TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION ONE INTRODUCING VOCAL-EYES! 1-1
1.1: WELCOME TO VOCAL-EYES! 1-1
1.2: WHAT'S IN YOUR VOCAL-EYES PACKAGE 1-2
1.3: THIS MANUAL 1-2
1.4: THE VIEW.COM UTILITY 1-3
1.5: FIRST THINGS FIRST 1-4
1.6: AN OPEN LETTER TO MACRO USERS 1-4

SECTION TWO INSTALLING AND LOADING VOCAL-EYES 2-1
2.1: INTRODUCTION 2-1
2.2: THE SOUNDING BOARD SOFTWARE 2-1
2.3: INSTALLING VOCAL-EYES 2-1
2.3.1: THE VOCAL-EYES PROGRAM FILES 2-2
2.3.2: COPYING THE SOUNDING BOARD SOFTWARE 2-3
2.3.3: VOCAL-EYES SYNTHESIZER DEVICE DRIVERS 2-4
2.4: LOADING YOUR SPEECH SOFTWARE 2-5
2.4.1: LOADING THE DEVICE DRIVER 2-6
2.4.2: LOADING VOCAL-EYES 2-9
2.5: A NOTE ABOUT BATCH FILES 2-11
2.6: TAKING ADVANTAGE OF EXTENDED MEMORY 2-12

SECTION THREE A FIRST VISIT WITH VOCAL-EYES 3-1
3.1: INTRODUCTION 3-1
3.2: MAKING IT TALK 3-1
3.3: HOW IT WORKS 3-2
3.4: INTRODUCING A FEW BASIC VOCAL-EYES HOT KEYS 3-3
3.5: THE CURSOR KEYS 3-6
3.6: VOCAL-EYES' SPECIAL REVIEW MODE 3-7
3.7: A FEW MORE REVIEW MODE COMMAND KEYS 3-10
3.8: THE F1 HELP SCREEN 3-12
3.9: VOCAL-EYES' "TYPEWRITER" BELL 3-13

SECTION FOUR INTRODUCING THE VOCAL-EYES VOICE CONTROL PANEL 4-1
4.1: INTRODUCTION 4-1
4.2: ACCESSING THE CONTROL PANEL 4-1
4.3: THE HELP OPTION 4-2
4.4: THE "SCREEN" MENU 4-4
4.4.1: SCREEN VOICE ON/OFF 4-4
4.4.2: SPEECH RATE 4-4
4.4.3: SCREEN PITCH AND VOLUME 4-5
4.4.4: SCREEN TONE 4-5
4.4.5: THE PUNCTUATION SUBMENU 4-6
4.4.6: A SPECIAL NOTE TO SOUNDING BOARD USERS 4-8
4.4.7: NUMBERS ON/OFF 4-8
4.4.8: Capitalization Alert Tone/Say CAP/Pitch/Off 4-9
4.4.9: Format Alert Off/On 4-9
4.4.10: Visual Tracking 4-10
4.4.11: THE REPEAT FILTER 4-11
4.4.12: THE REPEAT VALUE 4-12
4.4.13: BLANK LINES 4-12
4.4.14: Signal Cursor Position 4-12
4.4.15 Attribute changes 4-13
4.4.16 Auto box read 4-13
4.4.17 Screen activity tone 4-14
4.4.18 Port intercept 4-14
4.4.19 BIOS TTY Intercept 4-15
4.5: THE "KEYBOARD" MENU 4-15
4.5.1: KEYBOARD VOICE ON/OFF 4-16
4.5.2: SPEECH RATE, PITCH, TONE, VOLUME AND PUNCTUATION 4-16
4.5.3: SPECIAL KEYS VOICING 4-16
4.5.4: VOICING OF CAPITAL LETTERS 4-17
4.5.5: KEY CLICK OFF/ON 4-18
4.5.6: INTERRUPTABILITY 4-18
4.5.7: WORD MODE OFF/ON 4-20
4.6: MOVING AROUND IN THE MENUS 4-21
4.7: RESETTING MENU OPTIONS TO A KNOWN STATE 4-22
4.8: SUMMARY 4-22

SECTION FIVE SAVING YOUR WORK 5-1
5.1: INTRODUCTION 5-1
5.2: THE .SET FILE 5-1
5.3: THE FILES MENU 5-1
5.4: LOADING .SET FILES THROUGH THE COMMAND LINE 5-3
5.5: WHERE VOCAL-EYES LOOKS FOR YOUR .SET FILES 5-4
5.6: VOCAL-EYES' DEFAULT .SET FILE 5-6
5.7: A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF AUTOLOADING 5-7
5.8: SUMMARY 5-7

