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!Sp_Spell/!Help
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Archimedes archive » Zipped Apps » Speech |
| Filename: | !Sp_Spell/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0689 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
SPELL
Creating data files for Spell is very simple and can be done using !Edit.
Load the default data supplied into !Edit to see how it is structured. The
default file is called SpellData and is inside the !Sp_Spell application
directory.
The first line must contain [SPELL] followed by two returns, this is to
enable Spell to distinguish its own files from other text files.
The first part of the question is the sentence which accompanies the word,
with an asterisk (*) in place of the word to be spelt. The sentence is ended
with a colon (:) Then comes the correctly spelt word also followed by a
colon. Finally comes the phonetic string to be spoken (as used in the *SPEAK
command) followed by a full stop (.) to mark the end of this question. Two
carriage returns separate the questions. REMEMBER full stops are used to
mark the end of the question so you MUST NOT use them in the sentence.
The end of a category is marked with a '@' character on a line of its own,
also separated from the other text by two carriage returns. ALL the
categories, INCLUDING THE LAST ONE, must be followed by a @. As the
categories are represented by the letters A-Z this imposes a limit of 26
categories.
To load your own data into Spell simply drag your file to the Spell icon on
the icon bar. If the data is good Spell will tell you so, if not you will
get an error message. Currently files are limited to 40K in length which
should prove adequate.
[WARNING: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SAVE ANY FILES ON TO THE ORIGINAL SPEECH! DISC.
ALWAYS USE YOUR OWN BLANK FORMATTED DISC.]
[Copyright Superior Microcomputing Ltd, 1991. All rights�reserved.]
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