User manual

IVONA MiniReader is a program which uses IVONA voices to read selected texts from any application.

It is an excellent tool for voicing:

Starting the application

IVONA MiniReader can be started in two ways:

Using the Start menu: Start > All programs > IVONA > IVONA MiniReader Using the system tray menu shortcut

How it works

IVONA MiniReader will allow you to voice texts originating from literally any source, from the system Notepad to the Google Chrome web browser, even including Microsoft Excel.

All you have to do in order to voice a text is:

run IVONA MiniReader, select a text in any open program (e.g. in Firefox), click the “Play” button (or hot key CTRL+SHIFT+Space).

IVONA MiniReader comes as an additional free feature of all IVONA voices.

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information available on web-sites,e-mails, articles from electronic newspapers,text documents in formats supported by Microsoft Word, Open Office or even Adobe Reader.

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MiniReader IVONA Jacek (PL)

IVONA Brian (UK)

IVONA Carmen (RO)

IVONA Amy (UK)

IVONA Joey (US)

IVONA Kendra (US)

IVONA Jennifer (US)

IVONA Eric (US)

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Clicking the „Play” button while no text has been selected will result no action.WARNING!

Interface options

IVONA MiniReader has two interface modes:

You can switch between the above presented modes by clicking the “Show” and “Hide” buttons.

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IVONA MiniReader options

Go to IVONA Reader

“Stop” buttonthis button stops the voice reading. o start again, press “Play”.

The “Play” button.click the “Play” button or hot key CTRL+SHIFT+Space to hear your selected text. To pause the voice reading, simply click “Play” again.

Choosing a voice

this option allows you to choose your preferred voice from the selection installed on your computer.This software is compatiblewith all SAPI 4 and SAPI 5 standard TTS voices.

The voice settings window

VolumeReading speed

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Voice options opens the voice setting window of the active voice and lets youcontrol reading speed and volume

A detailed description of how to configure each voice may be found in the user manual of each voice. The IVONA voices user manuals are available in the Start menu, as below: Start >

> All programs >IVONA IVONA Voice

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MiniReader IVONA Jacek (PL)

MiniReader IVONA Amy (UK)

IVONA – voice activation

After installing the free (Trial) version of IVONA voice you can use it for a limited period of time - 30 days. During that time the full funcionality of the voice is available giving you time to consider buying it.

After 30 days the voice will stop working. It’s further use is only possible after entering an activation key which you will receive after buying the licensed version of IVONA voice.

To activate the voice you should:

click the right mouse button on IVONA’s icon select the “Activate” option enter the received key in the appropriate fields

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Learn how to obtain your own activation key at: http://www.ivona.com/activation_key.php

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