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| <h1>Preferences</h1> |
| <p class="h1"> |
| To open preferences dialog, select "Preference..." menu in "Window" menu. |
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| <div class="h1"> |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="#voices">Voices</a> |
| <ul> |
| <li><a href="#sapi">SAPI5 TTS</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#protalker">ProTalker TTS</a></li> |
| </ul></li> |
| <li><a href="#audio">Audio Description</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#flash">Flash Proxy</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#annotation">User Annotation</a></li> |
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| <a name="voices"></a> |
| <h2>Voices</h2> |
| <p class="h2"> |
| Use this dialog to change the basic voice settings. The basic voice settings include the TTS engine and speed. |
| Use the TTS settings dialog located in the voice preferences to set the TTS-engine-dependent settings. |
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| <img src="img/voices.png" alt="Preference page of Voices image"/> |
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| <dl class="h2"> |
| <dt>TTS engine</dt> |
| <dd> |
| Selects a TTS engine for document reading. |
| <dl> |
| <dt>JAWS</dt> |
| <dd>The JAWS option will be available when you use aiBrowser with JAWS. |
| JAWS should be running before aiBrowser is launched.</dd> |
| <dt>Window-Eyes</dt> |
| <dd>The Window-Eyes option will be available when you use aiBrowser with Window-Eyes. |
| Window-Eyes should be running before aiBrowser is launched.</dd> |
| <dt>ProTalker</dt> |
| <dd>The ProTalker option will be available when ProTalker OCX (ptocx.exe) is installed in your computer. |
| <a href="#protalker">Go To ProTalker Settings</a></dd> |
| <dt>SAPI 5</dt> |
| <dd>Windows® XP includes a default voice, "Microsoft Sam". |
| <a href="#sapi">Go To SAPI 5 Settings</a></dd> |
| </dl> |
| </dd> |
| <dt>Speed</dt> |
| <dd>Controls the speed of the speaking voice. When the slider is moved to the left, |
| the reading is slower, and when moved to the right, the reading becomes faster. |
| The range of voice speaking speeds differs for each Text-To-Speech engine. |
| (This setting does not affect to reading speed of JAWS. |
| If you want to change reading speed of JAWS, |
| please type "Control + Alt + PageUp or PageDown".)</dd> |
| <dt>Test</dt> |
| <dd>Reads a test message using the current <b>Speed</b> setting. |
| <br/>Click on the <b>Apply</b> button and then the <b>Test</b> button to test a TTS engine. |
| </dd> |
| </dl> |
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| <a name="protalker"></a> |
| <h2 id="sapiSettings">ProTalker settings</h2> |
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| <img src="img/protalker-settings.png" alt="Preference page of ProTalker"/> |
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| <dl class="h2"> |
| <dt>Voice type</dt> |
| <dd>Selects a voice gender, male or female.</dd> |
| <dt>Test</dt> |
| <dd>Reads a test message using the current settings.</dd> |
| </dl> |
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| <a name="sapi"></a> |
| <h2 id="sapiSettings">SAPI5 TTS settings</h2> |
| <p class="h2"> |
| The aiBrowser supports any Microsoft® SAPI 5 compliant Text-to-Speech engine. |
| Windows® XP includes a default voice, "Microsoft Sam". |
| The voice can be changed by installing a different TTS engine. |
| The preferred audio output device can also be changed to optional audio output devices, such as external USB speakers. |
| </p> |
| <p class="h2 img"> |
| <img src="img/sapiSettings.png" alt="Preference page of SAPI5 TTS"/> |
| </p> |
| <dl class="h2"> |
| <dt>Voice name</dt> |
| <dd>Selects a named voice.</dd> |
| <dt>Audio Output Device</dt> |
| <dd>Selects an available audio output device.</dd> |
| <dt>Test</dt> |
| <dd>Reads a test message using the current settings.</dd> |
| </dl> |
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| <a name="audio"></a> |
| <h2>Audio Description</h2> |
