Changes between Version 15 and Version 16 of HowDoI

Timestamp:

01/12/10 09:14:45 (16 years ago)

Author:

pinwc4

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HowDoI

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 There are also other common tools to work with SQLite files in Excel or other programs.
 
-= Change the speech in the program =
+= Change the speech language in the program =
 To change the speech in the software you need to modify the language.xml file.  Modify it using a text editor and change any of the entries between the <exampleentry> </exampleentry> tags.  If you are translating the speech to a different language you will need to change the text to speech settings for your Operating System (Windows or Mac).  Two translations are included with the software located in the translation folder, German and French.  You need to copy one of these files over the language.xml file to change the speech to that language.  Also if you are running Windows you need to add German or French text to speech capabilities by downloading the Microsoft Reader product and the language for it.
 
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 [http://www.microsoft.com/reader/developers/downloads/tts.aspx Microsoft Reader Text To Speech Languages]
 
+= Change the voice for speech =
+This application uses the built in text to speech capabilities of Windows and Mac OSX.  The built in voice in Windows XP is not very good.  For Windows you can find various 3rd party voices from the following companies:
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+[http://www.microsoft.com/speech/evaluation/thirdparty/engines.mspx Third party voices for Windows]
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+We have been using a voice from AT&T and have been pleased with the results.  
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 = Use generic tags with the Kyosho IC lap counter =
 To use generic RFID tags with the Kyosho IC lap counter the must be initialized.  Download the latest version of the Kyosho RFID tag initialization using the links on the front page.  Do not initialize Kyosho tags, doing this will cause them to no longer work with Kyosho's software.