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APPENDIX D
VOICE CONTROL PANEL OPTIONS

The Voice Control Panel contains many useful features.  Those of you that are
sighted will enjoy how nice the menus look on the screen and easy to follow.
Of course the speech works just as well.

Below is a description of each option available in the Voice Control Panel.
If you wish to pop up the menus, press the Menu hot key.  This key defaults
to CTRL-\.  While in the menus, you can use the Right arrow, Down arrow or
Space bar to toggle to the next available option.  Or, you can use the Left
arrow, Up arrow or Backspace keys to toggle to the previous option.  Once you
get to the option you want, a press of the ENTER key will act upon it.  If
you know the number of the option you wish to execute, simply type the number
and press ENTER.  This would be just as if you cursored to the option and
pressed ENTER only it is much faster.  You will notice there is a Help option
off of the main menus.  This option will display a submenu of three choices.
Regardless of which selection you choose, Vocal-Eyes reads a file on disk
called VE.HLP.  If this file is not available, Vocal-Eyes will say "Help is
unavailable" and beep.  If it was found, you will be presented with several
screens of information.  You can press the Page Down key to advance to the
next screen or Page Up to go back to the previous one.  If you press the
ESCAPE key, the Help mode will be exited.  If you press any other key, the
current screen will be reread.

If you press the ESCAPE while in the menus, you will be returned to the
previous menu option or if you are already at the main options, you will be
returned to your applications program.  If you wish to exit directly to your
applications program, you can press ALT-X or ALT-ESCAPE if you have the
enhanced 101 keyboard.  You could also pick the Exit option.  This would be
just as if you pressed the ESCAPE key.

If you are on an option which can toggle between two or more settings, each
press of the ENTER key will increase the setting.  If you press the Delete
key, each option will default to a consistent state.  This is mainly used for
you macro lovers.

As we describe each of the options in detail, the following format will be
used:

Option number, Menu title with all options, Default setting and finally what
value will be used if you press the Delete key

The option number will tell you how to get to each option assuming you start
at the main menu.  For example the option number 1-6-5 would mean select
option 1:Screen off of the main menu.  Then option 6:Punctuation and finally
option 5:Control.

Lets start with the first option.

1: Screen

This will display the Screen submenu.  Its choices are described below.

1-1: Voice = On/Off  Default = On, Delete = Off

This can be used to turn off the screen voice.  This means all characters
received through the standard DOS vectors will not be spoken.  Review Mode
and all of the hot keys will work as before.

1-2: Rate = 0-9  Default = 5

This tells Vocal-Eyes what speech rate is to be used when reading characters
from the screen.  The higher the number the faster the speech.

1-3: Pitch = 0-9  Default = 3

This tells Vocal-Eyes what speech pitch to be used when reading characters
from the screen.  The higher the number the higher the pitch.

1-4: Tone = A-Z  Default = I

This tells Vocal-Eyes what speech tone to be used when reading characters
from the screen.  Some synthesizers do not support this feature.  Others
treat it in different ways.

1-5: Volume = 0-9  Default = 9

This tells Vocal-Eyes what speech volume to be used when reading characters
from the screen.  The higher the number, the louder the output.

1-6: Punctuation

This option will pull up the punctuation submenu for all screen text.  The
options it offers are as follows:

1-6-1: Textual = Off/Dictionary only/On  Default = Off  Delete = Off

This is used to tell Vocal-Eyes which of the textual characters to speak.
For example when a period is received should the word period be spoken or
not.  Or, should it speak the dictionary definition setup by yourself.
Textual characters include:

! . , ; : ?

A setting of off will cause Vocal-Eyes not to speak any of these characters.
On will speak the default settings.  However, if there is an entry also in
the dictionary, it will be spoken as instructed in the dictionary instead of
Vocal-Eyes' default.  If you choose the Dictionary only option, only those
textual characters which are in the dictionary will be spoken.

1-6-2: Math = Off/Dictionary only/On  Default = On  Delete = Off

This is very similar to the Textual option however, it relates to  the
following math symbols instead of the textual characters.

( ) - / ^ * + = > < %

1-6-3: Miscellaneous = Off/Dictionary only/On  Default = On
     Delete = Off

This is very similar to the Textual option however, it relates to the
following Miscellaneous symbols instead of the textual characters.

@ { } [ ] _ \ | ' " ~ ` & # $

1-6-4: Space = Off/Dictionary only/On  Default = Off  Delete = Off

This is very similar to the Textual option however, it relates only to the
space character instead of the textual character.