| <p class="h2"> |
| Use this dialog to change the voice settings for audio description. |
| </p> |
| <p class="h2 img"> |
| <img src="img/audio-description.png" alt="Preference page of Audio Description image"/> |
| </p> |
| <dl class="h2"> |
| <dt>TTS engine</dt> |
| <dd>Selects a TTS engine for the audio description function. |
| A different voice from that used for document reading can be selected for the audio descriptions. </dd> |
| </dl> |
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| <a name="flash"></a> |
| <h2>Flash Proxy</h2> |
| <p class="h2"> |
| Configure behavior of the proxy. |
| </p> |
| <p class="h2 img"> |
| <img src="img/flash-dom.png" alt="Preference page of Flash Proxy image"/> |
| </p> |
| <dl class="h2"> |
| <dt>Use HTTP Proxy For:</dt> |
| <dd>Configure the HTTP connections mediated by the proxy. |
| <ul> |
| <li><b>None</b>: The proxy mediates no HTTP connections. |
| You cannot access or control Flash content if this option is selected.</li> |
| <li><b>This session only</b>: The proxy mediates connections related to this aiBrowser session.</li> |
| <li><b>System global</b>: The proxy mediates all HTTP connections, even for websites viewed using a browser other than the aiBrowser. |
| a browser other than the aiBrowser.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| <dt>Timeout (second)</dt> |
| <dd>Specify a non-negative integer. This sets the connection timeout when the proxy is used. Default is 30 (seconds).</dd> |
| <dt>Minimum SWF version to be handled</dt> |
| <dd>Specify a non-negative integer. The proxy does not process Flash content if it is older than a version specified here. |
| Default is 5. <b>Note:</b> Since Flash content older than the version 5 has limited ActionScript functionality, |
| aiBrowser cannot obtain its internal structure.</dd> |
| <dt>Internet Cache Clear</dt> |
| <dd>The Internet cache must be cleared before viewing webpages to add the controls |
| for Flash content. However clearing the cache affects browser performance. |
| These settings control whether or not aiBrowser should clear the cache at startup time. |
| <dl> |
| <dt>Clear without confirming</dt><dd>If this option is selected, then aiBrowser clears your cache at start-up without any confirmation dialog.</dd> |
| <dt>Confirm before clear</dt><dd>If this option is selected, then aiBrowser shows a confirmation dialog to ask whether or not to clear the cache.</dd> |
| <dt>Never clear the cache</dt><dd>If this option is selected, then aiBrowser does not clear cache at start-up. The Internet cache must be explicitly |
| cleared to use the Flash Proxy view. The following illustrated example is for Internet Explorer 6. |
| <ul> |
| <li>Select the <b>Tools > Internet Options</b> menu in the Internet Explorer, or select <b>Internet Options</b> from the Control Panel.</li> |
| <li>Select the <b>General</b> tab at the top of the dialog box and select <b>Delete Files</b> under <b>Temporary Internet Files</b>. </li> |
| <li>A confirmation dialog asks "Delete all files in the Temporary Internet files". |
| Select <b>OK</b>. The dialog closes.</li> |
| <li>Select <b>OK</b> to close the <b>Internet Options</b> dialog.</li> |
| </ul> |
| </dd> |
| </dl> |
| </dd> |
| </dl> |
| <p class="h2 img"> |
| <img src="img/clear-confirm.png" alt="Cache Clear Confirm Dialog"/> |
| </p> |
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| <a name="annotation"></a> |
| <h2>User Annotation</h2> |
| <p class="h2"> |
| Use this dialog to change the behavior of the user annotation functions. |
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| <dl class="h2"> |
| <dt>Save annotation automatically</dt> |
| <dd>If this option is selected, annotations are automatically saved |
| every time when annotations are edited or landmarks are set. |
| Annotations can be saved manually by typing "Control + Alt + S". |
| </dd> |
| </dl> |
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| <img src="img/user-annotation.png" alt="Preference page of User Annotation image"/> |
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