SPEAKING CLOCK, version 1.3 - released 1999-09-19 Welcome to the Multilingual Speaking Clock - a time utility with a difference! The latest info is always available at http://www.abc.se/~m8501/spclock/ ================================================================ PLEASE READ THE HELP FILE BEFORE CONTACTING ME ABOUT PROBLEMS, MOST ANSWERS ARE AVAILABLE THERE (OR IN THE FAQ AT THE WEBSITE). ================================================================ FREEWARE The Multilingual Speaking Clock is released as freeware, which means you are free to use it and distribute it to others - as long as you do not modify any of the files. You are not allowed to sell the program! Read more in the help file. HELP IS AVAILABLE The program is very simple to install and straightforward to use. Full information on how to use it and how to solve problems is included in the help file - PLEASE READ IT! HOW TO SETUP To setup the program, just unzip the archive (which you probably already did, since you are reading this file) and double-click the "INSTALL.EXE" file. Then follow the instructions. IF YOU ARE UPGRADING FROM VERSION 1.0 Please erase all the files from the previous version. Unzip the new files into the same directory. Note that the language DLL's have new names, and only the English DLL is included with the program. Read next section for info on how to add the other languages. HOW TO ADD LANGUAGES Just download the language you want, unzip the DLL-file and place it in the same folder as the program (this folder is usually "\Program files\Speaking Clock") When you start the program, added languages will be automatically detected. Please note that of the languages doesn't show up, you should also download the file LANG.DAT, as this file is updated every time a new language is available. If this file is too old, the new language will not be available in the program. Languages are available at the Speaking Clock website at http://www.abc.se/~m8501/spclock/ HOW TO UNINSTALL You uninstall the proram like you uninstall most other programs, open the control panel, double-click Add/Remove programs, select Multilingual Speaking Clock and press the button "Add/Remove". HOW TO CONTACT THE AUTHOR My email address is Leif.Porsklev@abc.se, more info is available in the help file. Please do not write me and ask when new languages will be added, the answer is that new laguages will be added when someone sends me recordings for that specific language.