>>>>>>>> Voice-Pileup  trainer Vped.exe   Ver 1.05i  by JE3MAS <<<<<<<<
                              Copyright(C) 1994  MasIII H.Kozu

   /*  This is a free software.   It can be freely distributed.  */

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  | This is a Voice-pileup trainer for IBM PC/AT and Sound Blaster(*)|
  | users.                                                           |
  | You can run an 8 station pileup as long as you like.             |
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| ATTENTION:                                                                  
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|  Because of my lack of programming skill,vped runs on very limited working  
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|  conditions.                                                                
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|    1)Vped requires a fast IBM PC/AT.                                        
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|     (Auther's machine is 386SX 33MHz. I haven't checked how slow it can go.)
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|    2)Vped cannot run in the DOS window of MS-Windows(*).                    
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|    3)Vped cannot go along with the TSRs or device drivers which hook timer  
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|      interrupt(INT 8).                                                      
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|    4)Vped requires XMS driver.(HIMEM.SYS etc.)                              
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|    5)Vped requires at least 2004Kbytes of free protect memories.            
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| Please be patient with those inconvenience.   de  JE3MAS  MasIII H.Kozu     
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<<running vped>>
  Copy VPED.EXE to the PED directory. There must be at least one *.PED file
  containing cw data.

  VPED does not care about the SoundBlaster(SB) configuration.
  If your system only has the capability to run PED(cw version) with 
  8pile-ups, this will be sufficient.


1. C:\PED>VPED (C/R)   (no option switches available)
        If there is no *.PED file or not enough XMS memory, 
        VPED will terminate with an error message.

2. VPED displays the data select window, chose one of them.

3. The Voice data select windows will be displayed.
        Initially, you will not have voice data, so chose [NEW FILE].
        Input the FILE NAME (system adds extension ".VPD" automatically).

4. The main menu will be displayed but without voice data, hence you can not 
   select Pileup trainer.

5. Creating the voice file

  If you find some voice data (*.VD) in your archive,
  you can generate voice file(*.VPD) using VPD.COM as follows:
  
  C:\PED>VPD sample -INIT JE3MAS
  (voice file:SAMPLE.VPD, voice data:JE3MAS.VD for example)
  

The relationship between callsign file(*.PED) and voice file(*.VPD) are
as follows. 

    *.VPD files hold 9 voice banks. Each bank(VOICE0-VOICE8) holds all 
    alpha numeric and phonetic voice data. You can set one of those 9banks 
    as the operator at the controls and other 8banks are for calling stations.
 
    So 9 different voices for those voice banks are recommended. If you record
 
    all banks by yourself, try to change the pitch, tone or accent for each
    voice bank. You can imagine how difficult it is to separate 8 similar 
    voices on the same frequency at the same time.
    VPED picks up 8 calls from *.PED and constructs the voice stream from
    #0 to #8 voice banks of *.VPD. This is quite similar to DVP+CT*
    voice generation.

Connect a microphone to the SB.
    
    Chose #6 in the main menu. Voice data selection windows will open. 
    You will be able to select [NEW FILE] or the file you just created 
    in the previous step. Select the file you just created.

    Chose one voice bank from VOICE0-VOICE8 by using the up/down arrow keys, 
    typing ordinary, you can change the name"Voice0-Voice8" to other name 
    that you like, then press the return key.

    The cursor will jump to the "WORD" column. Record the letter which is
    displayed.

    After hitting F5-F8, when the first Voice input is detected, recording 
    starts immediately. This feature prevents your speech from being 
    truncated. But don't try to record without connecting a microphone, this
    feature makes VPED hang up.
    
    Recording stops automatically after a short time. You should be quick in
    your recording otherwise you will get truncated speech.
    
    If you wish to record the alphabet sequentially use the F1-F4 key to
    initiate recording for the next letter in the sequence.

         <<keys for recording>>
          /sequential recording/         /normal recording/ 
                F1:0.20 sec                 F5:0.20 sec
                F2:0.27 sec                 F6:0.27 sec
                F3:0.32 sec                 F7:0.32 sec
                F4:0.20 and/or 0.27 sec     F8:0.20 and/or 0.27 sec
                
    You can set the letter to recorded, and play back the recording 
    by hitting keys below. 
    
       key                voices to record/play
     -------------------------------------------------  
       a-z,0-1            A-Z,0-9    (alpha numerics)
       A-Z                Alpha-Zulu (phonetics)
       /                  stroke,slash,portable etc..
       ~                  Thank you
       !                  QSL
       @                  QSL?
       #                  Roger
       $                  Negative
       %                  Contest
       ^                  Something
       &                  QRZ?
       *                  Again
       (                  You are
       )                  This is
       _                  Good luck
       +                  See you, bye-bye, 73 etc..
       
    Hitting F9 key, the playback cycles through all the sounds recorded
    for a particular voice bank. Hit any key to stop the playback.
    You can edit the previously recorded sounds as follows:During playback 
    use right/left arrow key to trim the recording length.
    
    Hitting F10 key, all the recorded sounds are played back sequentially
    from the letter 'A' to the phrase 'See you'.
    
    You must record all the letters in each voice bank.

    When done, press the ESC key to finish recording, the cursor will return
    to the voice bank selection column. The ESC key functions as a "terminatio
n
    of current action" and it returns the user back to the previous menu 
    window.

6.Let's play
    After recording the voice data, choose #1.
    Now you can play with voice pile-up.


*****  Reference for pileup trainer *****

<<Keys equivalent to CT>> 

      HOME,CTRL-A        :Start of field
      END,CTRL-E         :End of field
      BS, CTRL-H         :Backspace
      DEL,CTRL-D         :Delete character
      CTRL-K             :Delete to end of field
      CTRL-W             :Delete field
      Right Arrow,CTRL-F :Forward character
      Left Arrow,CTRL-B  :Backward character

      Alt-F8,Alt-W       :Wipe QSO
      Alt-Q              :Quit

      F1                 :Send CQ message
      F2                 :Send exchange message
      F3                 :Send confirm message
      F4                 :Send my call
      F5                 :Send his call
      F6                 :Send AGN
      F7                 :Send QRZ?

      return,CTRL-M      :Log QSO
      Ins                :F5 and F2
      ESC                :Panic stop
      +                  :F3 and Return
      Spacebar           :Toggle call and No.(Only for CT trainer)


<<Keys not equivalent to CT>>

      CTRL-I               :Change input mode(insert[default]/overwrite)
        
        <                  :F5 and F2
        >                  :F3 and Return
      


<<Text commands you can use>>

      QUIT           Quit and return to menu
      CORRECT        Adds hiscall to confirming message when you make
                      any correction.
      NOCORRECT      Disables CORRECT


<<Data file>>
 Vped has so simple data structure that you can make your own data easily.
 It is the same as that of CW-pileup trainer. (Ped.exe)
 
 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
 |<---  CALL SIGN  ---->|  |<------>| 
                               |
                               +------ CONTEST NUMBER
 Extension must be '.PED'.(e.g. ARRL.PED)


*DVP and CT are trademarks of Harvard Radio.
*Sound Blaster/Sound Blaster Pro are trademarks of CREATIVE LABS,INC.
*MS-Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

I will not store any effort to help you with any problems you may have.
If you find any bugs, please send me a report. Thank you!

Special thanks to K2WK and other beta testers.

JE3MAS
MasIII H.Kozu
room 906,10-20,Chuo 3-chome,
Joto-ku,Osaka,536
Japan

(INTERNET:KHD00751@niftyserve.or.jp)