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SECTION 6.0 OPTIONS INDEX

Flipper allows you to select many options.  The options are
selected by pressing the function keys during the review
mode.  All of these options give you two choices and
alternate between them when you press their key.  For
example, if you press function key nine once, it will say
"keyboard echo is now on" if you press it again, it will say
"keyboard echo is now off."  If you press it a third time, it
will come back to "keyboard echo is now on".  Every option
has exactly two alternatives.  This allows you to check
current settings by simply pushing a toggle key twice.  The
option will always be back where it was, and the message
will tell you its setting.

Two complete sets of options are maintained inside of
Flipper,  and others can be created in the computer's
memory.  See section 5.10 for instruction to use multiple
configurations and quickly flip between them.

Function key 1

Automatic output.  This allows you to select whether things
that are sent to the screen by a program are spoken
automatically, or not.  If this option is off then Flipper will
only speak when you ask it to or to echo keystrokes.  The
automatic output will only work for some programs, and it
does not usually work for editors.  Some programs will
speak too much if this option is on.  This output can be
shut up temporarily (until the next keystroke) by pressing
"alt".  Alt function key 1 will change the way that automatic
output is caught by Flipper.  This key will toggle the
automatic output on and off, whether it is set to extended
mode, or normal.

Function Key 2

Count spaces when reading words.  Flipper counts all
repeated symbols.  However, spaces are only counted at
specific times. If you are reading a word at a time and this
option is on it will count the number of spaces between the
words or symbols on the screen.  There is an associated
option (alt function key 2) which will make Flipper count
spaces when reading whole lines at a time.

Function Key 3

In many programs you use the arrow keys to move around
the screen.  Flipper can read what you are moving over as
you go. This option selects what Flipper reads when you
move up or down, either reading only the word the cursor
is on or reading the entire line.  Reading only one word is
useful for reading columns.

Function Key 4

Flipper can read numbers as separate digits.  For example
one two three, or as an amount, one hundred twenty three.
This option allows you to choose which is done.  If a
number is incorrectly formatted, for example, if it has
commas in the wrong place, then it will be spoken as digits
anyway.

Function Key 5

Enhancement changes.  Text can be printed as plain white
on black but it can also be printed blinking, underlined,
bright, or inverse (black on white).  On a color screen it can
also be printed in different colors.  This option allows you
to choose to have this indicated to you when it is
encountered.  Other options, control function keys 7 and 8,
allows you to select whether these enhancements are
described as they appear on a monochrome screen or as
they appear on a color screen, foreground, background, or
both.

Function key 6

Flipper can read the full symbol set that can appear on the
computer's screen, including graphics symbols, decorative
symbols, and others.  However, you will often want to turn
some of them off so that you won't get overwhelmed.  This
option allows you to temporarily turn all symbols back on.
You turn off symbols by pressing delete and then selecting
symbols from the keyboard or, for symbols which aren't on
the keyboard, from a list of special symbols.  You can turn
on selected symbols after you press "insert".  Symbols can
also be turned on or off in blocks by using the function keys
after either "insert" or "delete". If you are reading out one
character at a time, for example when you are spelling,
anything is read, whether it is on or not.

To go through the list of special symbols, you use control
keys after pressing the insert key.  If you press control "F",
control "M", control "D", or control "A", you will be given a
list of form symbols, math symbols, decorative symbols or
accent and other foreign symbols, respectively, and asked to
select the ones you want.

Function key 7

Use margins.  When you read a line at a time, you may not
want to read from one edge of the screen to the other.  For
example, you may not want to have a border decoration
used by your word processor read.  You may also want to
limit Flipper to reading a column.  You can tell Flipper
what part of each line to read by pressing the "W" key (for
Width) while in the review mode and Flipper will ask for the
left and right hand edges of the portion that you want read.
This option toggle allows you to turn that feature off
temporarily, and cause Flipper to read the whole line
without changing the window settings.

Function key 8

Say "cap" before capital letters.  Flipper ordinarily only tells
you when a letter is capitalized if you are spelling. This
option allows you to have Flipper say capital before capital
letters all the time.

Function key 9

This allows you to turn off the keyboard echo for the whole
keyboard.  Other options allow you to turn off the keyboard
echo for only selected parts of the keyboard.  If the next
option (word echo) is on and this option is off, Flipper will
only echo words as they are completed, and nothing else.

Function key 10

This allows you to have the alphabetic keys echoed quickly
as each key is pressed, or to accumulate letters into words
before echoing them.  (Echoing simply means to say what
was pressed). If you press any key besides a letter the word
is considered to be finished and the word is spoken along
with the name of the other key that was pressed.

Control function key 1

If this option is on, Flipper will read out the punctuation
marks: period, comma, question mark, and apostrophe, only
if Flipper does not consider them to be in their proper
place.  For example, if an embedded period appears, like in
"FLIPPER.DOC", Flipper will read it off.  Note that Flipper
will read "." as "point" in this circumstance.  (That is, not
after a letter and before a space.)  If this option is off
Flipper will read it as "period" if it is at the end of a
sentence, and point otherwise. It is also possible to turn off
these symbols completely by pressing delete in the review
mode and then the punctuation that you want to turn off.
(However, the decimal point in numbers can never be
turned off)

Control function key 2

Spell everything.  Sometimes, for proofreading or
programming, it is necessary to have Flipper spell to you
instead of reading words.  This option has Flipper spell
everything that it reads off the screen.

