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Section 1. Introduction.
It might be difficult to understand how to operate
TAB Player, especially for those who are not used
to it. Therefore, the developer decided to produce
this DAISY book in order to facilitate understanding
the operation of the program, which contains the
details concerning various fixed settings which
indicate how each setting functions. This DAISY
book is divided into 12 Sections which contains
the details about the program operation.
Section 2. Summery of How to Use.
1. Choose
Program TAB Player from Start Menu of Windows
in order to get into the program.
2. Wait for a moment so that the display shows
the
program window, which indicates that it is
ready to open the DAISY book.
3. Insert CD-ROM of a DAISY book into the CD drive,
then press Ctrl+I so that the program searches
the title from the CD-ROM automatically on
the display. Then choose the title of the
book you want to read by moving the cursor up
and down. After finding the title of the book
you want to read, press Enter in order to read
that book.
4. In case your DAISY book is not saved as CD-ROM
data, you are able to read it by choosing NCC
file pressing Ctrl+O so that you can choose
Directory and TAB Player Operation Manual.
5. After choosing the title of the book you want
to read successfully, the program will open either
the first page of the DAISY book or the page you
read up to for the last time, which means that
the
program is ready to read the book.
6. You can insert
summary for reminder by writing as Text and
Speech anywhere of a DAISY book with pressing
Ctrl+N.
7. From the main window of the program you can
search
for the content from a DAISY book by pressing
Ctrl+F. Or you can search for headings of a DAISY
book by pressing Ctrl+H as well.
8. When you need to make a bookmark while reading,
press Ctrl+J.
9. You can press Ctrl+D for choosing
to show the details of the whole DAISY book.
10. When you are on the different windows of the
program, such as window searching for data, window
showing the details of a DAISY book, and window
contains text and speech data, but you do not
know how to use them, you can press F1 key to
listen to how to use different windows at anytime.
If you want to stop the voice explaining the program,
you can press F3 key or Control Key.
11. When you press Ctrl+A from the main window
of the program, you will see the usage
agreement.
These 11 items indicates how to use the program
in short. Furthermore, you can study how to use
this program in details from the next section
of this DAISY book.
Section 3. To Open
a DAISY book from a CD-ROM Automatically.
Opening a DAISY book from a CD-ROM automatically
can be used only when a DAISY book is saved as
CD-ROM data, which CD-ROM disc is made especially
to be a DAISY book. When you use this part of
program, the program will check the CD-ROM drive
to search a DAISY book automatically. Therefore,
you should insert CD-ROM disc of a DAISY book
into the CD-ROM drive properly before you start
to use this function. Once the program finds a
DAISY book (Ncc File or Discinfo File), the program
will indicates the titles of all books searched
in the item boxes. You can choose a title which
you want to read by moving the cursor up and down.
When you find the title of the book you want read,
press Enter then the program will read the DAISY
book you chose.
This part of the program enables to open CD-ROM
drive by pressing F5 key. However, if you need
the program to search again, you can press F6
key.
Section 4. To Open
a Book Choosing from File.
Opening a book from file can be used when a DAISY
book is saved on a media other than CD-ROM except
Hard Disc, etc. Choosing a title of a book to
read, you have to start from choosing drive which
contains such a book. Then the program will choose
the directory. Once the program finds the DAISY
book in the directory (Ncc file or Discinfo file),
the program will indicates the titles of all books
searched in the item boxes. You can choose a title
which you want to read by moving the cursor up
and down. When you find the title of the book
you want read, press Enter then the program will
read the DAISY book you chose.
To move Focus in order to change Drive or Directory,
you can do so by pressing Tab and Shift+Tab normally.
Section 5. To Search
for content.
Searching for content in a book is considered
to be an advantage of reading audio electronic
book because it enables to search for content
in a book quickly, which you can search for content
from file headings? (NCC files) or document file
(HTML files).
To search from NCC files, you can press Ctrl+H.
For searching from HTML files, you can press Ctrl+F.
When you get into the search window, you should
type the name of the content you want to search
for. If you press Page Up key, the program will
search in the previous pages; if you press Page
Down key, it will search in the next pages. If
you press Enter, the program will search in the
next pages similar to pressing Page Down key.
