pwWebSpeak Beta G5 Download Information Last Updated: 16th June, 1996 pwWebSpeak Beta G5 - At Last! Beta Release G5 is now available to all registered beta testers of pwWebSpeak. There are currently about 400 registered beta testers, and more are joining the ranks as users of the system each day. The beta test documentation for G5 is directly available from our web site at: www.prodworks.com/pwwdoc.htm Please note that Beta G5 will be the last generally available beta release prior to general availability of pwWebSpeak. If you are not a registered beta tester, but would like to request a copy of pwWebSpeak for evaluation, please e-mail us the following information: your name, company, address, type of PC, version of Windows, and the speech synthesizer you will be using. Also please note the type of organization you work for - government, education, non-profit or commercial, and whether the software is for personal or business usage. Please send the e-mail to info@prodworks.com All communication regarding the beta test itself should be address to: support@prodworks.com pwWebSpeak Beta G5 may be downloaded from the following FTP sites. The download itself includes a g5readme.txt file, and the same file is directly available on both FTP sites and on our web site at www.prodworks.com/g5readme.htm 1. FTP Sites in the USA and Switzerland The beta G5 release is now available on the FTP sites in both the USA and Switzerland. These sites are: 1.1 United States: ftp.jvnc.net with the software in the directory: /pub/client/prodworks If using a browser, like Netscape, the FTP can be issued as: ftp://jvnc.net/pub/client/prodworks/ and this will then provide a list of files in the FTP directory for you to select from. 1.2 Switzerland: ftp.software-engineering.ch with the software in the directory: /pub/webspeak if using a browser, like Netscape, the FTP can be issued as: ftp://ftp.software-engineering.ch/pub/webspeak/ and this will then provide a list of files in the FTP directory for you to select from. This FTP site is kindly provided by Software Engineering (http://www.software-engineering.ch). 2. Download Instructions At each site there are two versions of the install software. One is a single install file which you can download and install, the other being two files which mirror the two installation diskettes. You should download the two file version ONLY if you wish to re-install onto another machine by copying the install files onto diskettes. Download one or other of the following sets of files into a temporary directory: g5flat.exe (this is the single install file - 2.1 meg) or g5disk1.exe (1.4 meg) g5disk2.exe (these represent mirrors of the disk 1 and disk 2 installation diskettes) (700K) 2.1 Expanding and Installing pwWebSpeak Once you have downloaded the file or files you wish into a temporary directory, you must first expand the compressed file using the correct password. To expand the single install file you must execute the file with a command line parameter the same as that for pwWebSpeak release beta G4 but incremented by 10. For example, the expansion of the install files would be: g5flat.exe xxxxx Where xxxxx represents the command line parameter that is the unlock password. Once the file or files have been expanded, you will see there is a file called setup.exe and you must then execute this file to install pwWebSpeak. This is a standard Windows installation process with only a single dialog to do through if you install to the default directory of c:\webspeak NOTE: If you already have a version of pwWebSpeak installed, the installation of beta G5 will overwrite the files from the prior install. Following the installation process, you MUST modify the pwwebspk.ini file based on the speech synthesizer you are using. YOU MUST DO THIS BEFORE EXECUTING PWWEBSPEAK OR YOU WILL NOT GET ANY SOUND. This process is described fully in the Beta G5 documentation and also in the Read Me file that is one of the expanded install files. If you have any problems with the download or the installation process, please e-mail us at: support@prodworks.com 2.2 The pwWebSpeak INI File The pwWebSpeak initialization file (pwwebspk.ini) contains information about what speech synthesizer is to be used; the default rate at which the synthesizer should be set; whether or not an initial page should always be loaded on execution of pwWebSpeak; and information about your e-mail ID so that e-mails can be sent directly from web pages where the Mail To function is used on the page. You must modify the pwwebspk.ini file as described in the g5readme.txt file so that pwWebSpeak becomes operational on your system and for your synthesizer. The standard pwwebspk.ini file is shown below followed by a detailed description of each section of the file. 3. Running pwWebSpeak pwWebSpeak provides its own interface to the speech synthesizers and so should not be run when a Screen Reader is also active. The most usual way for the execution of pwWebSpeak to be set up is for both the Screen Reader, if one is used, and pwWebSpeak to be assigned to hot keys which will then execute them. This allows the Screen Reader to be used where appropriate and then to be turned off when the Web is to be browsed using pwWebSpeak. Problems may result if both a Screen Reader and pwWebSpeak are using the same synthesizer, so this situation should be avoided. The webspeak.exe file is the file which must be executed for pwWebSpeak to start. On execution an initial screen is displayed and an introductory message is announced. You do not need to be connected to Internet in order to execute pwWebSpeak. To access the Web, pwWebSpeak requires a SLIP or PPP connection and the presence of an active TCP/IP stack in the form of a winsock connection. Winsock is a standard connection provided by your Internet Service Provider when you have a SLIP or PPP connection to the Web. This is normally activated automatically when you dial in to your Internet provider, and no additional actions are required.
Documentation for pwWebSpeak beta version G5 is available directly on our web site at:www.prodworks.com/pwwdoc.htm and it is recommended that you review the documentation to familiarize yourself with all of the facilities of pwWebSpeak. Have Fun!