Control function key 3

The alt underscore key combination can be used to read
either only areas of the screen which are enhanced in a
certain way, or to read everything but those areas.  This
option toggles between those two choices.  To select the
enhancement that you want to either read or not read, move
to a part of the screen in the review mode that is enhanced
in the desired way, and then press shift underscore.

At that time, Flipper will tell you the number of that type
of enhancement.  If you want to set it again later, you can
just type that number and then hit the shift underscore key.

Control function key 4

Automatic lightbar.  When Automatic lightbar mode is on,
Flipper will automatically read the choices in a lightbar
menu.  It also works well with spreadsheets, switching back
and forth between reading cell contents, to regular cursor
action when you are editing within a cell.  You can actually
leave this option on all the time.  It is very rarely wrong.
Lotus 123 users also need to turn on hardware cursor, alt
function key 9.

Control function key 5

After you press one of the arrow keys, "up", "down", "right",
or "left", Flipper will look at what happens to the cursor.  If
it does not move, Flipper says "no".  If it moves to an
unexpected part of the screen, Flipper says "jump".  This
option allows you to turn this off.

Control function key 6

Manual lightbar mode.  When this option is on, when you
move around using the cursor keys, Flipper reads out the
whole enhanced cell where the cursor lands rather than a
word, character, or line.

Control function key 7

Foreground colors on.  When this option is on, Flipper uses
the color the characters would appear on a color screen to
describe enhancements instead of things like high intensity,
underlined, etc.  If both foreground and background colors
are off, Flipper will describe enhancements as they would
appear on a monochrome screen.

Control function key 8

Background colors on. This option is similar to foreground
colors on, except enhancements are described in terms of
the changes to the background rather than the character.
You can turn both on at the same time.

Control function key 9

Click.  When this option is on, Flipper will click about once
per second whenever the screen is changing, even if it is
being written to directly and the automatic output doesn't
work.

Control function key 10

Cursor beeps.  When this option is on, you will hear a beep
each time the cursor is moved to a new line, with the tone
indicating where on the screen the cursor is, higher tones
for higher on the screen, and lower for lower on the screen.

Alt function key 1

Extended Automatic output.

This option changes the method Flipper uses to read text
sent to the screen, which we call automatic output.

When turned on, many programs which would not read
automatically before will read their prompts and other
information.  Try it with WordPerfect, for example.  In some
cases this option will read too much, and you will need to
turn it off or set up quiet windows.

Alt function key 2

Count spaces when reading lines.

Sometimes you need to know exactly how many spaces occur
between words or symbols on the screen.  If you turn this
option on, Flipper will tell you how many spaces are on the
screen whenever you read a line at a time or a block at a
time.

Alt function key 3

Do not read after arrow keys.  Flipper will normally read
the material you are moving over on the screen.  For
example, if you move a line at a time with the arrow up or
down keys, Flipper will read the lines as you move over
them.  If you move a character at a time, Flipper will read
the characters, or if you move a word at a time with a
control "right" or "left" arrow, Flipper will read the words.
This option will allow you to turn off this automatic reading.

Alt function key 4

Capital letters significant during search.  During a search,
capital letters are usually treated as being identical to small
letters.  If you want to search for an exact match, including
capitalization, turn on this option.

Alt function key 5

Do not echo "control", "shift", "alt" and "return".  This
option simply turns off the keyboard echo on the named
keys.

Alt function key 6

Do not echo arrow and backspace keys.  This option simply
turns off the keyboard echo on the named keys.

Alt function key 7

When reading a block, say return after every line.  This will
help you judge where in the block the text is appearing.

Alt function key 8

Change pitch for capital letters.  Capital letters will be read
with a higher pitch when you are spelling rather than saying
"cap" before each capital letter.

Alt function key 9

Hardware cursor.  This is one of two options to tell Flipper
what to look for on the screen to indicate the cursor
location. The best way to use this option is to try it if your
cursor is not moving properly in the application program.
It is not needed very often.  It is needed, for example, when
using  Lotus 123.  It is also usually needed to use 3270
emulation products such as IRMA.

Alt function key 10

Force enhancement cursor.  This is one of two options to
tell Flipper what to look for on the screen to indicate the
cursor location.  When this option is on, Flipper will do a
search on the screen to find highlighted portions to use as
its cursor. Again, the best way to use these options is to try
it if your cursor is not moving properly in the application
program. If Flipper can not find the regular cursor on the
screen, it automatically looks for an inverse video cursor.  If
you force Flipper to use an inverse video cursor with this
option, but it can not find any appropriate cursor, it will go
back to the regular cursor, if it can.  This option is useful
for WordPerfect users, for example, when using the spelling
checker.

Shift function key 1

Raise the speed of the synthesizers for all voices.

