Simply Speaking

Reading Window

Reading window appears on 3 conditions:

Reading in window button is in sunken state.
Begin reading command is said or Begin reading button is pressed.
Some text is selected in the currently active window.

Selected text is copied into the Reading window, and the avatar begins reading the text sentence-by-sentence. The word currently spoken will be highlighted.

Control buttons

Begin reading
This button starts reading the text sentence-by-sentence. When pressed, it turns into Stop reading button.

Stop reading
This button stops reading the text.

Pause reading
When this button is pressed, reading is stopped. The last spoken word remains highlighted. To continue reading click this button again.

Finish correction
This button sends corrected text back to the window replacing selected text. The reading window will be closed.

Make text bigger
Increases text size by 2 points.

Make text smaller
Decreases text size by 2 points.

Speed control
Pressing these buttons either increases or decreases the speed by 10%.

Pitch control
These buttons adjusts the speech tone.

Volume control
Use these buttons to increase or decrease the volume.

Train selected word
First highlight a selected word or a phrase within the reading window, then press this button.
After the word is spoken and button turns to , say the new word.
When the selection is gone, training is successful.
If the selected word is still highlighted, then say the new word again.

	Begin reading This button starts reading the text sentence-by-sentence. When pressed, it turns into Stop reading button.
	Stop reading This button stops reading the text.
	Pause reading When this button is pressed, reading is stopped. The last spoken word remains highlighted. To continue reading click this button again.
	Finish correction This button sends corrected text back to the window replacing selected text. The reading window will be closed.

	Make text bigger Increases text size by 2 points.
	Make text smaller Decreases text size by 2 points.

	Speed control Pressing these buttons either increases or decreases the speed by 10%.
	Pitch control These buttons adjusts the speech tone.
	Volume control Use these buttons to increase or decrease the volume.

	Train selected word First highlight a selected word or a phrase within the reading window, then press this button. After the word is spoken and button turns to , say the new word. When the selection is gone, training is successful. If the selected word is still highlighted, then say the new word again.