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- "Mousetalker"
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- Created by Rod Molina
- 09/01/87
- Amigalink BBS: 305-622-0138
-
- Mousetalker is a module designed for use with JOURNAL(David P. Cervone)
- although it may also serve other purposes, It's main purpose is to provide
- a voice interface during Journal Playback. It will describe Playback actions
- as they occur so that you can understand what's going on ---whether a mouse
- button is pushed or released, the mouse dragged, or keyboard pressed.
-
- Mousetalker uses a handler interface similar to JOURNAL. During its
- creation I found that since JOURNAL is linked into the input stream with
- a priority of 51 (1 above Intuition), Mousetalker would only work if a
- JOURNAL playback was occuring in the same window/screen that Mousetalker
- was installed in. To remedy this, I had to make an alteration to JOURNAL's
- PLAYBACK module. I recompiled PLAYBACK so that it would link into the
- input stream with a priority level of 52. That way I could put Mousetalker
- at a priority of 51 so that it would be between Intuition and PLAYBACK
- therefore it could then intercept the signals sent by PLAYBACK no matter where
- the PLAYBACK was taking place. I have included the altered version of PLAYBACK
- to work with Mousetalker.
-
- Mousetalker and PLAYBACK make a perfect team for the purposes of
- online tutorials. Incidently you'll see the two together in the
- form of the new DELUXEHELP FOR DELUXEPAINT-II® program which is in the process
- of distribution at the moment. Check for the DELUXEHELP demo on various BBS's
- and you can get an idea of how effective the two can be.
-
- To get Mousetalker running you need to have the Narrator.device in
- your devs directory first. Make sure your volume is up and type & enter
- "RUN TALKER" from CLI. Mousetalker should tell you it's installed and give
- you the available command key toggles. Initially it will be installed in
- the "VOICE OFF" state. Toggle it on by pressing and holding down the
- Left-Alt Key, then press and release the HELP key and Talker should say
- "VOICE ON" telling you that it is active. Anything you type on the keyboard
- or mouse-button functions will be voice-reported. Right-Alt & HELP toggles
- talker into the "VOICE OFF" mode. To remove talker, hold down the Right-AMIGA
- and press and release the Left-Amiga.
-
- I made Talker as quick as possible by writing directly to
- the Narrator device instead of going through the Translator Library, It's
- still not as fast as I'd like for it to be but I'm working on it.
- When playing back a JOURNAL recorded event, make sure you use the version of
- PLAYBACK that is included with Mousetalker or else Mousetalker won't be able
- to voice report while PLAYBACK is occuring. Speed is a factor during playback
- and like I said, Talker can only keep up to a point. Sometimes it may miss
- a keystroke or mouse event. To get around this problem, I found that if you
- record a JOURNAL while Talker is activated, you can ensure that Talker will
- work properly when PLAYBACK is used.
-
- Well that's it for now.... If you have any suggestions or idea
- please let me know by calling the AMIGALINK BBS (305-622-7049) and look out
- for:
- DeluxeHelp For DeluxePaint-II!
-