Shift function key 2

Lower the speed of the synthesizers for all voices.

Shift function key 3

Do not say line numbers.  When you read a line at a time
using the quick keys or the review mode, Flipper usually
reads out the line number.  This option prevents that.

Shift function key 4

Beep at end of activity.  After you press alt to silence the
automatic output, Flipper will wait until the program is
ready for keystrokes again, and then it will beep.  This
toggle will turn off this beep.

Shift function key 5

This option controls whether Flipper beeps when the row
you have selected using the "backslash" key changes.
Flipper can also read a selected area, see the next option.

Shift function key 6

When this option is on, Flipper will watch a line that you
have selected using the "backslash" key, and when it
changes, it will read a previously selected area of the screen.
You select the area to be read like you do any of the alt
number keys, but after you press the "D" (for define) key,
you select the "backslash".

Shift function key 7

This option changes what Flipper refers to as inverse video.
The two options are to call a character inverse video if the
foreground color is black, or, to call it inverse video only if
the background is any color except black.

Shift function key 8

This allows you to choose what the enhanced cursor looks
like that you will be using for a particular program.  The
choices are to use inverse video as defined by shift function
key 7, or to use the color of text that you have chosen using
shift "C" command.

Shift function key 9

Flipper usually does a lot of work to send text to the
synthesizer which will be spoken clearly and consistently.
This includes changing digit strings to spelled out numbers,
counting repeated symbols, and converting special symbols
to words.  This option allows you to send text to the
synthesizer directly, so that you can use the synthesizer's
features to do this kind of processing.

Shift function key 10

Spell part numbers.  When this option is on, if Flipper
comes across a string of characters which are mixed letters
and digits, it will spell it character by character.  If there are
three or more letters at the start, Flipper will read them as
a word, and then spell out the remaining characters.

Alt control function key 1

Silent AUTOKEY.  This option, which is more fully
documented in section 7.0, limits the messages that are
spoken from the AUTOKEY mode.  This is appropriate
when you are playing back macros and do not want things
spoken like "enter search pattern" or "press key to be defined".

Alt control function key 2

This switches the quick keys from using alt sequences to
control sequences.  For example, control "space bar" is used
to silence Flipper, and control "semicolon" is used to enter
the review mode.

Alt control function key 3

Turn off quick keys.  Instead of using alt "N" to access alt
key commands, or switching to using control keys for Flipper,
you can use this toggle to turn off the quick keys altogether.

Alt control function key 4

Turn off alt number keys.  This option turns off the alt
number key blocks, so they can be used by the application
without preceding them with an alt "N".

Alt control function key 5

Keyboard protection off.  If a program, particularly a
resident program, takes over control of the keyboard,
Flipper will regain control so that you can continue  to have
access to Flipper commands.  This option allows you to turn
off that protection.

Alt control function key 6

Do not remove extra spaces from Braille output.  When you
are using the braille feature, Flipper will remove extra
spaces in the output to save room.  This option allows you
to leave in these extra spaces so you can get the actual
layout information from the screen.

Alt control function key 7

Suppress the Caps lock on and Num lock on messages.

Alt control function key 8

Start from top of screen when searching for enhancement
cursor.  Tracking an enhancement cursor is actually a process
of searching the entire screen for the appropriate
enhancement.  This option allows you to change the search
so that it starts from the top of the screen instead of the
bottom, which will allow you to choose between two
locations which may use a cursor with the same appearance.

Alt control function key 9

Say blank for blank lines.  Flipper ordinarily says nothing if
a line is blank.  If this option is on, Flipper will say blank if
you try to read a blank line.

Alt control function key 10

Delay speech output for use with remote typing.  If you are
using a computer to communicate with another person live,
for example chatting with a bulletin board operator, they can
not usually type fast enough so that Flipper thinks that the
output all goes together, and it will read parts of words or
individual characters.  This option slows Flipper down so
that what the other person types will come out in phrases.

Voice commands:

Voice selection is started by pressing "V" during the review
mode. Each of Flipper's three voices can be changed
together, or independently. Pressing a function key by itself
changes all three voices.  Pressing  a function key with the
shift key changes the automatic output voice alone.  Pressing
a function key with the alt key depressed changes the
keyboard echo voice.  Pressing a function key with the
control key depressed changes the command voice by itself.
Press the enter key to leave the voice control, and return
to the review mode.  The function keys control the following
voice characteristics:

Function key 1

Raise the speed of the synthesizer.

Function key 2

Lower the speed of the synthesizer.

Function key 3

Not used.

Function key 4

Not used.

Function key 5

Raise the pitch of the synthesizer.

Function key 6

Lower the pitch of the synthesizer.

Function key 7

Raise inflection for Artic, change voice for Dectalk.  This
option raises the stress level of the Artic voice, and selects
the voice of the Dectalk, (Paul, Betty, etc.)

Function key 8

Lower filter for Artic, change voice for Dectalk.  This option
lowers the stress level of the Artic voice, and selects the
voice of the Dectalk, (Paul, Betty, etc.)

Function key 9

Raise the volume of the synthesizer.

Function key 10

Lower the volume of the synthesizer.