                Keynote GOLD SSIL Driver READ.ME file
                     Version 1.3.12, 23 March 1998


Contents

A. Introduction
B. List of Files
C. Supported synthesizers
D. Installation
E. INI-file location and settings
F. Installing "An Open Book"
G. Bugs fixed and new features in this release


A. Introduction.

This disk includes an SSIL driver file for your Keynote GOLD
synthesizer. The SSIL driver allows you to use your synthesizer with
any application that uses SSIL. Applications which use SSIL include
Arkenstone's "An Open Book", and several Windows(tm) screen readers
such as "Screen Power", and "Jaws for Windows".

You do not need to run the install on this disk in order to use your
Keynote GOLD synthesizer with an SSIL application, just follow the
installation instructions for your application. More information is
given in section D below.


B. List of Files.

The following files should be in a KEYNOTE directory on this disk.
  - KEYNOTE.DLL  The Keynote GOLD SSIL driver.
  - KEYNOTE.INI  The Keynote control file. The [SSIL] section in
                 this file controls the operation of the SSIL
                 driver.  In it you can specify the default language,
                 the specific Keynote GOLD synthesizer to be used,
                 and initialization options for the synthesizer.
  - READ.ME      This help file.
  - AGENTS.TXT   Addresses for Keynote GOLD agents worldwide.


C. Supported synthesizers.

This SSIL driver, KEYNOTE.DLL, supports all current models of Keynote
GOLD synthesizer. These include the Keynote GOLD PC, a version for
the IBM PC ISA bus; the Keynote GOLD SA, a stand alone battery
powered portable synthesizer; the Keynote GOLD VoiceCard, a PCMCIA
(PC Card) synthesizer for portable computers and laptops
equipped with PCMCIA card slots; and Keynote GOLD Multimedia, a
software-only synthesizer for Windows(tm) 3.1 and Windows(tm) 95.

You may order any Keynote GOLD synthesizer with a variety of
international languages built in. The languages currently available
are Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. This SSIL
driver supports all multilingual Keynote GOLD synthesizers.


D. Installation.

To use this SSIL driver, follow the instructions that came with your
application. If the application asks you for the name of the access
device driver, select KEYNOTE. If you need to browse the driver disk
for the driver file, then look in the KEYNOTE subdirectory for the
file KEYNOTE.DLL.


E. INI-file location and settings.

The control file KEYNOTE.INI now follows the Windows(tm) INI-file
format. The [SSIL] section contains settings for the Keynote GOLD 
SSIL driver. An example KEYNOTE.INI is included on the Keynote SSIL 
driver disk.

The SSIL driver searches for KEYNOTE.INI first in the same directory
as KEYNOTE.DLL, then in the Windows(tm) directory.  If KEYNOTE.INI is
placed in the same directory as KEYNOTE.DLL, it is private to that
copy of the SSIL driver.  If it is placed in the Windows(tm) directory,
it can be shared by all copies of the SSIL driver and by all Keynote
GOLD products.  In the latter case, take care not to delete any other
sections in KEYNOTE.INI when adding or modifying the [SSIL] section.

(i) Default Language.
You can specify a default language for your SSIL application that is
different to the synthesizer default language. The control file
KEYNOTE.INI selects the default language for SSIL to use.
To set the default language, enter a line in the [SSIL] section of
KEYNOTE.INI as follows.

     DefaultLanguage=English

To use another language, change "English" to either Dutch, French,
German, Italian, or Spanish. You may also use the short forms dut,
eng, frn, grm, itl, or spn.

(ii) Synthesizer Type.
If the SSIL driver does not find your Keynote GOLD synthesizer
correctly, or takes a long time to do so, you can specify in the
INI file which Keynote GOLD synthesizer the SSIL driver should use.
The example KEYNOTE.INI file gives details.

(iii) Synthesizer Initialization options.
The SSIL driver can initialize the Keynote GOLD synthesizer with 
options specified in the [SSIL] section of the INI file.  The
example KEYNOTE.INI file gives details.


F. Installing An Open Book with a Keynote GOLD synthesizer.

Versions 2.11 and earlier of "An Open Book" support the Keynote GOLD
PC and SA synthesizers without using a Keynote SSIL driver. However
we recommend that you do use the Keynote GOLD SSIL driver, because
this works with all models of Keynote GOLD synthesizer (PC, SA, and
VoiceCard) and takes full advantage of the features of the
synthesizers.

When these versions of "An Open Book" ask you to specify the access
device, do not choose option 3 "Keynote GOLD SA or PC", but choose
option 4 "Other" and enter KEYNOTE for the access device type. "An
Open Book" will then use KEYNOTE.DLL and the all models and features
of the Keynote GOLD synthesizers will be available to you.


G. Bugs fixed and new features in this release.

Version 1.3.12 has the following fixes and new features.
- When loading Keynote Multimedia speech, the SSIL driver now loads the
  loader DLL KNMMLOAD.DLL instead of explicitly loading KNUMM.DLL or
  KNGMM.DLL.

Version 1.3.11 has the following fixes and new features.
- When loading Keynote Multimedia speech, the SSIL driver now calls the
  speech driver DLL's functions KVCInit() after the load and KVCTerminate() 
  before the unload.  The former call prevents the SSIL driver from sending 
  output to the speech driver until the speech driver has initialised itself.

Version 1.3.8 has the following fixes and new features.
- SSIL driver automatically loads and uses Keynote Multimedia speech 
  (KNUMM.DLL or KNGMM.DLL) if this is present.  The SSIL driver can be 
  forced to not load Keynote Multimedia speech by setting SynthType=GoldVC 
  in the INI file.
- If using Keynote Multimedia speech, the SSIL driver's initial and maximum 
  volume settings are set to the maximum available from the speech driver.

Version 1.3 has the following fixes and new features.
- All-uppercase words pronounced by default as words instead of acronyms.
- Default search order for Keynote synthesizers modified to avoid long 
  start-up delays on computers with serial mouse on COM1 or COM2.
- INI file can specify the Keynote synthesizer type.
- INI file can specify synthesizer initialization options.

Version 1.2 fixes a bug which prevented the Keynote GOLD SA (Stand Alone)
synthesizer being used on COM2 on systems using a PS/2 style mouse.

Version 1.1 fixes a bug which prevents some users from using the Keynote GOLD
PC (ISA bus) synthesizer.