1-6-5: Control = Off/Dictionary only/ASCII/Describe/Say Control       Default
= Off  Delete = Off

This is used for all characters with an ASCII value between 1 and 26.  If you
set it to off, these characters will not be spoken.  Dictionary only as
before will only speak the character if it is in the character dictionary.
In fact, unless the setting is off, Vocal-Eyes will always speak the
character the way you defined it in the character dictionary.  The ASCII
option will speak the ASCII value of the character.  The Describe feature
will cause Vocal-Eyes to give a verbal description of what the character
looks like.  For example "musical note."  Finally the Say Control option will
simply say Control-A through Control-Z for each of the characters.

1-6-6: Enhanced = Off/Dictionary only/ASCII/Describe  Default = Off   Delete
= Off

This is very similar to the Control option only ASCII values 0, 27-31 and
127-255 are affected.  The only difference is this does not offer the Say
Control option since these ASCII characters are not considered control
characters.

1-7: Numbers = Off/On  Default = On  Delete = Off

This is used to tell Vocal-Eyes how to handle numbers, money, times and
dates.  For example, should Vocal-Eyes say "one hundred thirty five" or
"1-3-5" when the digits 1, 3 and 5 are received in a row.  The same is true
for money.  Should "thirty seven dollars and twenty five cents" or "3-7 point
2-5" be spoken if $37.25 is received.  Set this however you wish numbers to
be read.  Note, even if you have this feature on but a number comes in which
does not have a comma in the correct place or if the number sequence contains
a dash, the number will be spelled anyway.

1-8: Repeat Filter = Off/Say Repeats/Ignore  Default = Off  Delete = Off

This is used to tell Vocal-Eyes what to do with repeating characters.  For
example if a line of 40 stars are printed on the screen should Vocal-Eyes say
each star 40 times (Off) or should it say "star star star repeats 40 times"
(Say Repeats) or should the entire string be ignored (Ignore)?  Notice,
regardless of the setting, if the punctuation level says not to speak any
stars, nothing would be spoken anyway.

1-9: Repeat Value = 1-9  Default = 3

This tells Vocal-Eyes how many times a character has to repeat before it is
considered a repeating character.  If a character repeats the number
specified or more, then the Repeat Filter option above will kick in.  Of
course if the Repeat Filter option is off this value will be ignored.

1-10: Blank Lines = Off/Say Blank  Default = Say Blank  Delete = Off

This option tells Vocal-Eyes what to do if a blank line was requested to be
read.  Should it say nothing (Off) or should it say "Blank" (Say Blank).

1-11: Signal Cursor Pos = Off/On  Default = Off  Delete = Off

With this feature on, Vocal-Eyes will speak 'CURSOR' whenever it is reading
something which contains the cursor position.   The reading will begin as
normal but when the cursor position is reached, Vocal-Eyes will say 'CURSOR'
and continue reading on as normal.  If the cursor is in the middle of a word,
Vocal-Eyes will break the word in two speaking 'cursor' between the two
sections.

1-12: Attribute Changes = Off/On  Default = Off  Delete = Off

This determines if Vocal-Eyes should speak the current attribute if it is
different than the last attribute spoken.  For example, if you are reading
the contents of the screen, each time the attribute changes, Vocal-Eyes will
speak the new attribute followed by the existing data.

1-13: Auto Box Read = Off/On  Default = Off  Delete = Off

If enabled, Vocal-Eyes will constantly scan the entire screen for boxes.
Once a box has been detected, Vocal-Eyes will read the entire contents of the
box.  If more than one box is on the screen at one time, Vocal-Eyes will
determine which box is of most interest and read that one.  Even if the
contents of a box changes the box will not be reread.  Only if a new box has
been detected will one be read.

1-14: Screen Activity Tone = Off/On  Default = Off  Delete = Off

If enabled and you silence the screen, Vocal-Eyes will emit a tone about
every second if the screen is changing.  If you silence the speech but the
screen is not changing, the tone will not be sounded.  Likewise, if you have
not silenced the speech but the screen is changing the tone will not be
sounded.  This is mainly used to give you an indication something is
happening even if you have silenced the speech.

1-15: Port Intercept = Off/LPT1/LPT2/LPT3/COM1/COM2/COM3/
COM4  Default = off  Delete = Off

By default Vocal-Eyes will not intercept data sent to any of the above 7
ports.  However, if you select any of them, Vocal-Eyes will intercept the
data and send it to the synthesizer for voicing.  For example, if you are
using a word processor and print the file to LPT2 and you have this setup to
intercept LPT2, the text sent by the word processor will not be printed but
will be voiced.  When Vocal-Eyes intercepts a port, it will not pass it on.
Vocal-Eyes will speak the data and stop.  You could for example, set this up
to intercept LPT1.  Now whenever you do a print screen, Vocal-Eyes will speak
the screen instead of it being sent to the printer.