However, when you find the content you want to
search, it will close the searching window automatically
so that you can jump to the content you find directly.
When searching process is complete, you can
jump and read the book at the point you could
find by pressing F10 key or you can go back to
the previous position you were at before starting
a searching process by pressing Esc key.
Section 6. Looking
in Details.
This DAISY book reading program has two ways of
presenting information. One is to present the
details of a book you are reading, which refers
to the details about author, written date, length
of a book, etc., by pressing Ctrl+D. The other
is to tell the position where you are reading
currently, which shos the details about titles,
subtitles, name of title, percentage of reading,
etc., by pressing Ctrl+J.
Section 7. Book Marking.
One of the most important things in reading is
book mark. This program enables you to make a
book mark, which the developer prepared altogether
9 book marks per book. You can place a book mark
anywhere you want within a book, which you can
place a book mark from the main window of the
program and the window you are reading then.
When you are in the main window of the program,
you can place a book mark from 1 to 9 by pressing
Shift+F1 up to Shift+F9. If you want to jump to
the book mark from 1 to 9, you can press Ctrl+F1
up to Ctrl+F9. If you want to erase it, you can
press Shift+Ctrl+F1 up to Shift+Ctrl+F9 accordingly.
Section 8. Jumping Across Pages.
Most of audio books are transformed from ordinary
books, which have page number on every page and
sometimes its content refers to page numbers of
a book. Therefore, it is necessary to have page
numbers in the DAISY book as well. For convenient
purposes, the developer developed the program
to be able to jump across pages and to go back
and forth including checking page numbers. In
order to do this function, you can press Ctrl+P.
Then the program will let you insert page number.
When it is done, you can press Enter so that the
program will open the page you want immediately.
If you want to go to the previous page or next
page, you can do so by pressing number 9 key and
number 3 Key accordingly.
Section 9. Summary
Note for Reminder.
In reading books, it is necessary to take summary
notes for reminder. Therefore, the developer developed
this TAB Player to be able to take summary notes
for reminder in a book. You can save in two ways,
namely text notes and audio notes. When taking
notes in the text format, you can do so without
limitation. However, for audio note, you can save
up to 60 seconds per note, which you can do so
within a book all the way. Furthermore, you can
go back and forth in order to read the record
you made in previous pages or next pages. When
you start or stop recording sound, you can press
F5 key. When you want to start or stop listening,
you can press F6 . F7 can be used when erasing
sound. You can use Page Up and Page Down keys
to go back and forth to search the sound record
you want.
Section 10. Saving Information for Future
Reading.
Saving information for future reading is a benefit
for those who could not finish reading a book
at one time, but need to use that information
in reading somewhere else. Such information contains
book marks and summary notes. You can save such
information in two ways: saving onto a diskette
or saving as a file. You can save onto a diskette
by pressing Ctrl+S. For saving as a file, you
can press Ctrl+Shift+S. When you need such information
for usage, you can press Ctrl+R. It is necessary
to use a diskette for saving and reading information
for reading, therefore, you should prepare a diskette
at all times.
Section 11. Team
Developers.
Mr. Tanakom Talawat.
Miss Supharat Piamlaphaphithaya.
Under instruction of . Assistant Professor Dr.
Bandit Thiphakorn.
Department of Computer Engineering,
King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi.
Mr. Monthian Buntan.
Executive Director, Thai Blind People's Foundation
(TBPF) First-vice President, Thailand Association
of the Blind (TAB).
Section 12. Acknowledgement.
The Program received supporting fund from Thailand
Association of the Blind (TAB).
This program participated and won the first price
in the 5th national competition for computer programs
developed for helping people with disabilities
in Thailand.
The program received an example of DAISY books
with generous support from Ratchasuda Foundation.
The program received a generous support in advise
and testing from Thailand.
Association of the Blind, Ratchasuda College
and DAISY Consortium.
Thai language pronunciation recorded by Miss
Banthita Sukhayono.
Copyright 2003 by Thailand Association of the
Blind and Mr. Tanakom Talawat, Miss Supharat Piamlaphaphithaya,
Computer Engineering Department, King Mongkut’s
University of Technology Thonburi. |
