Sayz Me - Version 0.5

(c) Copyright 2002. Adam Bunter. All Rights Reserved. 

Get it at http://sayzme.sourceforge.net

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Requirements

Sayz Me has been tested on Windows 98, 2000 and XP 
and should run on any PC capable of running 
Microsoft Windows 98 or greater.

Please ensure that the Microsoft Speech API 4.0 and the 
Microsoft synthetic voices are installed. These are 
avaliable from the Sayz Me website. Be sure to  install 
"spchapi.exe" first, followed by "msttsl.exe" - the 
INSTALLATION ORDER IS IMPORTANT! (These files should have 
been installed automatically in the default Win2k setup.)

More information about the myriad of Speech setups can be found 
at the Microsoft Speech website - http://www.microsoft.com/speech

Sayz Me will definately not work on Linux, Unix, Mac, etc (yet!)


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Introduction

Sayz Me is a simple text-to-speech application written in Python 
and distributed freely under a BSD style license.

Sayz Me Example Use

1. Open any document that contains text (eg favourite web site).
2. Highlight and copy some text.
3. Sayz Me will maximize and begin reading the copied text.

Tip: double-click to jump to a particular word.

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Controls

Pause Button - yeah, you guessed it, pauses the speaking of text.
Hide Button - yeah, you guessed it, pauses the speaking of text.
Read Button - reads the text that has been copied or typed into the program.
Reset Button - stop reading, clear displayed text and empty the clipboard.
Exit Button - uhhu, it exits the program.

Menu >> File

Open... - open file and read text.
Save as Text... - saves the text to a file.
Exit - exit program.

Menu >> Options

Say Greeting - turn off the annoying greeting on startup.

Listen to Clipboard - automatically read any text copied onto the clipboard.
Empty Clipboard - empty the clipboard once reading begins.

Use System Tray - program will hide in system tray next to clock.
Minimize after Speaking - minimize after reading is completed.
Maximize before Speaking - maximize before reading copied text.

Menu >> Options >> Text Settings...

Font List - select the font. 
Font Size - select the font size. 
Highlight Characters - number of characters highlighted while reading.
Highlight Color - the color of the currently spoken text. 

Menu >> Options >> Voice Settings...

Voice List - select voice. 
Speed - adjust rate at which the voice reads the text.
Pitch - adjust tone of the speakers voice.
Volume - adjust volume of the speakers voice.
Test Text - text to be spoken when test button is pressed.

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Acknowledgements

OSI - http://www.opensource.org/
Sourceforge - http://www.sourceforge.net/
Python - http://www.python.org
Tkinter - http://www.pythonware.com
Python Win32 Extentions - http://starship.python.net/crew/mhammond/
Active State - http://www.activestate.com/
Leo - http://sourceforge.net/projects/leo/
Ghost Installer - http://www.ginstall.com/

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Contact Information

Visit the website at http://sayzme.sourceforge.net for the updates. 

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License

This software is distributed under the amended Free BSD style license. 
See license.txt for details.

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