User's Manual

TeLL me More is a registered trademark of Auralog S.A.

Note.

Sound may be played through either the loudspeakers or the headphones. You must therefore connect to the

sound card either the ² plug of the headset or the loudspeaker plug.

Difficulty level

The difficulty level you choose is an essential element in all the activities that function with speech recognition.

The level ranges from 1 to 7 (7 being the highest level). The higher the level, the more demanding the computer

will be about your pronunciation.

The difficulty level can be modified at any time in the Options: Audio, Video and Speech Recognition screen.

If you are just beginning, set this level to 2. TeLL me More

will not be too demanding about your response.

You can increase this level as soon as you feel more at ease in the dialogue and your pronunciation has

improved.

Speaking

Wait for the Speak... lamp to light up before beginning to speak. Only speak after the beep (if this option is

activated). The Speak... lamp will begin to flash, indicating that TeLL me More

is recording your answer.

Take your time, speak clearly and try to avoid hesitating.

Do not give any response other than those that appear on the screen.

When the sentence is long, try to speak fairly rapidly as you only have three seconds in which to respond.

Do not hesitate when speaking. If you pause at all, the computer will think that you have finished speaking.

Imitating the model

Try to imitate the model as closely as possible. This imitation will allow you to pick up the rhythm, intonation

and correct pronunciation of each sentence.

Think about varying your way of speaking even if this seems artificial. The more closely you imitate the model,

the higher your score will be.

Don't hesitate to concentrate on the pronunciation of a phoneme or word if you encounter difficulties. TeLL me

will show you your pronunciation mistakes thanks to SETS technology. For further details about this

function, refer to the Pronunciation section.

Solutions

Installation/Start-up

I can't install TeLL me More

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Check that you have put the installation CD-ROM into the drive.

Note.

If installation does not begin automatically, it will be necessary to run the setup.exe program which can be found

at the root of the installation CD-ROM. To do this, click on Start in the Windows

toolbar. Then go to

Programs \ Windowsä

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äExplorer and click on the letter corresponding to your CD-ROM drive. Double-click on

the setup.exe or setup files represented by the software icon.