                 SYNTHESIZER DRIVER NUMBER 12

                  INFOVOX MASTERVOX 500 CARD
                         (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. INFOVOXC driver.

    Here, [OPTION] stands for an order number corresponding to
a base Input/Output address in the system working area. The
number can vary from 1 to 9, depending upon the card I/O
address. The authorized address numbers are respectively as
follows:
       1 = 100H
       2 = 110H
       3 = 120H
       4 = 130H
       5 = 140H
       6 = 150H
       7 = 1f0H
       8 = 350H
       9 = 360H
    If the I/O card address is unknown, it can also be found
automatically thanks to the A option, A standing here for
Automatic.

    DRIVER is the name of the file corresponding to the speech
synthesizer, namely INFOVOXC.

    Example: if the jumpers are set for the card to work at
the I/O address 100H, the right syntax is:

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


    II-3.

    ALT-F5 ALT-F6
    Language.

    Changes the language, depending upon the available ROMS
(see part III).


    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. INFOVOXC.INI configuration file.


    III-1. Presentation.
    The INFOVOX card may contain several language ROMS which
can be accessed by means of a keystroke as we saw above. By
default, that is without INFOVOXC.INI file, the ALT-F5 and
ALT-F6 functions  scan every possible ROM, but all of them are
not necessarily available on the card. 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 available
on the card thanks to INFOVOXC.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 card with French, Spanish and
British English languages. Our INFOVOXC.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 INFOVOXC.SNT containing the synthesizer
parameters must be destroyed (if it exists) before creating
the INFOVOXC.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.
