                               CONTENTS.
                                   
INTRODUCTION                                             0-5.
     ABOUT DECtalk PC                                    0-5.
     ABOUT THIS MANUAL                                   0-5.
     General Chapter Descriptions                        0-5.
CONTENTS                                                 0-7.
CHAPTER 1 GETTING TO KNOW DECtalk PC                     1-9.
     The DECtalk PC Speech Synthesizer Option            1-9.
          DECtalk PC Option Card                         1-9.
          DECtalk PC Software                            1-10.
          Software Installation.                         1-10.
          AUTOEXEC.BAT  Initialization Commands          1-10.
          Power-Up Self-Test                             1-10.
          Operating Mode                                 1-11.
     What's New In DECtalk PC                            1-11.
          Latest Version of Speech Synthesis             1-11.
               High Quality Speech                       1-11.
               Increased Word Pronunciation Accuracy     1-11.
               Improved Pronunciation Heuristics         1-11.
               Larger User Dictionary                    1-11.
               New Name Pronunciation Capabilities       1-12.
               Tone Generation Capability                1-12.
               Settable Volume Control                   1-12.
               Faster Speech Rate                        1-12.
               Letter Mode, Word Mode and Clause Mode.   1-12.
               Immediate Stop Speaking                   1-13.
               Shorter Command Strings                   1-13.
               Increased Buffer Size                     1-13.
     ADDITIONAL MODIFICATIONS IN V4.1                    1-13.
          Speech Functionality Improvements              1-13.
               Citation Mode                             1-13.
               Pronounce Name Expanded                   1-13.
               Punctuation Pronunciation                 1-14.
               Spelling Speed                            1-14.
               Automatic Homograph Pronunciation.        1-14.
          DTDEMO source file                             1-14.
          Fast Typing Mode                               1-14.
          New TSR Calls and User Commands                1-15.
               Rapid Flush-and-Speak-Key                 1-15.
               Priority Change                           1-15.
               Indexing Function                         1-15.
               Digitized Speech Output                   1-15.
               DIGITIZED_MODE  (0x18)                    1-15.
               TEXT_MODE (0x19)                          1-15.
               DIGITIZED_DATA  (0x1a)                    1-15.
          Multi-board Support                            1-16.
          Windows Support                                1-16.
CHAPTER 2 HOW DECtalk PC WORKS                           2-17.
     Accepting text and commands                         2-17.
     CONVERTING TEXT TO SPEECH                           2-17.
          Level 1                                        2-17.
          Level 2                                        2-17.
          Level 3                                        2-17.
     DECtalk PC SOFTWARE PROGRAM                         2-18.
          Converting ASCII Text to Phonemic Code         2-18.
          Converting Phonemic Code to Synthesizer Control.
          Commands                                       2-19.
CHAPTER 3 HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH DECTALK                3-21.
     COMMUNICATING WITH THE DECTALK PC                   3-21.
     DECtalk Driver - DT_DRIV                            3-21.
          Sending ASCII TEXT                             3-21.
               Text Processing Rules                     3-21.
               Application DICTIONARIES                  3-21.
          CONTROL AND STATUS FUNCTIONS                   3-22.
          DT_DRIVE Configuration Options                 3-22.
     DOS BIOS Calls                                      3-23.
          USING DOS COPY and print                       3-23.
          Programming DOS BIOS Calls                     3-23.
     Communicating Directly with the TSR.                3-24.
          2F Multi-threaded Interupt                     3-24.
     Embedding DECtalk commands in the text string       3-25.
     Mixed Control                                       3-25.
     SPEECH CONTROL                                      3-26.
          USING Speech Control COMMANDS                  3-26.
          SYNCHRONIZING ASYnCHRONOUS COMMANDS            3-26.
          Command Errors                                 3-27.
     Speech Control commands                             3-27.
     DECTALK TSR Commands                                3-54.
CHAPTER 4  TEXT PROCESSING                               4-1.
     TEXT PROCESSING RULES                               4-1.
     NUMBER PROCESSING                                   4-2.
          Part Numbers                                   4-2.
          Cardinal Numbers                               4-3.
          Ordinal Numbers                                4-5.
          Fractions                                      4-5.
          Money                                          4-5.
          Dates                                          4-6.
          Time of Day                                    4-6.
     ABBREVIATIONS                                       4-6.
          Abbreviations Processed by DECtalk             4-6.
     WORD SPELLOUT STRATEGIES                            4-7.
          Word Spellout Tests                            4-8.
     Homographs                                          4-9.
CHAPTER 5PHONEMICS                                       5-1.
     DECtalk PHONEMIC INPUT                              5-1.
     PHONEMIC TRANSCRIPTION                              5-1.
     PRONUNCIATION ERRORS                                5-2.
          Mispronnouncig a Proper Name                   5-2.
          Mispronouncing an Acronym                      5-2.
          Mispronouncing an Unfamiliar Word              5-3.
          Strings Containg Nonalphabetic Characters      5-3.
          Ambiguous Pronunciations                       5-3.
          Syntactic Classfication                        5-3.
          Incorrect Phrasing                             5-4.
     INTRODUCTION TO PHONEMIC THEORY                     5-4.
          PHONEMES                                       5-5.
               Prounouncing Phonemes                     5-5.
               VOWEL AND CONSONANT PHONEMES              5-5.
               PHONONEMIC REPRESENTATION                 5-6.
          Phonemic Correction the Easy Way               5-6.
          The User Dictionary                            5-6.
