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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=692154615-22012008><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>Can you get the TTS to work in the accessibility demo on
the Xerte site?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=692154615-22012008><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>Get that working first - there are some instructions in it.
I know that works. If it doesn't work for you, it will be an issue with your
browser.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=692154615-22012008><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>Then put your pieces online - they should now
work.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=692154615-22012008><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>If they don't, you need to play with the security settings
for the zones, as I described earlier,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <B>On Behalf Of </B>ashok
ranade<BR><B>Sent:</B> 22 January 2008 15:15<BR><B>To:</B> Xerte discussion
list<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Xerte] Text to sound<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Dear Mr.Julian</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I am constantly amazed by the promptness of your replies which are so
thorough. If only there were more like you in this world
!!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I still have some problems with text to speech. But let me try my hand at
solving them.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Thanks again.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Ashok Ranade<BR><BR><B><I>Tenney Julian
<Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=714214409-22012008><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>Text to speech is turned on by default. You don't need
to set the proeprties on an icon for it to work. If you use tab to move
around your piece in IE are you hearing any TTS?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=714214409-22012008><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>Text to speech doesn't work in the authoring tool -
only in the browser, and then only in Internet Explorer, and then only when
it is correctly setup to do so, and finally, only on
Windows.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=714214409-22012008><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>Text to speech uses the SAPI activex control in IE. The
web page you produce when you publish a piece will try and initialise this
activex control. Your browser needs to be set up to allow 'allow activex
controls not marked as safe for scripting' in the security
settings.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=714214409-22012008><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>In internet explorer go to Tools -> Internet Options
-> Security -> select the zone your pages will be in -> Select
Custom level -> Scroll down looking for the entry 'initialise and script
activex controls not marked as safe for scripting' and set it to either
enable or prompt.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=714214409-22012008><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>Then put your pulished xerte piece in that zone for it
to work.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=714214409-22012008><FONT face=Verdana
color=#0000ff size=2>Julian</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <B>On Behalf Of </B>ashok
ranade<BR><B>Sent:</B> 22 January 2008 09:39<BR><B>To:</B> Xerte
discussion list<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Xerte] Text to
sound<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Dear Mr.Julian</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I have a problem regarding text-to- speech. The help file says that
we have to set the speech property (of the text icon) to 1 to enable the
text to speech. However in the drop down list of the text icon I do not
find the speech property.</DIV>
<DIV>Also please let me know whether text-to-speech is available in the
prview.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Regards</DIV>
<DIV>Ashok Ranade<BR><BR><B><I>Tenney Julian
<Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>The controls should run along the full
width at the bottom of the movie. Is that not the case? One reason
for that is if the movie contains transparency - Xerte can't then work
out how big it should allow for the movie to play. One solution to that
problem is to edit the swf and provide a background for the movie area,
even a transparent one, in the first frame, so that when the movie
loads, Xerte can draw the controls the right length.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=168410409-11122007><FONT
face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=168410409-11122007><FONT
face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>If you want to control the movie
independently, use an interaction icon with some buttons on it for play,
stop, pause. Inside those buttons add some script to control the movie.
You will need to give the movie an ID. So if your movie has an id of
myMovie, myMovie.play(), myMovie.pause() and myMovie.reset() will
provide control. You can use custom buttons too if you want a particular
look and feel. The same goes for sound and flv.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
class=168410409-11122007><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=168410409-11122007><FONT
face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>There's no practical limit on the size
of Xerte files. We have some in the region of 500Kb that load and run
fine. Most files are in the region of 25 - 100KB. Of course, bigger
files are more complex and harder to maintain. Even a 500KB file is
likley to occupt only a small proportion of the total project's size,
when you've factored in graphics, sounds, swfs and video. You need to
bear in mind the bandwidth available to your end-users, which will
determine the ammount and quality of the media you use - if you're
expecting modem users to view a 25MB swf file it may not be trouble
free.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=168410409-11122007><FONT
face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=168410409-11122007><FONT
face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>Whatever your bandwidth, if you have
swfs over about 1MB, it will pay you to convert them to flv if possible,
as they will stream much better,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=168410409-11122007><FONT
face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>J</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <B>On Behalf Of </B>ashok
ranade<BR><B>Sent:</B> 11 December 2007 08:34<BR><B>To:</B> Xerte
discussion list<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Xerte] sound from .mov
file<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Dear Mr.Julian</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks for the quick reply. Well, I have now obtained Flash MX
program.So now I am simply importing the .mov files and exporting them
to get them in swf format. So that problem is solved. Here is
another.</DIV>
<DIV>When I include controls in my swf file I am not able to adjust
their position independently of the movie. Also the position of the
controls is not good relative to the movie. Will you
please suggest the way.</DIV>
<DIV>I must add that I am liking Xerte very much and intend to use it
do develop interactive content for Engineering college students. Is
there any limitation on the size of the Xerte files? Will there be any
problem if the content becomes very large?</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks again for your time</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Regards</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Ashok Ranade<BR><BR><B><I>Tenney Julian
<Julian.Tenney@nottingham.ac.uk></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>You need to convert the file to
either swf or flv. Have a search for
converters,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=940142710-04122007><FONT
face=Verdana color=#0000ff size=2>Julian</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
[mailto:xerte-bounces@lists.nottingham.ac.uk] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>ashok ranade<BR><B>Sent:</B> 04 December 2007
10:20<BR><B>To:</B>
xerte@lists.nottingham.ac.uk<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Xerte] sound from
.mov file<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Is there any way of importing .mov file along with
sound?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Ranade</DIV>
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