1-16: BIOS TTY Intercept = Intercept/Ignore  Default = Intercept  Delete =
Ignore

Normally the default of intercept will work fine.  However, if you use a
program which speaks as if each character is being printed to the screen
twice, you may want to set this to ignore.  Some programs will print
characters to the screen twice.  Visually this is never noticed.  However,
Vocal-Eyes picks it up.  If possible, leave this setting to intercept.  On
some machines if you set this for ignore, your DOS prompt may not speak
unless you have ANSI.SYS loaded.  It is better if possible to set this to
intercept and not load ANSI.SYS.

2: Keyboard

This will display the Keyboard submenu.  Its choices are described below.

2-1: Voice = On/Off  Default = On, Delete = Off

You can use this to turn off the keyboard voice.  This means all characters
typed from the keyboard will not be spoken.

2-2: Rate = 0-9  Default = 5

This tells Vocal-Eyes what speech rate is to be used when reading  keyboard
characters.  The higher the number the faster the speech.

2-3: Pitch = 0-9  Default = 3

This tells Vocal-Eyes what speech pitch is to be used when reading keyboard
characters.  The higher the number the higher the pitch.

2-4: Tone = A-Z  Default = I

This tells Vocal-Eyes what speech tone to be used when reading keyboard
characters.  Some synthesizers do not support this feature.  Others treat it
in different ways.

2-5: Volume = 0-9  Default = 9

This tells Vocal-Eyes what speech volume to be used when reading keyboard
characters.  The higher the number, the louder the output.

2-6: Punctuation

This option will pull up the punctuation submenu for all keyboard characters.
The options it offers are as follows:

2-6-1: Textual = Off/Dictionary only/On  Default = On  Delete = Off

This is used to tell Vocal-Eyes which of the textual characters to speak.
For example when a period is received should the word period be spoken or
not.  Or, should it speak the dictionary definition setup by yourself.
Textual characters include:

! . , ; : ?

A setting of off will cause Vocal-Eyes not to speak any of these characters.
On will speak the default settings.  However, if there is an entry also in
the dictionary, it will be spoken as instructed in the dictionary instead of
Vocal-Eyes' default.  If you choose the Dictionary only option, only those
textual characters which are in the dictionary will be spoken.

2-6-2: Math = Off/Dictionary only/On  Default = On  Delete = Off

This is very similar to the Textual option however, it relates to  the
following math symbols instead of the textual characters.

( ) - / ^ * + = > < %

2-6-3: Miscellaneous = Off/Dictionary only/On  Default = On
     Delete = Off

This is very similar to the Textual option however, it relates to the
following Miscellaneous symbols instead of the textual characters.

@ { } [ ] _ \ | ' " ~ ` & # $

2-6-4: Space = Off/Dictionary only/On  Default = On  Delete = Off

This is very similar to the Textual option however, it relates only to the
space character instead of the textual character.

2-6-5: Control = Off/Dictionary only/ASCII/Describe/Say Control       Default
= Off  Delete = Off

This is used for all characters with an ASCII value between 1 and 26.  If you
set it to off, these characters will not be spoken.  Dictionary only as
before will only speak the character if it is in the character dictionary.
In fact, unless the setting is off, Vocal-Eyes will always speak the
character the way you defined it in the character dictionary.  The ASCII
option will speak the ASCII value of the character.  The Describe feature
will cause Vocal-Eyes to give a verbal description of what the character
looks like.  For example "musical note."  Finally the Say Control option will
simply say Control-A through Control-Z for each of the characters.

2-6-6: Enhanced = Off/Dictionary only/ASCII/Describe  Default = Off   Delete
= Off

This is very similar to the Control option only ASCII values 0, 27-31 and
127-255 are affected.  The only difference is this does not offer the Say
Control option since these ASCII characters are not considered control
characters.

2-7: Special Keys

This option will pull up the Special Keys submenu for all keyboard
characters.  The options it offers are as follows:

2-7-1: Function Keys = Off/On  Default = Off  Delete = Off

If this setting is set to on, Vocal-Eyes will say the name of the function
key when it is pressed.  For example when you press the F5 key, Vocal-Eyes
will say "F5."  If you are using the Key Label dictionary also, Vocal-Eyes
will first speak what you have in the key label dictionary and then speak the
function number.

