TINYTALK DISTRIBUTION FILES, VERSION 1.09 READ.ME What you're doing right now TTALK.DOC User guide SYNINFO.DOC Names/addresses of synthesizer manufacturers TTACCENT.EXE Tinytalk for Accent synthesizers TTASP.EXE Tinytalk for the Automated Functions ASP board TTAUDAPT.EXE Tinytalk for the Audapter TTBGM.EXE Tinytalk for the BG Micro Computalker board TTDEC.EXE Tinytalk for the Dectalk TTDEMO.EXE Tinytalk for the PC's internal speaker (not really suitable for serious use; provided for demonstration purposes) TTDOUBLE.EXE Tinytalk for the Doubletalk PC TTECHO.EXE Tinytalk for the Echo PC/GP (also works with the Braille 'n' Speak) TTLAPTLK.EXE Tinytalk for the Laptalk (from Computersmith; not to be confused with the Automated Functions Laptalker, which uses TTASP) TTSONIX.EXE Tinytalk for Sonix-interface synthesizers (Artic, Votalker) TTSOUND.EXE Tinytalk for the Soundingboard (also compatible with any synthesizer that supports PortTalk) TTTNT.EXE Tinytalk for the Votrax Type&Talk TTCONF.EXE Configuration load/save utility VIEWCONF.EXE Configuration display utility RELEASE NOTES 1.09 Maintenance release 12/11/91 BUGS FIXED Automatically read windows will now shut up properly Typing in watch window won't trigger window even if in insert mode Scroll windows no longer read outside their boundaries (was fixed in 1.00 and then went bad again somewhere along the way) NEW FEATURES Column read option for cursor movement Video attributes read as color pairs rather than numbers F9 and shift-F9 keys for direct setting of lightbar attributes Configuration name command reads current name before prompting for new one Can select configuration by typing name as well as number Watch windows can be told not to shut up before reading OTHER Normalized spelling of punctuation (some creative spellings that sounded good on some synthesizers sounded awful on others) 1.08 Maintenance release BUGS FIXED Properly handles cursor tracking when user is on bottom line of editor and text scrolls but cursor doesn't move Eliminated mispronunciation of "a" as "uh" when spelling words Does not pass translated punctuation through to synthesizer for intonation (this was causing unnecessary pauses) 1.07 Maintenance release BUGS FIXED Doubletalk can now be shut up when buffer is full Spurious echo when keyboard echo turned off has been stopped BG Micro shutup problem fixed Removed initialization code that may have been messing up some Accent synthesizers Forms mode no longer interferes with review operations Fixed pronunciation of "colon" and "semicolon" on some synthesizers Doubletalk now uses uninflected mode Inactive lightbar windows no longer interfere with cursor tracking Keyboard input of digit no longer forces window output to spell Will not disturb user-selected lightbar window attributes NEW FEATURES Hot key to switch configurations Hot key to announce cursor position Spell windows Option to shut up synthesizer with any keystroke even when echo is off Review command to re-initialize synthesizer Read word command can spell or phoneticize words Floating windows can now be triggered by cursor movements Hotkey window read will observe lightbar attributes OTHER Improved discussion of configurations in manual 1.06 Maintenance release BUGS FIXED Alt-Escape now works properly 1.05 Maintenance release NEW SYNTHESIZERS SUPPORTED BG Micro Computalker (and other designs based on General Instruments chip set) 1.04 Maintenance release BUGS FIXED Eliminated keyboard echo of control characters Added extra space before punctuation to ensure that "a" is pronounced OK Turning off keyboard echo no longer disables cursor tracking Hitting any key in words mode echo will shut up synthesizer PageUp and PageDown keys will no longer trigger cursor movement action (this was causing premature shutups with some programs using BIOS output) 1.03 Maintenance release BUGS FIXED Laptalk version now handshakes correctly 1.02 Maintenance release BUGS FIXED Dectalk version no longer requires timeout to speak some prompts 1.01 Maintenance release BUGS FIXED Accent version now defaults to LPT3 rather than non-existent LPT4 1.00 First official shareware release BUGS FIXED Run-on problem with keyboard buzz Tone setting for Audapter Scroll windows reading outside their boundaries Lockup when using automatic configuration Shutup problem with Dectalk NEW SYNTHESIZERS SUPPORTED Doubletalk PC Laptalk Type&Talk Demo version using internal PC speaker Sonix synthesizers without Porttalk NEW FEATURES Reading any window without going into review Changes for Paradox: check marks now spoken, additional cursor movement options, etc. Output options for horizontal cursor moves Improved cursor movement detection Improved forms mode "Silent" verbosity option Words without vowels now spelled out on all synthesizers Lightbar reading works with highlighted letters Smarter automatic lightbar attribute detection Allows use of synthesizer number processing if available Shutup command now works even when speech is backed up Synthesizer settings now say reference numbers. User-defined punctuation Right margin bell Protected attribute alert. Environment variable for TTCONF and VIEWCONF Direct horizontal cursor move in review Relative horizontal and vertical cursor moves in review OTHER Substantial rewrite of manual. VERSION 0.27 CONFIGURATION FILES ARE NO LONGER COMPATIBLE 0.27--Fixed setup problem with Audapter. Changed BIOS output intercept logic to eliminate need to load ANSI.SYS on some systems. Added option to make letters-mode keyboard echo interruptable. 0.26--Added support for the Dectalk and Audapter, and fixed a bug in parameter setting in the PortTalk version. 0.25--Added support for synthesizers other than the Echo Copyright 1991 by OMS Development/Eric Bohlman. All rights reserved. See TTALK.DOC for conditions of use/distribution.