SECTION SIX CURSOR KEYS AND HOT KEYS 6-1
6.1: INTRODUCTION 6-1
6.2: DEFINING THE CURSOR KEYS 6-1
6.3: THE CURSORING MENU 6-1
6.3.1: DEFINING YOUR OWN CURSORING KEYS 6-7
6.3.2  MORE ABOUT THE CURSORING MENU 6-8
6.4: THE HOT KEYS MENU 6-9
6.5: MORE HOT KEYS 6-12
6.6: THE SPECIAL ` BYPASS COMMAND KEY 6-16

SECTION SEVEN VOCAL-EYES' FIFTY SCREEN WINDOWS 7-1
7.1: INTRODUCTION 7-1
7.2: STANDARD WINDOWS ZERO THROUGH NINE 7-1
7.2.1: SELECTING AND DEFINING THE STANDARD WINDOW 7-2
7.2.2: ANOTHER WAY TO DEFINE STANDARD SCREEN WINDOWS 7-4
7.2.3: THE STANDARD SELECTED "ACTIVE" WINDOW 7-5
7.2.4: THE "SPEAK" WINDOW 7-9
7.2.5: THE "SILENT" WINDOW 7-11
7.2.6: THE "NEUTRAL" WINDOW 7-13
7.2.7: ONE MORE LOOK AT STANDARD WINDOW PRECEDENCE 7-14
7.2.8: A BRIEF LOOK AT FLOAT WINDOWS 7-14
7.2.9: A FEW MORE WINDOW COMMANDS 7-15
7.3: EXTENDED WINDOWS TEN THROUGH FORTY-NINE  7-16
7.3.1: SELECTING AND DEFINING EXTENDED WINDOWS 7-16
7.3.2: CHECKING THE STATUS OF EXTENDED WINDOWS 7-17
7.4: READING A TEMPORARY WINDOW 7-18

SECTION EIGHT POP UP WINDOWS, VIDEO ATTRIBUTES AND LIGHT BARS 8-1
8.1: INTRODUCTION 8-1
8.2: THE READ BOX HOT KEY 8-1
8.3: AUTOBOX READ 8-2
8.4: SCREEN ATTRIBUTES 8-3
8.4.1: THE ATTRIB-ASCII HOT KEY 8-4
8.4.2: READING NORMAL, REVERSE, BLINKING, UNDERLINED AND
HIGHLIGHTED TEXT 8-4
8.4.3: THE USER DEFINABLE ATTRIBUTE READ HOT KEY 8-5
8.4.4: THE F1 COLOR PALATE 8-6
8.4.5: READING SCREEN ATTRIBUTES AS THEY CHANGE 8-9
8.4.6: MAKING GOOD USE OF READ ATTRIBUTE HOT KEYS 8-9
8.5: LIGHT BAR TRACKING 8-10
8.5.1: WHAT IS A LIGHT BAR? 8-10
8.5.2: HOW IT WORKS 8-11
8.5.3: SETTING LIGHT BAR TRACKING 8-11
8.5.4: USING THE COLOR PALATE 8-12
8.5.5: TRACKING TEN DIFFERENT LIGHT BARS 8-12
8.5.6: THE READ BAR HOT KEY 8-13
8.5.7: SETTING LIGHT BAR TRACKING TO "AUTO" 8-14

SECTION NINE A POTPOURRI OF FEATURES 9-1
9.1: INTRODUCTION 9-1
9.2: THE VOICE CONTROL PANEL'S "GENERAL" MENU 9-1
9.2.1: VOICE ON/OFF 9-1
9.2.2: HOT KEYS ON/OFF 9-1
9.2.3: CURSOR KEYS ON/OFF 9-2
9.2.4: Cursor Tracking 9-2
9.2.5: LIGHT BAR TRACKING ON/OFF/AUTO 9-2
9.2.6: CHARACTER DICTIONARY ON/OFF 9-3
9.2.7: KEY LABEL DICTIONARY ON/OFF 9-3
9.2.8: REVIEW WINDOW 9-3
9.2.9: SET BELL POSITION 9-4
9.2.10: HYPERACTIVE STATUS ON/OFF 9-4
9.2.11: ASCII Field Name Separator 9-4
9.2.12 Fast Review 9-5
9.2.13: SOUND EFFECTS INTERNAL SPEAKER/OFF/SOUNDING BOARD 9-6
9.2.14: SET SOUND DURATION 9-7
9.2.15 Cursor Delay 9-7
9.2.16: SET TRIGGER DELAY 9-8
9.2.17 Route/Write Delay 9-9
9.2.18: HYPERACTIVE CHECK DELAY 9-9
9.2.19: REVECTOR CHECK ON/OFF 9-9
9.3: THE REVIEW MODE FIND COMMAND 9-10
9.3.1: THE "F" FIND COMMAND 9-10
9.3.2: SEARCHING FOR CONTROL AND EXTENDED GRAPHICS
CHARACTERS 9-12
9.3.3: SEARCHING FOR VIDEO ATTRIBUTES 9-13
9.3.4: SEARCHING FOR THE NEXT DIFFERENT ATTRIBUTE 9-15
9.4: SETTING AND USING MARKERS 9-15
9.5: USING MARKERS FOR WINDOW COORDINATES 9-16
9.6: CURSOR ROUTING 9-17
9.7: ADJUSTING THE UP AND DOWN ARROWS IN REVIEW MODE 9-18
9.8: THE SYNTHESIZER CHANNEL 9-18
9.9: BLOCK WRITE 9-20