2-7-2: Toggle Keys = Off/On  Default = On  Delete = Off

This is used to tell Vocal-Eyes if it should speak the toggle keys.  These
include INSERT, SCROLL LOCK, NUM LOCK and CAPS LOCK.  For example if this
feature is on and the Caps Lock key is pressed, Vocal-Eyes will say "caps on"
or "caps off" depending on the current setting.  The same is true for the
other keys except the insert.  Because all programs use the insert key
differently, it is impossible for Vocal-Eyes to know the current state.
Therefore, Vocal-Eyes will only say "INSERT" when the insert key is pressed.

2-7-3: Cursor Movement = Off/On  Default = Off  Delete = Off

This is used to tell Vocal-Eyes if it should speak the cursor movement keys.
These keys include the following:  Up, Down, Left and Right arrows, Home,
End, Page Up, Page Down, Delete, Backspace, Tab and Shift-Tab.  If on, each
of these keys will speak their name before preforming their function.

2-7-4: Key Enhancements = Off/On  Default = Off  Delete = Off

This is used to tell Vocal-Eyes if it should speak the key enhancement keys.
These keys include the following:  Shift, Control and ALT.  If on, each time
you press any of these keys Vocal-Eyes will speak their name.

2-7-5: ESCAPE Key = Off/On  Default = Off  Delete = Off

This is used to tell Vocal-Eyes if it should say "Escape" if the Escape key
is pressed.

2-7-6: ENTER Key = Off/On  Default = Off  Delete = Off

This is used to tell Vocal-Eyes if it should say "Enter" if either Enter key
is pressed.

2-8: Capitals = Undefined/Say CAP/Tone/Pitch  Default = Pitch
     Delete = Undefined

If you type a capital letter at the keyboard or if you are reviewing a single
character already on the screen, this option will tell Vocal-Eyes how to
handle it.  Undefined will cause only the letter to be spoken.  The Say CAP
option will cause Vocal-Eyes to speak the word CAP before the letter.  For
example, a capital A would be pronounced "CAP A."  The Tone option will cause
Vocal-Eyes to issue a short tone before the letter.  The Pitch option will
cause Vocal-Eyes to speak the character using the current pitch + 2.  For
example if your keyboard pitch is set at 3, Vocal-Eyes will use a pitch of 5
to speak the current letter.

2-9: Key Click = Off/On  Default = Off  Delete = Off

If on, Vocal-Eyes will issue a very short tone each time a keyboard character
is pressed.  You may want to use this option if you have the voice turned
off.

2-10: Interruptability = Off/All keys/Cursor keys off/Cursor keys
only/Control or ALT  Default = All Keys      Delete = All keys

If this setting is set for all keys, every key on the keyboard will cause the
current speech to be silenced.  For example, a press of the Shift or Control
keys could be used to silence the speech.  If you are typing, each press of
the next key will silence the previous character from speaking.  If you set
this to Cursor keys off, all keys except for the four arrow keys will silence
the speech.  This can be used if you wish to cursor through a document
without the speech being silenced with each press of an arrow key.  Setting
this to Cursor keys only will cause only the four arrow keys and the silence
hotkey to silence the voice.  A setting of Control or ALT will cause only
those two keys to interrupt the speech.  A setting of off will cause
Vocal-Eyes to only silence the speech if you press the silence hot key.
Regardless, once the speech is silenced, it can be turned back on with a tap
of the Shift or Control key if interruptability is on or if it is off, a
press of the silence hot key.

2-11: Word Mode = Off/On  Default = Off  Delete = Off

Normally as you type, Vocal-Eyes will speak each character individually.  If
you turn this feature on, your keystrokes will now be spoken as words.  Each
time you press the Space Bar or any punctuation characters, Vocal-Eyes will
speak what has been previously typed as words.  Try this feature.  It might
grow on you.  If you enable this feature, you may also want to disable the
speaking of the space bar for the keyboard voice.

3: Hotkeys

All Hotkey options have been described in Appendix A

4: Cursoring

You are capable of defining up to 46 different cursoring keys.  Actually you
can define a key even if it is not truly a cursoring key.  A cursoring key is
normally a keystroke which moves your cursor.  For example, the first entry
sets up the left arrow to speak the current character.  Therefore, when you
press the left arrow, Vocal-Eyes allows the applications program to move the
cursor and then it steps in to speak the new character.  You can set any
legal key to any of the following settings:  Character, Word, Line, Sentence,
Paragraph, To End Of Line, Light Bar, Box, Cursor Position, Field Data, Field
Name, Field Name & Data, Prior Character, Current Window, Speak Window 0-9,
Activate window 0-9, Load RAM SET, Link.  The link option allows you to link
two of the above commands for one cursoring key.

