Creative SB0060 - Sound Blaster Live, User Manual

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Additional Sound Blaster Live! Applications 5-7
To open Prody Parrot Help or User’s Guide:
1. Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar, point to Programs, and then point to Prody
Parrot Package.
2. Click either of the following:
❑
Prody Parrot Help
❑
Prody Parrot User’s Guide, a PDF file
Speech Recognition and
Speech Synthesis Use natural, continuous speech to issue commands, without any
training. Then, hear Prody Parrot respond in high-quality
synthetic speech, with a voice that you can customize to your
liking.
Mouse Gesture
Recognition Communicate with Prody Parrot using mouse movements. For
example, draw a check mark to start your Internet browser.
E-mail Notification At regular intervals, or on demand, Prody Parrot will check for
new messages in your e-mail accounts, then tell you how many
messages have arrived, who they are from, and what they are
about. You can easily define what information about the mails
you want to hear upon notification.
News, Sports and Weather
Updates Prody Parrot will get the latest news or weather information—or
scores for certain sporting events—from the Internet. He can
read this information aloud to you while you perform other
tasks, or he can show it to you in your Internet browser.
Web Navigation Prody Parrot enables you to navigate the Internet by voice.
Simply say the name of any hyperlink, and he will take you to
the referred Web page, with no training required.
Dr. Sbaitso Play seven Java games in Prody’s playground with Prody
Parrot’s comments and sound effects.
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