SECTION TEN THE VE CURSOR 10-1
10.1: INTRODUCTION 10-1
10.2: VE CURSOR VERSUS REVIEW MODE 10-1
10.3: THE VE CURSOR 10-1
10.4: VE CURSOR COMMANDS 10-2
10.5: EXAMPLES OF THE VE CURSOR 10-4

SECTION ELEVEN EXCEPTION, CHARACTER AND KEY
LABEL DICTIONARIES 11-1
11.1: INTRODUCTION 11-1
11.2: CHARACTER DICTIONARIES 11-1
11.2.1: CREATING THE CHARACTER DICTIONARY 11-2
11.2.2: SAVING YOUR CHARACTER DICTIONARY 11-3
11.2.3: LOADING YOUR CHARACTER DICTIONARY 11-3
11.2.4: THE CHARACTER DICTIONARY BUFFER 11-4
11.2.5: THE "DICTIONARY ONLY" OPTION 11-6
11.2.6: POSSIBLE CHARACTER DICTIONARY ERRORS 11-7
11.3: EXCEPTION DICTIONARIES 11-8
11.4: KEY LABELING 11-12
11.4.1: CREATING THE KEY LABEL DICTIONARY 11-12
11.4.2: THE .KEY KEY LABEL DICTIONARY FILE 11-13
11.4.3: POSSIBLE KEY LABEL DICTIONARY ERRORS 11-15
11.4.4: Putting it Together 11-16
11.5: THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CHARACTER AND KEY LABEL
DICTIONARIES 11-16
11.6: THE "LOAD ALL" FILE OPTION 11-17

SECTION TWELVE MORE ABOUT .SET FILES 12-1
12.1: INTRODUCTION 12-1
12.2: THE .SET FILE LIBRARY 12-1
12.3: THE .SET FILE BUFFER 12-2
12.4: LOADING MULTIPLE .SET FILES 12-2
12.5: THE "LOAD RAM .SET" HOT KEY 12-4
12.6: WHAT HAPPENS 12-5
12.7: MORE ABOUT COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS 12-6
12.8: LOADING FROM RAM USING THE COMMAND LINE 12-8
12.9: WHERE VOCAL-EYES SAVES AND LOADS .SET FILES 12-8
12.10: RAM LOCATION MENU 12-10
12.11: AUTOLOADING 12-10

SECTION THIRTEEN HYPERACTIVE WINDOWS 13-1
13.1: INTRODUCTION 13-1
13.2: WINDOWS A-J 13-1
13.3: WHAT HYPERACTIVE WINDOWS CAN LOOK FOR 13-2
13.4: HYPERACTIVE WINDOW COMMANDS 13-5
13.5: SETTING UP THE HYPERACTIVE WINDOWS 13-6
13.6: TYPING IN HYPERACTIVE WINDOWS 13-12
13.7: GLOBAL ENABLING AND DISABLING OF ALL
HYPERACTIVE WINDOWS 13-12
13.8: HYPERACTIVE CHECK DELAY 13-12
13.9: HYPERACTIVE WINDOW EXAMPLE 13-13
13.10: POTENTIAL PROBLEMS WITH HYPERACTIVE WINDOWS 13-15