Each entry requires two columns.  The first column contains the key you are
defining and the second holds what the key should speak.  You can cursor down
through the options by pressing either the Down or Left arrow.  This will
always leave you in the first column but read both columns.  If you press the
ENTER key, you will go from column 1 to column 2 then to the next entries
column 1 and so on.  To go to the previous entry press either the Up arrow,
Left arrow or the BACKSPACE key.

Once you have your cursor in the first column of an entry you wish to either
define or redefine, press the keystroke you wish to define.  Vocal-Eyes will
voice your keystroke and move you to the second column.  Here, you can toggle
through all the various options.  If you press Delete here, the option will
default to Undefined.  If you press the SPACE BAR, the next option will
appear or if you press the BACKSPACE key, the previous option will appear.
Once you have the option you want, press either the Down arrow, Right arrow
or ENTER to go on to the next keystroke or press the Up arrow, or Left arrow
to go to the previous keystroke.  If you have selected Speak window, Activate
Window or Load RAM SET, you should press ENTER instead of the arrows.  This
is so Vocal-Eyes will prompt you for the window or RAM set number.  Simply
type a number from 0-9.  Vocal-Eyes will then go on to the next keystroke
option.  If you want to see what window or RAM SET you already have defined,
you also should press ENTER.  Vocal-Eyes will prompt for the new information
but it will display the previous setting as a default.  If you want to accept
the default, press ENTER again.  Also, while in either column, you can press
a number between 1 and 46 followed by ENTER.  This will place you in the
first column of that entry.

If you wish to remove one of the existing cursoring keys, simply move your
cursor to column one of the entry and press the Delete key.  Vocal-Eyes will
respond by speaking "Undefined" and move you down to the next entry and read
its current values.  Note, even if you have a key defined but set to
Undefined, Vocal-Eyes will still ignore the keystroke.  Both columns must be
defined before Vocal-Eyes will use it.

If you wish to define a cursoring key to one of the navigation keys such as
the arrows, ENTER, ESCAPE etc., you need to proceed the keystroke with a
press of the ` (grave accent).  This will instruct Vocal-Eyes to actually
assign the next keypress as a cursoring key instead of moving to the next
column for example.

Defaults:

Character - Left, Right, Home, Ctrl-Home, End, Ctrl-End, Pgup, Ctrl-Pgup,
Pgdn, Ctrl-Pgdn, Del, Ctrl-Del

Word - Ctrl-Left, Ctrl-Right

Line - Up, Down

Cursor Position - Tab, Shift-Tab

Prior Char - Backspace

All others are undefined

Feel free to setup as many or as little of the 46 possible entries.

5: General

This will display the General submenu.  Its choices are described below.

5-1: Voice = Off/On  Default = On  Delete = Off

This can be used to completely turn off the voice.  Vocal-Eyes will no longer
speak anything including Review mode commands.  This is mainly used if a
sighted friend wishes to use your system.

5-2: Hot Keys = Off/On  Default = On  Delete = Off

This can be used to turn off every hot key except for the Voice Control Panel
hot key, the fast Review hotkey and the standard Review hot key.  This means
except for the mentioned hot keys, Vocal-Eyes will allow each to be passed on
to the underlying applications program.  Again, this is mainly used if a
sighted friend wishes to use your system.

5-3: Cursor Keys = Off/On  Default = On  Delete = Off

With a setting of off, Vocal-Eyes will completely ignore all cursoring keys.
This would be as if you undefined all 46 possible cursoring keys.  This also
is mainly used if a sighted friend wishes to use your system.

5-4: Cursor Tracking

This selection will display another submenu of 8 choices.  These options deal
with how Vocal-Eyes should treat the cursor and lightbar.

5-4-1: Cursor Type = Physical/Hardware / Physical/BIOS / ASCII / Attribute /
ASCII and Attribute  Default = Physical/Hardware  Delete = Physical/Hardware

You have five options as to how Vocal-Eyes should locate the applications
cursor.  Either by getting the true cursor directly from the video hardware,
requesting the cursor position through BIOS, scanning the entire screen for
a particular ASCII character, scanning the entire screen for a particular
attribute or finally scanning the entire screen for both a particular
character and color.

5-4-2: Use Light bar as cursor = Yes/No  Default = No  Delete = No

If lightbar mode is set to on or auto and you set this to yes, Vocal-Eyes
will scan the entire screen for the specified lightbar and use the first
character of the lightbar to determine the cursor position.  This will
override option 1, cursor type if a lightbar was found.  If not found, the
cursor position will be determined by the setting in option 1, cursor type.

