Text Assist ReadMe!


This file contains additional information on TextAssist, as well 
as changes to the applications which were made after the printing
of the manual. Please refer to the sections listed below for
further details.

    1. TextAssist Singing Files.
    2. Texto'LE.
    3. TextAssist Control Panel.
    4. TextAssist and PC Tools For Windows version 1.0.


1.  TextAssist Singing Files.

    (a) To demonstrate the flexibility of Texto'LE, five singing
    files have been linked into a single icon called "Singing
    Text" in the TextAssist program group. There are more
    songs stored in the SONGS subdirectory where TextAssist
    is installed.

    Double-click on this "Singing Text" icon to launch Texto'LE
    with all the songs inside. You can use Texto'LE to listen to
    the song files.

    (b) The complete list of TextAssist songs are:

    Greeting: A warm welcome to TextAssist, in song.
    Demo: A demonstration of the different TextAssist voices.
          For He's A Jolly Good Fellow: A well known singalong chorus.
    London Bridge: Children's rhyme about collapsing public
                   structures.
    Overture: The TextAssist theme song.
    Are You Sleeping: English version of famous French lullaby.
    Auld Lang Syne: A song of warm memories come New Year's Eve.
    Farmer in the Dell: Nursery rhyme on life in the countryside.
    Drunken Sailor: A sobering message on the undesired effects of
                    excessive alcohol consumption.
    Hickory Dickory Dock: Yes, it's that mouse in the clock!
    Jack and Jill: Two children having a misadventure with a pail of
                   water.
    Mulberry bush: Round and round the bush we go, where we'll end up
                   nobody knows...
    Eensy Weensy Spider: Anthem for arachnophobics worldwide.
    Row, Row, Row Your Boat: A favorite with your everyday local sailor.
    Michael Row The Boat Ashore: Hallelujah!

    The lyrics for all the songs are stored in the file LYRIC.TXT, found
    in the same sub-directory as the song files.


2.  Texto'LE.

    During the TextAssist installation, you can choose to associate
    all text files (*.TXT) with Texto'LE. If you had decided to do
    so, but wish to disassociate Texto'LE with *.TXT files at a
    later time, simply do the following:

       (a) Edit the file TEXTOLE.INI in your Windows directory
       (b) Under the section [Settings], add this line:

            [Settings]
            TXT=0

       (c) Run File Manager, and reassociate *.TXT files with
           Notepad, or any other text editor that you wish.
	    
    The next time you launch Windows, Texto'LE will no longer
    attempt to automatically associate itself with *.TXT files.

    You can re-associate your text files with Texto'LE by
    removing the "TXT=0" line from TEXTOLE.INI.
		

3. TextAssist Control Panel.

    An additional Language submenu is added to the Configure
    pull-down menu for future foreign language support. Currently,
    only English is available in the language selection.

    We plan to release foreign language modules for TextAssist
    very soon. This will give TextAssist the ability to perform
    speech playback in a variety of languages. For more information,
    contact your local software store, or write in to us here at
    Creative.


4.  TextAssist and PC Tools For Windows version 1.0.

    If you are currently using PC Tools For Windows 1.0, you may
    notice that the speech is intermittent or interrupted. This
    is caused by PC Tools' handling of wave output, and not by
    TextAssist. You may also have noticed that other wave events
    (such as System sounds) are similarly affected.

    The latest release of PC Tools For Windows (version 2.0) does
    not have this problem. Please contact Central Point Software
    (publishers of PC Tools For Windows) for information on
    upgrading to version 2.0.

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