                 SYNTHESIZER DRIVER NUMBER 5

                INFOVOX 600/700 COMPACT BOXES
                         (INFOVOX AB)




    I. Loading parameters.


    I-1. REMINDER: SYNTAX TO RUN THE PROGRAM VOXPARLE.

    - FROM ANY DISK DIRECTORY:
       set voxparle=c:\voxparle
       C:\VOXPARLE\DRIVER OPTION
       C:\VOXPARLE\VOXPARLE

    - From VOXPARLE directory:
       DRIVER OPTION
       VOXPARLE

    OPTION is the loading option and is different according to
the synthesizer; DRIVER is the synthesizer driver; VOXPARLE is
the main program.


    I-2. INFOVOXB driver.

    Here, OPTION stands for the number of the serial port to
which the speech synthesizer is connected. The number can vary
from 1 to 4, depending on the connection of the synthesizer to
COM1, COM2, COM3 or COM4 port.
    DRIVER is the name of the file corresponding to the speech
synthesizer, namely INFOVOXB.

    Example: if the synthesizer is connected to COM1, the
right syntax is:

    - From any disk directory:
       SET VOXPARLE=C:\VOXPARLE
       C:\VOXPARLE\INFOVOXB 1
       C:\VOXPARLE\VOXPARLE

    - From VOXPARLE directory:
       INFOVOXB 1
       VOXPARLE



    II. SYNTHESIZER PARAMETERS.


    II-1.

    ALT-F1 ALT-F2
    Pitch.
    This feature modifies the tone from a low to a high-
pitched voice.


    II-2.

    ALT-f3 ALT-F4
    Speed.

    Slows down or accelerates the elocution speed of the
synthesizer.
    It also allows to adjust the rate of the automatic
document reading facility.


    II-3.

    ALT-F5 ALT-F6
    Language.

    Changes the language, depending upon the available ROMS.
For more information, see part number III about the language
configuration file.


    II-4.

    ALT-F7 ALT-F8
    Voice.

    Modifies the voice which can be rather masculine or
feminine.


    II-5.

    ALT-F9 ALT-F10
    Volume.

     Decreases or increases the volume gradually.



    III. INFOVOXB.INI configuration file.


    III-1. Presentation.

    The INFOVOX box may contain several language ROMS which
can be accessed by means of a keystroke as we saw above. By
default, that is without INFOVOXB.INI file, the ALT-F5 and
ALT-F6 functions  scan every possible ROM, but all of them are
not necessarily available in the box. Only the ROMs really
available will be active; the other ones will not modify the
current language.

    It is possible to specify the only ROMs really availablein INFOVOX box thanks to INFOVOXB.INI configuration file.


    III-2. Description.

    The configuration file is automatically loaded with the
software (if it exists). It is a text file which can be
created with any ASCII editor. It may contain comments only if
they are preceded by a semi-colon. The essential contents
consists of a number of paragraphs determined by two key
words, that is to say a beginning key word and an end key
word. Between these two key words, the lines have a syntax of
the form:
[text]=[abreviation] or [filename].

    The first paragraph indicates the correspondance between
the language name and the ROM to activate. It must contain as
many lines as there are available ROMS. The key words are:
    [langue] ; beginning.
    [fin]    ; end.

    The second paragraph indicates the name of the file
containing the ASCII codes to use with the active language.
The order must correspond to the one of the first paragraph.
For instance, if French was the first language mentioned in
the [langue] paragraph, the name of the file containing French
ASCII codes will have to be mentioned first in the second
paragraph. The key words are:
    [table]  ; beginning.
    [fin]    ; end.


    III-3. Example.

    Let's take an INFOVOX box with French, Spanish and British
English languages. Our INFOVOXB.INI configuration file will
then be:


; language configuration file.

[langue]
franais=fr   ; French language.
espagnol=es   ; Spanish language.
british=br    ; English language.
[fin]

[table]
ascii_fr     ; French ASCII codes file.
ascii_es     ; Spanish ASCII codes file.
ascii_an     ; English ASCII codes file.
[fin]
; end of the file INFOVOXB.INI.


    Note:
    The file INFOVOXB.SNT containing the synthesizerparameters must be destroyed (if it exists) before creating
the INFOVOXB.INI configuration file. Once this file has been
correctly written and tested, the user can save new
synthesizer parameters.


    III-4. Abreviation list.

fr : French.
br : British English.
am : American English.
it : Italian.
sp : Spanish.
sw : Swedish.
no : Norwegian.
ge : German.