5-4-3: Bar track status = Normal/Specified Cursor  Default = Normal  Delete
= Normal

This tells Vocal-Eyes what to determine as a lightbar.  A setting of normal
will cause Vocal-Eyes to use the specified lightbar color and scan the
screen.  A setting of specified cursor will cause Vocal-Eyes to use option 1,
cursor type to determine the start of the lightbar and option 4, bar track
specified read, to determine the end of the lightbar.  Normal is for
traditional lightbars and specified cursor is for more obscure variations of
a lightbar.

5-4-4: Bar track specified read = To first enhanced character/To end of
line/To next different attribute  Default = To first enhanced character
Delete = To next different attribute

Only if option 3, bar track status is set to specified cursor will this
option be used.  Otherwise, Vocal-Eyes will ignore it.  This determines the
end of the lightbar.  Vocal-Eyes can scan left to right until a character
whose ASCII value is less than 32 or greater than 127.  It can consider the
end of the line as the end of the lightbar.  Finally, it can scan up to but
not including the next character with a different attribute.

5-4-5: Bar track normal read = All bars/First bar only/Last bar only/Shortest
bar only/Longest bar only  Default = All bars  Delete = All bars

Only if option 3, bar track status is set to normal will this option be used.
Otherwise, Vocal-Eyes will ignore it.  If the lightbar color appears in more
than one location on the screen, this tells Vocal-Eyes which occurrences of
the lightbar color are actually to be considered the lightbar.  All bars will
read every occurrence in the current window.  First bar will only read the
first occurrence.  Last bar will only read the last occurrence.  Shortest
will read the shortest occurrence only and finally, longest will read the
longest occurrence only.

5-4-6: ASCII Character

This is only used if you have set option 1, cursor type to ASCII or ASCII and
Attribute.  Otherwise it is ignored.  This contains the ASCII value of the
character Vocal-Eyes should scan for to determine the cursor position.  Valid
options are 0 - 256, all possible ASCII values.

5-4-7: Foreground

This is only used if you have set option 1, cursor type to Attribute or ASCII
and Attribute.  Otherwise it is ignored.  This contains the foreground color
Vocal-Eyes should scan for to determine the cursor position.

5-4-8: Background

This is only used if you have set option 1, cursor type to Attribute or ASCII
and Attribute.  Otherwise it is ignored.  This contains the background color
Vocal-Eyes should scan for to determine the cursor position.

5-5: Bar Track = Off/On/Auto  Default = Off  Delete = Off

This is used to turn on or off the Light Bar tracking.  If on, each press of
the arrow keys, Home, End, Page Up or Page Down will cause all characters in
the currently active window with the attribute specified for the light bar to
be spoken.  If you set this to off, these keys will work normally.  A setting
of Auto will cause Vocal-Eyes to automatically determine if a lightbar is
being used.  If it detects a lightbar, it will be voiced.  If a lightbar is
not detected, the standard cursoring keys will be used if setup.  Auto is a
good setting if you are not familiar with an applications program.  Let
Vocal-Eyes do the figuring for you.  This can also be toggled with the Bar
Toggle hot key and using the ALT-F7 command in review mode.

5-6: Character Dictionary = Off/On  Default = On  Delete = Off

This is used to temporarily stop using all characters in the character
dictionary.  This will not clear the dictionary however.  Once you toggle it
back on, all characters in the dictionary will be spoken as described.

5-7:  Key Label Dictionary = Off/On  Default = On  Delete = Off

This is used to temporarily stop using all keys in the key label dictionary.
This will not clear the dictionary however.  Once you toggle it back on, all
keys in the dictionary will be spoken as described.

5-8: Review Window = Current Window/Full screen/Previous setting  Default =
Current Window  Delete = Current Window

This setting determines what area Vocal-Eyes should confine your movements
while in review mode.  Current window will default to using the coordinates
of the currently selected window.  Full screen will allow movement within the
entire screen.  Previous setting will confine your movements to whatever you
last exited review mode with.  If you left review mode with the full screen
active, it will be active when you enter review the next time and so on.  You
can always use F2 while in review to toggle between the current window and
the full screen.

5-9: Bell Position = 0-99  Default = 70

This is used to tell Vocal-Eyes what column position it should issue the
typewriter bell tone.  If you don't want the tone at all, set this value to
0.

5-10: Hyperactive Status = On/Off  Default = On  Delete = off

This is used to turn off all hyperactive windows.  If off, Vocal-Eyes will no
longer monitor hyperactive windows.  Setting this back to on will cause
Vocal-Eyes to once again monitor all active hyperactive windows.  You can
also use option 56: Hyper On/Off hotkey to toggle hyperactive windows on and
off.

