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Street Atlas USA 2005 User Guide
To Change the Voice Output
Use the following steps to change your computer's voice.
1. Click the Voice tab.
2. Click Output Prefs. The Output Prefs dialog area displays.
3. From the Voice drop-down list box, select a voice from the list of options. A description of the selected
voice displays to the right of the drop-down list box.
4. From the Device drop-down list box, select the output device from which you want to hear the computer's
voice (for example, your speakers or a headset).
5. To preview the voice, click Options and then click Test Voice, type a sample sentence, and then click OK.
The sample sentence is spoken in the selected voice.
6. Use the Voice Volume spin box to adjust the output volume relative to the other programs you are running.
By default, this is set to 100 (maximum). Note that you cannot set the volume higher than your speakers or
Windows Control Panel settings capabilities.
7. Use the Speaking Rate spin box to adjust the rate at which the computer's voice will speak. A value of 50 is
normal.
You can click Stop Speaking or press CTRL+E to halt the currently speaking voice at any time.
Use CTRL+D to enable/disable voice output entirely.
Voice Preferences
The Input Prefs and Output Prefs dialog areas, accessed by the Input Prefs and Output Prefs buttons, display a series
of Engine Option buttons. These option buttons allow you to view information or change preference settings in your
speech recognition or text-to-speech engines.
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Input Prefs—Lets you select a speech recognition engine, choose the microphone, set the voice model for
the current user, and train the speech recognition engine to recognize your specific speech patterns.
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Output Prefs—Lets you select a voice for spoken output, choose the output device, and provides a
description of each selection.
Some speech recognition or text-to-speech engines do not support some of the preference options.
To View and Update Input Preferences
To change speech input preferences, click the Voice tab and then click Input Prefs to display the Input Preferences
dialog area. Following are the preference buttons available under Engine Options and a description of each.
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Add/Delete Words—Choose to display the pronunciation wizard specific to your speech recognition
engine and enter, edit, or view the words in your pronunciation vocabulary.
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Voice Training—Choose to access the speech recognition training engine to train the engine to recognize
your speech patterns. This process may take 10–15 minutes to complete.
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Microphone Setup—Choose to display a wizard to adjust voice recognition whenever you change
microphone or noise environments.
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Recognizer Settings—Choose to change preferences for sensitivity and tolerance of errors in recognizing
your voice.
Note: Street Atlas USA comes equipped with Microsoft English Recognizer Version 5.1. You may have a
more recent version (for example, Microsoft Office 2003 installs Microsoft English U.S. Version 6.1
Recognizer). Select the most recent version.
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