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SECTION 6.0 OPTIONS INDEX

Index to Flipper's Options.  Copyright John Stephen Smith 1987, 1988.

Flipper allows you to select many options.  The following
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 that key.  Two complete
sets of options are maintained, primary and secondary, and you
can select between them by using the f (flip) command during the
review mode, or alt f outside the review mode.  They are also
saved when you use the "flipsave" command and loaded with the
"flipload" command.  You can also load an unlimited number of
configurations into the computer's memory using the "FLIPEXT"
command and then load them using the f command, or alt f from
outside the review mode.  To retrieve the third configuration
that you loaded with the FLIPEXT command, for example, you would
type "3f".

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 key strokes.  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".

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 are 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
allow 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
fourth 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.

Forced 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.

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.

Alt function key 2.

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.

Alt function key 10.

Force inverse video 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.

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.

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.

Not currently used.

Shift function key 8.

Not currently used.

Shift function key 9.

Not currently used.

Shift function key 10.

Not currently used.

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.






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.