5-11: ASCII Field Name Separator = 0-99  Default = 0

If you request Vocal-Eyes to read the field name or data, it has to make a
few assumptions.  By default, it assumes the color of the field data is
different than the field name, the name is to the left of the data and the
cursor is currently in the field data.  If this is the case, this option will
not be needed.  However, if the colors of the two are not different, there is
still hope.  Normally if the colors are the same, the application will place
a consistent character after the field name, normally a : (colon).  If this
is the case, you can setup the ASCII value of the character in this option.
For example, a value of 58 would represent a colon.  A setting of zero tells
Vocal-Eyes to use the color approach.  Values 1-99 however, tell Vocal-Eyes
to use that ASCII character as the field name terminator even if the colors
are different.

5-12: Fast Review = Undefined/Left Control/Right Control/Either Control/Left
Shift/Right Shift/Either Shift/Left ALT/Right ALT/Either ALT/Scroll-Lock
Default = Either ALT  Delete = Undefined

This can be used to setup a fast way to enter Review Mode.  Even if you have
the Review hot key setup, you should use this method for entering Review
Mode.  The Review hotkey should only be used for macros.  If you must set
this to Undefined, you can use the standard hot key.  Any of the other
settings will work only if you press the defined key and let it go without
pressing any other key before you let it go.

5-13: Sound Effects = Off/Internal Speaker/Sounding Board
     Default = Internal Speaker  Delete = Off

Vocal-Eyes uses many tones to indicate several different things.  You can
instruct Vocal-Eyes not to issue the tones at all with a setting of off.
Leaving it at the default of Internal Speaker will cause all tones to be
issued using your PC's speaker.  Those of you using a Sounding Board may wish
to select Sounding Board.  This will cause all tones to be issued using the
speech chip of the synthesizer.  This means, all tones will be issued using
the Sounding Board speaker.  If you wish to hear the tones but your friend
sitting next to you doesn't, set this to Sounding Board and use a headset
plugged into the Sounding Board.  Now everybody is happy.

5-14: Sound Duration = 1-9  Default = 2

This is used to specify how long each of the many tones Vocal-Eyes uses
should last.  It is mainly used for systems of different speeds.  This is a
relative number for each of the tones.  Only if you have the Sound Effects
set to internal speaker will this have any effect.  Obviously if you have the
tones off, the duration would not make any difference.  If you are using the
Sounding Board, the speed of your machine has nothing to do with the length
of each tone.  However, if you are using the internal speaker and are using
a 4.77 8088 machine, the tones may be too long.  Or if you are using a 33 MHZ
80486, the tones are much too fast.  The larger the number, the slower the
tones.  Feel free to set this to your liking.

5-15: Cursor Delay = 1-99  Default = 3

This number determines how long Vocal-Eyes should wait after sending a
defined cursor key to the application before it preforms the specified tasks.
Normally the default of 3 will work fine.  However, if you are using an
applications program which is slow to respond to the cursor keys, you may
have to increase this value.  For example, if you notice the incorrect text
is being spoken before the cursor is moved, you will have to increase this
value.  Keep this number as low as possible for faster operations.  Values
1-70 use a different technique than values 71-99.  If possible, try and keep
the value below 71.  If however, a setting of 70 does not fix the problem,
try increasing the value slowly after 70.  Each number past 70 will wait
1/18th of a second.  For example, a setting of 75 would wait 5/18ths of a
second before performing the specified tasks.

5-16: Trigger Delay = 1-99  Default = 2

This number times 1/18 seconds determines the amount of time Vocal-Eyes will
wait and send a Return character to the synthesizer in order to speak the
text which has been buffered.  Normally the default will work fine.  Those of
you working with telecommunications especially at low BAUD rates may have to
increase this number.  Try to keep this number as low as possible for faster
operations.  If the number is set to low, you may notice some words being
broken up.

5-17: Route/Write Delay = 1-99  Default = 2

This number determines how fast Vocal-Eyes will route the applications cursor
and how fast it should do block writes.  The larger the number, the slower
Vocal-Eyes will perform.  Some applications can not accept the data as fast
as Vocal-Eyes is capable of sending it.  If you are having problems routine
the cursor or are loosing data during a block write, try increasing this
value.

5-18: Hyperactive Check Delay = 1-99  Default = 6

This value determines how often Vocal-Eyes should monitor the hyperactive
windows for the specified change.  Each number represents 1/18th of a second.
For example, the default of 6 will monitor all hyperactive windows every
6/18th of a second or 3 times per second.  The lower the number, the faster
Vocal-Eyes will notice the change.  However, a value too low could cause
Vocal-Eyes to trigger a hyperactive window too soon.  A value too large may
cause Vocal-Eyes to completely overlook a particular change.  Normally the
default of 6 will work fine.  It really depends on your particular
applications program.