          VOWEL ALLOPHONES                               5-8.
               Allophones for  Vowels + [r]              5-8.
               The Schwa Allophones [ax] and [ix]        5-8.
               Syllabic Consonants                       5-9.
          CONSONANTS                                     5-9.
               Consonant Allophones                      5-9.
               Dental Flap [dx]                          5-9.
               Glottal t                                 5-9.
               Postvocalic [r]                           5-10.
               Postvocalic [l]                           5-10.
               Glottal Stop [q]                          5-10.
          Controlling Allophone Selection                5-10.
          Silence Phoneme [_]                            5-10.
          STRESS AND SYNTACTIC SYMBOLS                   5-10.
               Primary Stress [']                        5-12.
               Secondary Stress [`]                      5-12.
               Emphatic Stress ["]                       5-13.
               Unstressed Syllables                      5-13.
               Pitch Control  [/], [\], [/\]             5-14.
               Word Boundary                             5-14.
               Syllable Boundary [-]                     5-14.
               Morpheme Boundary [*]                     5-14.
               Compound Noun [#]                         5-15.
               Beginning of Verb Phrase [)]              5-15.
               Clause Boundary [,]                       5-16.
               Period [.]                                5-17.
               Question Mark [?]                         5-18.
               Exclamation Point [!]                     5-18.
               New Paragraph [+]                         5-19.
          DIRECT CONTROL OF DURATION AND PITCH           5-19.
          Duration and Pitch [<>]                        5-20.
          Singing                                        5-21.
               Vibrato                                   5-21.
               Assigning Pitch and Duration              5-21.
               Sung and Non Sung Pitches                 5-22.
               Musical Note Codes                        5-22.
CHAPTER 6  MODIFYING THE VOICES                          6-1.
     VOICE CHARACTERISTICS                               6-1.
          SPEAKING RATE [:ra _]                          6-2.
          PAUSE DURATIONS [:pp _] and [:cp _]            6-3.
          SELECTING A STANDARD VOICE [:n_]               6-4.
     DESIGNING A VOICE                                   6-4.
          PARAMETERS [:dv _]                             6-4.
          Changing Sex and Head Size                     6-5.
               Sex, sx                                   6-5.
               Head Size, hs                             6-6.
               Higher Formants, f4, f5, b4, and b5       6-7.
          Changing Voice Quality                         6-8.
               Breathiness, br                           6-8.
               Lax Breathiness, lx                       6-8.
               Smoothness, sm                            6-8.
               Richness, ri                              6-9.
               Nopen Fixed, nf                           6-9.
               Laryngealization, la                      6-9.
          Changing the Pitch and Intonation of the Voice 6-10.
               Baseline Fall, bf                         6-10.
               Hat Rise, hr                              6-11.
               Stress Rise, sr                           6-12.
               Assertiveness, as                         6-12.
               Quickness, qu                             6-12.
               Average Pitch, ap, and Pitch Range, pr    6-12.
          Changing Relative Gains and Avoiding Overloads 6-14.
               Loudness g5                               6-14.
               Sound Source Gains, gv, gh, gf, and gn    6-15.
               Cascade Vocal Tract Gains, g1, g2, g3, and g4 
						         6-15.
          The [save ] Parameter and [:nv] Voice          6-16.
          Summary oF Speaker-Definition Parameters       6-16.
     VOICE COMMAND SYNTAX                                6-17.
     TEXT TUNING EXAMPLE                                 6-18.
CHAPTER 7  DEVELOPING AN ADVANCED SPEECH APPLICATION     7-21.
     Application Control of DECtalk                      7-21.
     Electronic Mail Example                             7-21.
          Parse Boilerplate                              7-21.
          Adding Natural Pauses                          7-21.
          Process Punctuation                            7-21.
          Application Specific Dictionary                7-21.
          Proper Name Processing                         7-22.
          Number Processing                              7-22.
          Case of Letters                                7-22.
     OPTIMIZING THE QUALITY OF SPOKEN TEXT               7-23.
          COMMON ERRORS                                  7-24.
APPENDIX A  Configuration for the DECtalk PC Board       A-1.
APPENDIX B  DECtalk PHONEMIC SYMBOLS                     B-1.
     MULTI-CHARACTER ALPHABET -                          B-1.
      For USER DICTIONARY and PHONETIC Modifications to TEXT B-1.
          Vowels                                         B-1.
          Consonants                                     B-2.
     ONE-CHARACTER PHONETIC ALPHABET  (FOR REDEFINING TYPING.
     TABLES:                                             B-3.
          Vowels                                         B-3.
          Consonants                                     B-4.
     Stress and Syntactic Symbols  (used with both alphabets).
							 B-5.
     Musical Notes                                       B-5.
APPENDIX C  Homographs                                   C-1.
     Homographs Defined                                  C-1.
     Homograph Processing                                C-1.
     Homograph Table                                     C-1.
APPENDIX D  VOICE PARAMETERS                             D-1.
     Standard VOICES                                     D-1.
     Voice Parameters                                    D-1.
          Vocal Tract Parameters [:dv  ]                 D-1.
          Voicing (Sound Source) Parameters              D-2.
          Intonation Parameters                          D-2.
          Gain (Adjustment) Parameters                   D-2.
          Speaker Definitions for standard (predefined) DECtalk.
          Voices                                         D-3.
APPENDIX E  Application Dictionary                       E-1.
APPENDIX F  MULTIPLE DECTALK PC BOARDS			 F-1.

                                   			    

