home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
-
- DOS Reader documentation - Copyright (c) 1993 DSP Solutions, Inc.
-
-
- Description
-
- DOS Reader is a DOS/text based application for synthesizing text from
- a file into speech.
-
-
- Reading text
-
- Before text can be read, a file must be opened. To open a file, select the
- File\Open option from the main menu and use the file open dialog to load
- the file you want to read.
-
- There are two ways to read the text of the newly open file. The first is
- to select the specific text you want to read and then press Enter or click
- on the Read item in the status bar at the bottom of the screen. The second
- method to read text is to position the cursor at a desired starting point
- and press Enter or click on the Read item in the status bar at the bottom of
- the screen. In this case, text will be read starting at the current cursor
- position and continue until speech is stopped, or the end of the file is reached.
-
-
- Selecting text
-
- You can use the mouse or the keyboard to select text for reading. To select
- text with the mouse, move the mouse to the starting position of the text you
- want to select. Click and drag the mouse to the ending position of the text
- you want to select. As you drag the mouse, the selected text becomes
- highlighted. To use the keyboard to select text, use the edit keys to position
- the cursor to the starting position of the text you want to highlight. Hold
- down either shift key, and use the edit keys to mark the end of the text you
- want to select. As you hold down the shift key, the selected text will become
- highlighted.
-
-
- Reading selected text
-
- When you have selected text, press Enter or click on the read item in the
- status bar at the bottom of the screen to start reading the selected
- text. After all selected text has been readf or speech is aborted by
- pressing Esc or clicking on the stop item in the status bar at to bottom of
- the screen, the selected text will remain selected.
-
-
- Free reading
-
- When there is no selected text, simply press Enter or click on the read item
- in the status bar at the bottom of the screen and text will be read starting
- with the word at the current cursor location. The text will continue to be
- read until the end of the file is reached, Esc is pressed, or the stop item in
- the status bar at the bottom of the screen is clicked. As speech is read, the
- cursor is advanced. This allows you to continue reading from the point where
- speech was stopped.
-
-
-