<tips0>The best voices available are not included in the trial version. Be sure to check out these optional AT&T Natural Voices and listen to samples of the best sounding computer voices ever.</tips0>
<tips1>TextAloud in schools can improve reading skills, improve writing through audio proofreading, and help with learning new languages.</tips1>
<tips2>You can use TextAloud in Single-Article mode to automatically read text as you copy it to the clipboard. On the Singe-Article Options panel, check "Automatically Speak New Text".</tips2>
<tips3>Pausing your mouse over a toolbar button at the top of the window will display a popup hint explaining what each button does.</tips3>
<tips4>You can listen to various help topics by clicking Help on the main menu, then select Audio Help.</tips4>
<tips5>When the TextAloud main window is minimized, a System Tray Icon near your system clock provides a right-click menu of common functions.</tips5>
<tips6>You can purchase your copy of TextAloud by clicking Help->Purchase. You can purchase over the web, by phone, fax, or even mail order.</tips6>
<tips7>We would love to hear what you think of TextAloud, and are always available to help with any problems or questions you have. Click Help->TextAloud Support, or email us at support@nextup.com.</tips7>
<tips8>You can view the TextAloud help file by clicking Help->Help Contents.</tips8>
<tips9>You can try our other talking products free by clicking Help->Visit NextUp.com or by going to www.NextUp.com.</tips9>
<tips10>You can bring up this tip window at any time by clicking Help->Tip Of The Day.</tips10>
<tips11>You can view the TextAloud Quick Start guide by clicking the Quick Start Guide button below of selecting Help->Quick Start Guide.</tips11>
<tips12>You can ask us questions at support@nextup.com and we'll answer faster than you can believe. Try It!</tips12>
<tips13>The prompt displayed when text is added to the clipboard is configurable. See the Clipboard Options panel available on the TextAloud Options window.</tips13>
<tips14>Pauses can be generated automatically at end of sentence or end of paragraph. See the Predefined Pauses panel available on the TextAloud Options window.</tips14>
<tips15>You can change the look-and-feel of the TextAloud application by using Skins. Skins are selected from the Skins Panel available on the TextAloud Options window.</tips15>
<tips16>The toolbar button style is configurable for both the main window and floating toolbars. See the Miscellaneous Options panel available on the TextAloud Options window to select small or large buttons, with and without captions.</tips16>
<tips17>The toolbar on the main window can be hidden and redisplayed by selecting View->Toolbar from the menu and toggling the Show Toolbar menu entry.</tips17>
<tips18>You can define bookmarks in TextAloud articles using Edit->Add Bookmark from the menu. Edit->Go To Bookmark can be used to jump to bookmarks when TextAloud is speaking the article.</tips18>
<tips19>File->Open can read text, Microsoft Word, RTF, PDF and HTML Documents into TextAloud.</tips19>
<tips20>You can change the foreground and background colors for TextAloud articles. See the Article Font / Text Size dialog under the Options menu.</tips20>
<tips21>You can setup shortcuts for commonly used TextAloud menu entries. See Shortcut Setup under the Options menu.</tips21>
<tips22>You can define system-wide HotKeys to speak text from other applications and add articles to TextAloud, bypassing the Windows Clipboard. See HotKey Setup under the Options menu.</tips22>
<tips23>You can set up a HotKey for Proofreading Documents. See HotKey Setup under the Options menu.</tips23>
<tips24>You can load very large text files into TextAloud as multiple articles by using the File Splitter Utility, located under the File menu.</tips24>
<tips25>You can insert pauses into TextAloud articles. Position the cursor to a place in the text where you would like to insert a pause. Then right click, select "Insert Pause" from the popup menu, and select either a predefined pause or user defined pause value.</tips25>
<tips26>When listening to text, you can skip forward and backward in the article. Use the Skip Speaking Forward and Skip Speaking Back menu entries under the Speak menu.</tips26>
<tips27>You can press F1 from any window in TextAloud and display help for that window.</tips27>
<tips28>When writing audio files you can use either MP3 or WMA encoding. Select the audio format on the File Options panel available on the Voices and File Options window.</tips28>
<tips29>You can make corrections to word proununciations using the Pronunciation Editor, located under the Options menu.</tips29>
<tips30>The Basic Pronunciation Editor supports Masks and Regular Expressions. See the TextAloud Help for the Basic Pronunciation Editor.</tips30>
<tips31>For long articles, you can listen to text starting from any position in the article. Position the cursor and select Read From Cursor Aloud from the right click popup menu.</tips31>
<tips32>You can create articles in TextAloud by selecting text in an application, and dragging the text onto the TextAloud main window or the TextAloud floating toolbar.</tips32>
