Talking Dictionary is a speech enabled 250,000 word English dictionary.
Talking Dictionary has been designed for use by the non sighted person.
Talking Dictionary is designed to be used as a stand alone program. What
this means is that you do not need any kind of screen reading software
or anything else to use this program. The only prerequisite is that your
PC must run Windows 95 or greater and you must have a soundcard or
speakers.
How it Works: It is a very easy to use Talking Dictionary. The
program has been designed without bells and whistles. All controls in
the program have a purpose. The steps below indicate how easy it is to
use this dictionary: To start the program from Windows, press the
keyboard combination CONTROL, SHIFT, ALT, D. Press F12 to start using
the dictionary. Type in the word that you want to find definitions for,
followed by the enter key. Press F2 to hear a summary of what was found
for this word. Press F3 to hear definitions for this word. Press F4 to
hear synonyms for this word. Press F7 to skip to the next definition or
synonym (this depends on whether F3 or F4 was pressed initially). Press
F5 to go back to the previous definition or synonym (again, this depends
on whether definitions or synonyms are currently being read). Press F6
to repeat what was just said. Press F8 to spell out the current synonym.
Press F9 to hear a list of all the control keys. Press F10 to toggle
echo mode. Echo mode means that the dictionary will repeat each letter
typed in. Press F11 to hear copyright information and credits. Press
CONTROL F3 to hear details of contacting the author. Press CONTROL F12
to exit the program. As you can see, the Talking Dictionary is purely
functional. Retrieving information from it is easier and faster than a
sighted person might retrieve information from a book!
Features: Despite being a very straightforward little program based
around a very powerful dictionary database, Talking Dictionary has some
incredibly useful features. Talking Dictionary uses powerful ôsounds -
likeö spell checking technology to show alternatives when a word is
mis-spelt. This is very useful for dyslexic users. Talking DictionaryÆs
controls are all operated via keystrokes which are very easy to learn.
Thanks to advanced database compression technology, Talking Dictionary
retrieves results for a word almost immediately after the enter key has
been pressed. Talking Dictionary has very large buttons and controls to
help people who are partially sighted. Talking Dictionary
has been designed so that a blind person can install it. All you need to
do is insert the CD and listen to the instructions.
