94 1:13a
- TALKSCHD.EXE 134160 10-11-94 2:11a
- TACONTRL.EXE 80896 06-16-94 1:11a
- TADICT.EXE 32256 06-20-94 1:11a
- TEXTOLE.EXE 178720 06-03-94 1:10a
-
- In your Windows directory:
-
- File Name File Size File Date File Time
- ========= ========= ========= =========
- TSKERNEL.DLL 87520 09-21-94 1:12a
- CTSFRAME.DLL 21712 10-13-94 1:12a
-
- In your Sound Blaster directory:
-
- File Name File Size File Date File Time
- ========= ========= ========= =========
- WFM0201A.CSP 6776 05-25-94 2:02a
-
-
- (c) How do I use this patch?
-
- First, make sure that you are in DOS. This patch should be run
- under DOS, and not in Windows.
-
- You will need to run the program TAUPDATE.EXE to execute the
- patch. TAUPDATE.EXE will prompt you for the full path to your
- Sound Blaster, TextAssist, and Windows directories. Simply follow
- the on-screen prompts and enter the correct directory paths, and
- TAUPDATE.EXE will take care of the rest!
-
- *** IMPORTANT ***
-
- In order to successfully perform the patch, TAUPDATE.EXE requires
- all the necessary files - TA1T3.RTP, TAWIN.RTP, TACSP.RTP and
- PATCH.EXE - to be in the SAME directory as TAUPDATE.EXE.
-
-
- (d) What is the difference between the original TextAssist and the
- patched version?
-
- The new patched version of TextAssist makes use of an improved
- API, delivering better speech quality and future support
- for foreign languages It provides better support for third-party
- software developers utilizing TextAssist's text-to-speech system
- in their products, and other neat enhancements.
-
-
- (e) Will I encounter any side effects if I patch my older version of
- TextAssist?
-
- Well, not really. Ok, there may be one *tiny* problem - to support all
- the great new features mentioned in Part (d) above, we've had to
- change the way we store TextAssist voices.
-
- All TextAssist voices (including any that you've created, using the
- the TextAssist Control Panel) are saved in the file TAVOICE.DAT in
- your TextAssist directory. Because of this change in the way we store
- voices, any TAVOICE.DAT file created by the older version of the
- TextAssist Control Panel cannot be recognized by the newer, patched
- version of the TextAssist Control Panel.
-
- In fact, it's recommended that after patching your TextAssist software,
- you should delete the TAVOICE.DAT file from your TextAssist directory.
- The next time you launch the TextAssist Control Panel from Windows,
- a fresh TAVOICE.DAT file will be created.
-
-
- (f) Limitations of the patch program.
-
- The patch application program (TAUPDATE.EXE) will patch the FIRST
- occurrence of the files that it is searching for. Therefore, if you
- have two copies of the same file in your hard disk, it will only
- patch the first copy that it finds.
-
- For this reason, you must be very careful in how you specify the
- path for the TAUPDATE.EXE program to search. If you follow the
- examples given in this ReadMe file, then you should not have any
- problems with successfully patching your TextAssist software.
-
-
- (g) Copyright Notice & Licensing Information
-
- This patch is Copyright (c) 1994, Creative Technology Ltd.
-
- Permission is granted to current end-user licencees of Text
- Assist to download this software only for their own use as
- part of TextAssist and subject to the conditions of their
- existing TextAssist license. ANY OTHER COPYING, DISTRIBUTION
- OR USE OF THIS SOFTWARE IS PROHIBITED.
-
-
- ***
-
- Should you have any questions concerning this Agreement, Or if you
- wish to contact Creative for any reason, please contact your local
- Creative subsidiary or write to:
-
- Inside U.S.A., Canada and South America, contact:
- Creative Labs, Inc. Technical Support
- 1523 Cimarron Plaza,
- Stillwater, OK 74075 U.S.A.
- TEL (405) 742-6622
- FAX (405) 742-6633
- BBS (405) 742-6660
-
- Operating Hours (U.S.A. Central Time)
- Mon-Sun 8:00am-12:00am (16 hours)
- Public Holiday Closed
- BBS 24 hours operational
-
-
- Inside Europe, contact:
- Creative Labs (IRELAND) Ltd. Technical Support
- Blanchardstown Industrial Park,
- Blanchardstown, Dublin 15,
- IRELAND
-
- Ireland
- TEL (353) 1-820-7555
- FAX (353) 1-820-5052
- BBS (353) 1-820-3784
- (353) 1-820-3818
-
-
- Belgium
- TEL Ring Germany or France
- BBS (32) 32-3281-4631
- (32) 32-3281-4632
-
-
- France
- TEL (33) 1.39.20.04.21
- BBS (33) 1.39.20.90.43
- (33) 1.39.20.90.47
-
-
- Germany
- TEL (49) 2131-102838
- BBS (49) 2131-919820
- (49) 2131-919823
-
-
- UK
- TEL (44) 734-344744
- BBS (44) 743-360287
-
- Note: Inside Europe, please direct all faxes to Ireland.
-
-
-
- Inside Asia, contact:
- Creative Technology Ltd. Technical Support
- 75 Ayer Rajah Crescent #01-04
- Singapore 0513
- TEL (065) 773-4048
- FAX (065) 773-0353
- BBS (065) 776-2423
-
- Operating Hours (Singapore Time)
- Mon-Fri 9:00am-6:00pm
- Sat 9:00am-1:00pm
- Sun & Public Holiday Closed
- BBS 24 hours operational
-
-
-
- CompuServe: GO BLASTER
- Compuserve email address via Internet: 72662.1602@compuserve.com
-
-
- Internet FTP Site: ftp.creaf.com
- Internet address: ftpadmin@creative.creaf.com
-
-
- *** End of ReadMe File ***
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