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The Blue Wave Offline Mail Reader, version 2.12
Copyright (C) 1992 by Cutting Edge Computing
All Rights Reserved.
Speech Compatibility Mode Documentation
Speech Documentation by Doug Langley
I. What is Speech Compatibility Mode?
Speech compatibility mode is a new feature in the Blue Wave
Offline Mail Reader v2.10. It allows blind and visually impaired
computer users to use the Blue Wave Offline Mail Reader with very
little configuration needed to the speech software. Actually,
there is only one thing that needs to be set in all speech
packages. Make sure your up and down arrow keys are set up to
read the whole line. How it works is the Blue Wave Offline Mail
Reader uses BIOS calls in specific places in the reader and direct
video calls are used everywhere else. Also, the hardware cursor
has been setup to follow all the menu bars in Blue Wave. So what
does that mean? It means that you can use Blue Wave with out any
special lightbar configurations in your speech packages.
II. Starting the Blue Wave Offline Mail Reader
When you run The Blue Wave Offline Mail Reader for the first
time, you need to start it up with the "-s" command line switch.
Example: bwave -s
From there, follow the installation prompts. See the file BWAVE.DOC
for complete installation instructions.
After you finish installing the Blue Wave Offline Mail Reader,
you will want to make the speech mode come up by default. This way,
you need not use the "-s" command line everytime you bring up the
reader. You do this by following the steps outlined below.
1. If you are not already in the reader, start it up by typing
"BWAVE -s".
2. Press "S" to enter the system configuration menu.
3. Press "V" to go in to the reader's video configuration mode.
4. Press "S" to turn speech compatibility mode on.
5. Press the ESCape key three times and you will hear Blue Wave say
"Permanently save your configuration?". Answer "Y", and you
should hear the reader say "Configuration Saved".
III. Special Keys
There has been a special global key setup in the reader to
read parts of the text that you might not want read all of the
time. This key is the question mark key or "?". When you press
this at some of the selection windows, additional information will
be read such as commands or in the message viewing window you can
read the message header over again. In the view message window,
you can also use the slash mark key or "/" to read the message
flags, (Rcv'd, Private, Crash), and message marks (see the Blue Wave
documentation for information on message marking).
IV. Getting Help
If you need any help with the Blue Wave Offline Mail Reader or
find any bugs either in the reader or in the speech compatability
mode, you can send to the address below:
Cutting Edge Computing
PO Box 90476
Burton, Michigan USA 48509
or, you can call the voice technical support number at 313-743-9283.
If you have any questions about getting Blue Wave running with
your speech package you can write me at the address below. I can
also be found in the Fido BLUEWAVE and BLINKTALK echos.
Doug Langley
PO Box 13
Herald, CA USA 95638