Important Information about Running DynaBrowse, the Voice Controlled Browser.

Important Information about Running DynaBrowse.

This is a trial version. After 30 days DynaBrowse will still function, however, Voice Commands will be limited to the following 9 mouse movement commands until it is registered (Fee: $28 U.S.): Stop, Move Up, Move Down, Move Left, Move Right, Faster, Slower, Select, and Left Click

If you don't know what a button does just rest your cursor on it for one second. A hint (tooltip) will popup.

It may be important to "train" the speech recognition engine to recognize your voice. For an adult male with an average voice this may not be necessary, but it could still improve performance. This is very simple and could take as little as 10 minutes.

Click the "Options" button, then put your mouse over "Program Options", then click on "TRAIN / Set Speaker..."

Enter your name in the "New Speaker" Field then click on "Add New Speaker". The speech recognition engine now knows you. Click "Train Current Speaker" to begin the training session (this can be done more than once for more training).

If your browser does strange things while you type or if a cat barks, try moving the slider at the bottom to the right.

Tips:

The most important commands to remember are "faster" and "slower". You can even say them before you tell the mouse to move.

Click the "Options" button then "Program Options" then "Edit Custom Commands" to see what all the commands are and edit them.

When on a page with many links you would like to see try these commands "Enter key", "Backup", "Next field", "Enter key"...

The "Begin Selection" and End Selection" commands are also very cool.

The Browser also has Quick Links to let you set up commands to go to your favorite pages and 10 "radio style" buttons for favorite pages.

You can Block all those pesky new windows and new browsers with the "Suppress New Windows" option, but this may also block legitimate parts of some websites.

a Word about Sound Cards:

A Full Duplex sound card is not absolutely required but it is recommended. If your sound card is Half Duplex it may lock up your audio and you will have to reboot your computer. It has been my experience that most on-board sound cards are half duplex.

The following information was copied from TechTV at: http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/answerstips/story/0,23008,2236390,00.html

"Almost all sound cards sold in the last four or five years are full duplex. Full duplex means that the sound card can make sound and receive sound at the same time. You can talk and listen at the same time, just like a telephone. Walkie talkies are half duplex: You press the button to talk, but you can't talk and listen at the same time.

Sound Blaster 16 is a full duplex card, but the software drivers that originally shipped with older Sound Blaster 16s were not full duplex. That causes the card to default automatically to half duplex. If you have an older Sound Blaster 16 that operates at half duplex, you can make it work at full duplex by downloading the latest drivers from www.soundblaster.com. Once you've done that, you'll be able to speak and listen simultaneously on your netcam."

How to NOT use your on-board (built in) Sound Card:

If you are using the built in sound card on your computer and wish to install a third party sound card (I have always had very good luck with a good old Sound Blaster 16 by Creative Labs) you must first disable the on board sound.
This is done by entering the BIOS and turning this option off. Follow these steps (these steps are general, your computer may vary slightly):

I. Reboot the computer and watch the screen carefully as it first starts up.
II. When you see a message like "Press DEL to enter the BIOS" press DEL. F8 is another common key to get you into the BIOS.
III. Look for a command similar to "On Board Sound" and DISSABLE it by clicking something like the Page Up Key. This command is often found in a section resembling "Advanced Chipset Options".
IV. Click the escape key and Exit the BIOS SAVING your changes.
V. Boot normally and install your new sound card following it's instructions.

NOTE: If you choose to keep using your existing Half Duplex Sound Card performance can be improved and lockups minimized by turning off some of your sound events in Windows. Particularly Menu Popup/Command items and Program Start items.

the DynaBrowse Default Command set:
Your QuickLinks will be added to these commands.

Mouse Movement:
Dynamic:
Stop Stops cursor movement, scrolling, and page downloading
Faster Speeds up the movement
Slower Slows down the movement
Move up Starts the cursor moving UP
Move down Starts the cursor moving UP
Move left Starts the cursor moving UP
Move right Starts the cursor moving UP
one oclock Starts the cursor moving toward 1 O'clock
two oclock Starts the cursor moving toward 2 O'clock
four oclock Starts the cursor moving toward 4 O'clock
five oclock Starts the cursor moving toward 5 O'clock
seven oclock Starts the cursor moving toward 7 O'clock
eight oclock Starts the cursor moving toward 8 O'clock
ten oclock Starts the cursor moving toward 10 O'clock
eleven oclock Starts the cursor moving toward 11 O'clock
Static:
Center Moves the cursor to the center of the program window
Upper left Moves the cursor to the center of the upper left corner
Lower left Moves the cursor to the center of the lower left corner
Upper right Moves the cursor to the center of the upper right corner
Lower right Moves the cursor to the center of the lower right corner
Next field Same as the TAB key
Shift Tab Like a backwards TAB

Mouse Buttons:
Select Same as Left click
Select next Will Left click on the NEXT link your cursor passes over.
Left click Left click
Right click Right click
Middle click This may do something, may not. It all depends on what software you are running.
Begin selection This is like holding the left button, combine this with mouse movement to select text.
End selection This will release the left button

Page Movement:
Dynamic:
Scroll down Starts the page scrolling down
Scroll up Starts the page scrolling up
Static:
Shift left This will move the screen to the left relative to the window
Shift right This will move the screen to the right relative to the window
Page up Page up
Page down Page down

Browser Movement:
Refresh Reload the current page
Backup Same as the "Back" button
Last page Same as the "Back" button
Next page Same as the "Forward" button
Take me home This will take you to your home page

View:
Minimize window This will minimize the window
Full screen This will maximize the window
Normal view If the window is MAXIMIZED this will return it to normal
Show browser This will bring the window to the top and if it is MINIMIZED it will return it to normal

Reading/Listening:
Stop listening This will turn the voice commands off
Read the page This will begin reading the entire page out loud
Read selected This will begin reading the selected text out loud
Stop Reading Stop Reading

URLs:
Block this page This will launch the Block URL window with the address of the current URL blocked
Block this link This will launch the Block URL window with the address of the current Link blocked. This will be the address of any link your cursor is positioned over.

Program Options:
Suppress new windows This will not allow "Flyout" windows or new browsers to be launched. WARNING: many web sites (including my Microsoft Agent page) use these windows as a vital part of the website. If you turn this feature on, don't forget about it.
Allow new windows This will allow all those annoying windows
Silent Mode New URLs will not be announced
Announce Pages This will announce new URLs out loud

Picture Stuff:
Launch DynaPics This is a very cool picture viewing program that is incorporated into the browser. It can be "drag-and-Drop from any program or browser. In DynaPics, click f1 to view the help file.
View Picture If your cursor is over a picture on a webpage this will copy it and send it into DynaPics
Show DynaPics Will bring DynaPics to the top of your desktop. The Mouse commands will still function.
Show Picture History Will Launch the DynaPics History Window. Click a thumbnail to bring that picture to the top in DynaPics
Save Picture as Default If your cursor is over a picture on a webpage this will save the picture with it's default name to your default directory (probably "My Documents/My Pictures")

Other Stuff:
Terminate session Will exit the program
Show commands will show the Command, Quick Links, and Blocked URLs list boxes
Enter Key Same as pressing the ENTER key

This program uses Internet Explorer settings and functionality, so, right click to print this page or add it to your favorites list.