5-19: Revector Check = Off/On  Default = Off  Delete = Off

If on, Vocal-Eyes will continually check if a program has revectored itself
in order to try and take control away from Vocal-Eyes.  If it senses such a
case, Vocal-Eyes will revector itself back on top again.  If you are using an
applications program which causes Vocal-Eyes to go to sleep until you exit
the applications, you may try setting this to On.  This is mainly used for
3270 emulation however.  Use this option with care.  Once Vocal-Eyes
revectors itself you can not disable this feature until your next session
with Vocal-Eyes.  Once vectored, it can not unvector itself.  Use this option
as a last resort.

6: Files

This will display the Files submenu.  Its options are described below:

6-1: Load SET

This will cause Vocal-Eyes to prompt "Load SET?."  It will display the last
loaded .SET file name as a default.  If you press enter, the default will be
used.  Or, you can type in the desired file name.  You can give a disk file
name or use 'RAMx' where x is the RAM location you wish to load from.  If you
specify a path as part of the filename, Vocal-Eyes will only look in the
specified location.  If you do not include a drive or path specification,
Vocal-Eyes will first look through all the RAM locations for the same name.
If found, the .SET file will be loaded from there.  If not found in a RAM
location, Vocal-Eyes will check the Vocal-Eyes directory.  If not found
again, the current drive and directory will be checked.  If not found in any
of the locations, you will receive a disk error.  If you specify a file name
of '?', Vocal-Eyes will display a menu with each RAM location as the choices.
Refer to Appendix I for a complete description of editing commands.  Once the
.SET file is loaded, Vocal-Eyes' settings will be set accordingly.

6-2: Save SET

This will cause Vocal-Eyes to prompt "Save SET?."  Just like the Load option,
it will display the last loaded .SET file name as a default.  Press ENTER if
this is the desired file name.  You can give a disk name as well as any of
the RAM location by giving a file name of 'RAMx' where x is the RAM location
to save to.  If you specify a filename with a drive and/or path, Vocal-Eyes
will save the .SET in the specified location.  If you do not specify a drive
or path, Vocal-Eyes will first check all RAM locations for a .SET with the
same name.  If found, the .SET will be saved in that RAM location.  If a RAM
location was not found, Vocal-Eyes will save the .SET file in the Vocal-Eyes
startup directory.  If you specify a file name of '?', Vocal-Eyes will
display a menu with each RAM location as the choices.  Refer to Appendix I
for a complete description of editing commands.

6-3: Load Key Label

This will cause Vocal-Eyes to prompt "Load Key Label:."  If a key label has
already been loaded, the name will be supplied as a default.  Type in the
actual key label file name and press ENTER.  If you specify a drive and/or
path, Vocal-Eyes will load the key label directly from the specified
location.  If you do not specify a drive or path, Vocal-Eyes will first look
in the default Vocal-Eyes directory.  If found, it will be loaded.  If not
found, the current drive and directory will be checked.  If not found there,
you will receive a disk error.  If you specify a file name of 'C', Vocal-Eyes
will clear the current key label.  If you do not specify an extension as part
of the file name, .KEY is assumed.

6-4: Load Character Dic

This will cause Vocal-Eyes to prompt "Load Character Dic:."  If a character
dictionary has already been loaded, the name will be supplied as a default.
Type in the actual key label file name and press ENTER.  If you specify a
drive and/or path, Vocal-Eyes will load the character dictionary directly
from the specified location.  If you do not specify a drive or path,
Vocal-Eyes will first look in the default Vocal-Eyes directory.  If found, it
will be loaded.  If not found, the current drive and directory will be
checked.  If not found there, you will receive a disk error.  If you specify
a file name of 'C', Vocal-Eyes will clear the current character dictionary.
If you do not specify an extension as part of the file name, .CHR is assumed.

7: Help

This will display the Help submenu.  Regardless of which help option you
select, you can use the Page Down key to display the next screen of text or
the Page Up key for the previous.  Pressing ESCAPE will abort the help and
return you to the main menu.  Pressing any other key will cause the current
screen to be re-read.
Its options are described below:

7-1: Menu

This will display help information for each and every menu option.

7-2: Review

This will display help information for each and every Review Mode command.

7-3: VE Cursor

This will display help information for each and every VE Cursor command.

8: Exit

This is the exact same as pressing the ESCAPE key from the main menu or ALT-X
from any of the others.  It will exit the Voice Control Panel and return you
to your applications program.