SECTION FOURTEEN ADVANCED OPTIONS 14-1
14.1: INTRODUCTION 14-1
14.2: FLOAT WINDOWS 14-1
14.2.1: THE FLOAT WINDOW COORDINATES 14-2
14.2.2: THE POWER OF FLOAT WINDOWS 14-4
14.3: MORE OPTIONS FOR THE STANDARD WINDOWS 14-8
14.3.1: WINDOW COLOR 14-8
14.3.2: CHAIN READING 14-9
14.3.3: SPEAK AND SPELL 14-9
14.3.4: SETTING UP A WINDOW DEFINITION 14-10
14.4: CURSOR TRACKING 14-12
14.4.1: CURSOR TYPE 14-12
14.4.2: USE LIGHT BAR AS CURSOR YES/NO 14-13
14.4.3: BAR TRACK STATUS NORMAL/SPECIFIED CURSOR 14-14
14.4.4: BAR TRACK SPECIFIED READ 14-14
14.4.5: BAR TRACK NORMAL READ 14-15
14.4.6: SPECIFIED ENHANCED ASCII CHARACTER 14-17
14.4.7: ASCII CHARACTER 14-17
14.4.8: FOREGROUND 14-17
14.4.9: BACKGROUND 14-18
14.5: VIDEO CLIPBOARD BUFFER 14-18
14.6: AUTO LIGHT BAR BUFFER 14-18
14.7: OVERLAYS 14-19
14.8: LOADING VOCAL-EYES IN UPPER MEMORY 14-21
14.9: DISABLING VOCAL-EYES 14-21
14.10: UNINSTALLING VOCAL-EYES 14-22
14.11: VOCAL-EYES DEFAULT DIRECTORY 14-22

SECTION FIFTEEN INTEGRATING VOCAL-EYES AND YOUR APPLICATION  15-1
15.1: INTRODUCTION 15-1
15.2: THE PROGRAM ITSELF 15-2
15.3: CREATING THE BASIC WINDOWS 15-2
15.4: THE WORDPERFECT CURSOR ADDRESS 15-4
15.5: ASSIGNING VOICE FEATURES TO CURSORING KEYS 15-4
15.6: THE WP.KEY KEY LABELING DICTIONARY 15-6
15.7: CHECKING YOUR SPELLING 15-7
15.8: MAKING USE OF WORDPERFECT'S COLORS 15-8
15.9: OTHER SETUP OPTIONS 15-9
15.10: SUMMARY 15-10

SECTION SIXTEEN USING A MACRO PROCESSOR WITH VOCAL-EYES 16-1
16.1: INTRODUCTION 16-1
16.2: THE MACRO.COM PROGRAM 16-1
16.3: THE MACRO TOGGLE 16-2
16.4: A FEW THINGS TO REMEMBER 16-4
16.5: AN EXAMPLE 16-6
16.5.1: BACKING UP YOUR WORK 16-6

APPENDIX A HOT KEYS A-1

APPENDIX B
REVIEW MODE COMMANDS B-1
STANDARD WINDOW COMMANDS B-1
EXTENDED WINDOW COMMANDS B-2
HYPERACTIVE WINDOW COMMANDS B-2
CURSORING COMMANDS B-3
FIND COMMANDS B-4
ATTRIBUTE COMMANDS B-5
MARKER COMMANDS B-5
BLOCK COMMANDS B-5
MISCELLANEOUS COMMANDS B-5
EXITING COMMANDS B-6

APPENDIX C VE CURSOR COMMANDS C-1

APPENDIX D VOICE CONTROL PANEL OPTIONS D-1
Screen D-2
Keyboard D-7
Hot keys D-11
Cursoring D-11
General D-12
Files D-18
Help D-20
Exit D-21

APPENDIX E COMMAND LINE PARAMETERS E-1
VE.COM ONE TIME STARTUP PARAMETERS E-1
VE.COM ANYTIME PARAMETERS E-3

APPENDIX F SPEECH SYNTHESIZERS F-1
SOUNDING BOARD F-2
NON SOUNDING BOARD USERS F-3
EXCEPTION DICTIONARY F-5
REFRESH COMMAND F-9
INDEXING F-10
ACCENT.COM F-11
APOLLO.COM F-11
INAPOLLO.COM F-12
ARTIC.COM F-13
AUDAPTER.COM F-13
BNSPEAK.COM F-13
DECTALK.COM F-14
PDECTALK.COM F-15
DECPC.COM F-16
DBLTALK.COM F-17
ECHOPC.COM F-17
INTECHO.COM F-18
NEWECHO.COM F-18
LITETALK.COM F-19
MVOICE.COM F-19
PROSE4.COM F-20
PSSA.COM F-21
PSSB.COM F-21
READEDGE.COM F-21
VEASP.COM F-22
GENERIC.COM F-22

APPENDIX G VOCAL-EYES .SET UTILITIES G-1
SET2TEXT UTILITY G-1
TEXT2SET UTILITY G-2

APPENDIX H KEY LABEL ABBREVIATIONS H-1

APPENDIX I EDITING INPUT PROMPTS I-1

APPENDIX J PREDEFINED .SET AND .KEY FILES J-1

APPENDIX K TIPS FOR VOCAL-EYES USERS WITH LEARNING
DISABILITIES K-1

APPENDIX L USING VOCAL-EYES WITH VIDEO ENLARGEMENT SOFTWARE L-1