User's Manual

Last update: 29/08/01
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From any other screen, click on the Dialogue icon in the toolbar.
Dialogue: Explore - How it works
The Dialogue: Explore activity does not use speech recognition. TeLL me More
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speaks to you; the sentence
which you hear is displayed at the top of the screen. Choose one of the responses shown by clicking on it. Your
response is highlighted in green. TeLL me More
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may provide a response.
The explore mode allows you to discover the topic of the lesson and its associated vocabulary, and to immerse
yourself in the accent and intonations of your chosen language. It also allows you to become familiar with the
dialogue activity.
Note.
In the free-to-roam mode, to access Dialogue: Explore, click on the Audio, Video and Speech Recognition tab in
Options and deactivate Speech recognition.
Dialogue: Expression - How it works
Having listened carefully to the intonations particular to the language you are studying in Dialogue: Explore, put
them into practice by pronouncing the responses in the Dialogue: Expression activity. Follow the instructions given
by the speech recognition panel in the top right-hand corner of the screen:
Listen...
TeLL me More
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speaks to you. The spoken text is displayed at the top of the screen.
Speak...
Three possible responses are displayed in the box below. Choose one of them and say it into the microphone. The
Speak... lamp flashes while the computer is recording your voice.
Wait...
TeLL me More
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evaluates your response. If the computer understands you, your response is highlighted in green.
The dialogue will continue according to the response you chose. If TeLL me More
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doesn't understand your
response, the Speak... lamp will flash again to prompt you to give your response again.
Should you speak too quickly or slowly, TeLL me More
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will indicate this with a message in the speech
recognition panel.
To listen to the sentence spoken by TeLL me More
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again or to hear the pronunciation of a response, click on the
loudspeaker to the left of the sentence. The pronunciation of a word or sentence can also be accessed with the right
mouse button.
Some tips for answering questions
• Wait for the beep before answering: TeLL me More
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will not understand if you speak too soon.
• Do not leave any pauses when answering: as soon as TeLL me More
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detects a pause, it automatically
assumes that you have finished speaking and starts to evaluate your answer.
Warning!
For TeLL me More
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, a silence of longer than half a second is a pause.
• Your response time is also limited: you have a maximum of three seconds speaking time. In the case of long
sentences, you must speak quickly to avoid being interrupted by the computer.