
         SBTALKER and MONOLOGUE for WINDOWS LATEST INFORMATION
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This file  contains  information  that is not  available  during  the
printing  of  the  manual.  Please  read all the sections  before you
proceed with any installation procedure .

This file contains the following sections:

  1. SBTalker
     1.1 Installation
     1.2 Blaster Environment

  2. Monologue for Windows
     2.1 Version and Copyright
     2.2 Installation
     2.3 Configuration

  3. Software Package Listing


1. SBTALKER

   1.1 INSTALLATION

   To install SBTalker to  your  hard disk, run the program SETUP.EXE
   from the  DOS  prompt.  This  program  can  be  found  on the disk
   labelled "Text to Speech Disk".


   1.2 BLASTER ENVIRONMENT

   To run SBTALKER software, the BLASTER environment  string  must be
   properly set up.  This  environment string contains information of
   your sound card's configuration.  Please  refer the User Reference
   Manual for more details about setting up this environment string.



2. MONOLOGUE FOR WINDOWS

   2.1 VERSIONS AND COPYRIGHT

   Monologue for Windows, Version 1.5  OEM, Copyright (c) 1992, First
   Byte.


   2.2 INSTALLATION

   The contents must  be  installed onto a  hard disk  by running the
   INSTALL.EXE program  found  on  the  disk labelled "Text to Speech
   Disk",  from  within  Windows.  The  INSTALL  program will not run
   from the DOS shell.

   The INSTALL  program  will creates the necessary directory on your
   hard disk  and  copies  the Monologue for Windows files to the new
   directory.  It  will  also create a Monologue group in the Program
   Manager.


   2.3 CONFIGURATION

   To use any of the  Monologue software, you will have to modify you
   PATH in  AUTOEXEC.BAT to include C:\MONOLOGW (or whatever name you
   chose during installation).

   Before  running  Monologue  for   Windows, ensure  that  you  have
   installed the  Windows  drivers  for  Sound  Blaster.  Also, check
   that  a  speaker  or headphones are plugged into the output of the
   Sound Blaster card.

   For  details  about  testing  the  Sound  Blaster  card for proper
   operation and configuration, and the installation of  the  Windows
   drivers, please refer to the "Getting Started" user guide.


3. SOFTWARE PACKAGE LISTING

a. The following are files on the distribution disk(s).

   In the ROOT directory

   DISK.ID        - Diskette identification file
   README.COM     - Program to read README.TXT
   README.TXT     - This file
   SBTALKER.001   - SBTalker compressed installation data file
   SETUP.EXE      - SBTalker hard disk installation program
   INSTALL.EXE    - Monologue for Windows hard disk installation program

   In the \MONOLOGW sub-directory

   FB_*.*         - First Byte Pro-Voice drivers
   INSTALL2.EXE   - Monologue installation program source file
   DICTMGR.EXE    - Monologue dictionary manager
   MONOLOGW.EXE   - Monologue for Windows program


b. The  following  are  SBTalker files that will be installed to  the
   sub-directory \SBTALKER by the SETUP.EXE installation program.

   BLASTER.DRV    - Text-to-Speech driver
   SBAITSO2.EXE   - Dr. Sbaitso program
   SBTALKER.EXE   - Memory-resident program to load BLASTER.DRV
   SBTALK.BAT     - Batch file to install SBTALKER into memory
   REMOVE.EXE     - Program to remove SBTALKER from memory
   READ.EXE       - ASCII text reader program
   SBTEST.TXT     - Sample ASCII text file
   SET-ECHO.EXE   - Program to set the echo effect for SBTALKER
   README.COM     - Program to read README.TXT for SBTalker
   README.TXT     - This file


c. The  following  are  Monologue  for  Windows  files that  will  be
   installed  to  the  sub-directory  \MONOLOGW  by  the  INSTALL.EXE
   installation program.

   FB_*.*         - First Byte Pro-Voice drivers
   DICTMGR.EXE    - Monologue dictionary manager
   MONOLOGW.EXE   - Monologue for Windows program
   README.TXT     - This file



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