Reading and Pausing
To navigate around in the text in the Buffer, first press PA to stop reading. Your cursor in
the Buffer will be at the last word spoken; you can check this by pressing PW and then
NW.
While you are in Pause Mode, you can move the cursor to any place in the document; you
might want to re-read a particular sentence, for instance. Navigate to that place in the
Buffer, and use PA again to re-start reading from the cursor.
If you press RE (Read) to re-start reading, the cursor will return to the beginning of the
Buffer and reading will begin again from the start.
Titles
Auto-Lektor uses Titles to navigate through text, filenames, audio tracks and radio stations.
For lists such as filenames, radio stations and audio tracks, the Previous Title and Next
Title keys take you to the previous or next item in the list.
In text, Title can refer to short paragraphs such as headlines, or where there are no
headlines, the NT or PT key will jump to the beginning of the next or previous paragraph.
The kind of text Auto-Lektor will recognise as a title will depend on the text you have
scanned.
Scanning in colour or black and white
Auto-Lektor has the ability to scan in two modes: black and white and colour. Black and
white is faster and allows you to work with books, newspapers and other printed media, so
long as the contrast between the background and the text is good. If the text is written on a
dark background, is printed in the negative, or is in colour, you will generally get better
results scanning in colour. Black-and-white scanning can be more effective for poor quality
print.
Selecting the Language
The language used when Auto-Lektor begins reading will be whatever language was
chosen previously, or the default language if your Auto-Lektor is new, or the installed
language if you only have one language installed.
To change the language, first press PA to pause reading. Then press CL as many times as
you need to, until Auto-Lektor announces the correct language. Then you can resume
reading, using the new language, by pressing PA to come out of Pause Mode.
Changing Voice Parameters
Voice parameters can be adjusted at any time and in any mode of Auto-Lektor, with the
exception of Help mode; in that mode, when you press each key you will receive an
explanation of its function. The Voice Parameter keys are Louder, Softer, Slower and
Faster; the parameters you choose will apply to all the languages you have installed.
Saving text
Any text in the Buffer, whether you have scanned and recognised it, or loaded it from an
external source, can be saved as a file.
You can save to several places: a standard file on Drive C called al.txt; the working folder
on Drive C; a CD; or a USB device such as a memory stick or USB hard drive.
Before you save a file, remember to press the DE key to set the destination you want.
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