4.9.3. Speech Dialog: Private Voice Section
The private voice is used for audio previews (see section 4.5) and for audio feedback during scanning (see
section 4.7) or Morse code (see section 4.8). Use the
Private Voice
drop-down menu to select a different
private voice, or select
<Same as Public>
if you want your public and private voices to be the same.
Note:
Both the private voice and the public voice must be selected from the same manufacturer.
For example, if you are using a DECtalk voice as your public voice, you must choose a DECtalk
voice as your private voice. The same is true when using Acapela voices.
The
Volume
drop-down menu allows you to set the private voice volume as a percentage of the public voice
volume. You may want to set your private volume to be lower than public volume so that you do not confuse
your conversation partners. The private volume can be set at 25%, 50%, 75%, or 100% of the public volume.
4.9.4. Speech Dialog: Speak Section
You can configure your Palmtop device to speak after every character, every word or every sentence (or any
combination of these settings). In addition, some configurations have "Speak Sentence" buttons. The speech
modes are set by checking the appropriate box (
Character
,
Word
or
Sentence
) in the
Speech
dialog. You
can also set the speaking rate in words per minute (wpm) for each mode of speech. Generally, you will want
to have faster rates for shorter utterances, so the
Character
rate should be faster than the
Sentence
rate.
By checking the
Pitch Shift
box and adjusting the associated setting, you can shift the default pitch for each
voice up (positive values) or down (negative values). This is a useful method for fine-tuning your voice. Note
that this feature is not available on the PC Editor.
The
Pitch Shift
control is only available when you are using a DECtalk voice.
4.10. Options Dialog: Prediction Tab
Some of the standard configurations that are supplied on your Palmtop device contain word prediction lists.
When you are using word prediction, the software will try to guess the words you are typing and will list
options for quicker selection. Rather than selecting each character individually, you can select an entire word
at once. The
Prediction
dialog is accessed by selecting
Tools > Options
, then selecting the
Prediction
tab.
Figure 17: The Options Dialog, Prediction Tab
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