Silver Xpress Mail Reader Speech System
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This documentation has three sections:

1) Silver Xpress Speech Friendly Interface Features.
2) How to Install Silver Xpress.
3) How to Use the Help System in Silver Xpress.

NOTE:  Only when reading mail is there a special help key.  The space bar
will tell you the special speech friendly interface keys.

NOTE:  Vocal Eyes user, if you are using or planning to use the protected
mode version of Silver Xpress, please note that we have found that VOCAL
EYES cannot be loaded in HIGH memory.  There is no problem when using the
real mode version.

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1.0 Advance Speech Friendly Interface Feature Summary
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    Silver Xpress Speech Edition Supports any speech adapter system
    which works with BIOS screen writes.  In addition, Silver Xpress has
    direct support for the VOCAL EYES speech system for sharper speech
    operations.

1.1 Built-in option to use Talking Cursors for all menus, any pick list,
    any configuration forms, hypertext help, and reader.  If not used,
    it works with your own talking cursor system by at least speaking
    the first option or item of each component.  In otherwords, Silver
    Xpress allows you to keep your own talking cursor tracking system
    and you STILL are able understand EXACTLY where you are at without
    a review mode.  However, the talking cursor system in Xpress is
    superb in itself, and you do not need to turn on your Talking Cursor
    System.

1.2 New reader scroll bar.  Complete Cursor movement to allow easy reading
    of the message or parts of the message.

1.3 Configurable Speech strings are various sessions.  You can increase or
    decrease the verbosity to get more information or make things
    clearer.

    - Menus.
    - packet loader
    - pick list
    - message header
    - Yes and No Prompts, Multiple Choice Fields

1.4 Complete Talking Help System, including a speech friendly hypertext
    help based system.

1.5 New advanced TALKING QUOTER SYSTEM to assist in telling you WHO SAID
    WHAT in quoted mail.  This feature will INCREASE your productivity
    in reading mail.

1.6 New Advanced READER GRAMMER MODE to read mail by words, sentences or
    by paragraphs.

    With the new READER GRAMMER MODE and TALKING QUOTER SYSTEM, you
    now have TWO new ways to read your mail - Both guaranteed to
    make SENSE of the BARRAGE of TEXT sent to speech adapters.

1.7 The new XPRESS speech friendly system also works under DesqView!!



2.0 How to First Install the Speech Friendly Interface in Silver Xpress?

    To use the Silver Xpress Speech Friendly Interface (SFI), first start
    the reader by passing the switch -SFI.

    XPREAD -SFI

    If you are using the Vocal-Eyes System, Xpress will automatically
    detect it and automatically turn on the Speech Friendly System.  The
    -SFI is not required.

    The reader, by default, will use its OWN TRACKING CURSOR so TURN
    YOURS OFF.  If you don't, you may hear double speech of menu items,
    etc.

    If you want to change the Speech Friendly Interface OPTIONS, GO INTO
    THE CONFIGURATION VIDEO OPTIONS and POP UP THE SPEECH FRIENDLY
    INTERFACE OPTIONS FORMS.

    2.1 Using the Environment String SFI

    If the the SFI environment string is detected, Xpress will look
    for the word ON and turn on the speech friendly system.  For
    example;

    SET SFI=ON

    If you have VOCAL EYES, it may not work right with the PROTECTED MODE
    VERSION OF THE READER. The Protected mode version has a P after the
    version number, such as Version 3.02P or Version 4.00P.  If this is
    the case, you can use the BIOS keyword as part of the SFI environment
    string.  This will tell Xpress to not use VOCAL eyes for speaking.
    For example:

    SET SFI=ON BIOS


3.0 Try using the HELP system.  It will speak to you.  The help in Silver
    Xpress is hypertext-based help.  This means KEYWORDS, if any, are
    highlighted, and more help will pop up if you PRESS ENTER on one
    of these keywords.  Sometimes there is only one keyword or none.
    If there are keywords, the help system will tell you.  For example,
    after it reads the help screen, it may say something like:

       Keywords Available beginning with option WHAT EVER.

    If you hear this, use the up or down arrows to hear the keyword
    options and, if you like, press ENTER to hear more information.

    There is a SPECIAL HELP in the READER SECTION by hitting the
    SPACEBAR.  EVERYWHERE ELSE, F ONE IS THE HELP KEY.


4.0 Modifying the string Prompts.

    The file XPREAD.SFI has many string prompts that can be changed by you.
    This allows you to change the verbosity of the speech in Silver Xpress.

    The keywords in the brackets must in upper case and must begin in
    column 1.