ChattyInftyEngManual.docx
《ChattyInftyEngManual.docx》由会员分享,可在线阅读,更多相关《ChattyInftyEngManual.docx(23页珍藏版)》请在冰豆网上搜索。
![ChattyInftyEngManual.docx](https://file1.bdocx.com/fileroot1/2023-1/29/52131c98-bca3-4b8f-ac45-be72ba21b4c7/52131c98-bca3-4b8f-ac45-be72ba21b4c71.gif)
ChattyInftyEngManual
ChattyInftyManual
(April,2008)
Non-ProfitOrganization,ScienceAccessibilityNet
TableofContents
1.Introduction
1.1Features
1.2SystemRequirements
2.InstallationandActivation
3.GettingStarted
3.1HowtoInput
3.2UsingMathInputMode
3.2.1Keyboard-basedinputmethod
3.2.2Menu-operation-basedinputmethod
3.3CreatingMathFormulas
3.3.1SuperscriptandSubscript
3.3.2SpecialCharacters
3.3.3MathSyntax
3.3.4Otherkeyboardshortcuts
3.4HowtoInputfromMathOCR
3.4.1WhatIsInftyReader?
3.4.2SystemRequirements
3.4.3Language
3.4.4QualityofSourceImageandtheirFileFormat
3.4.5AdditionalRequirementsconcerningtheCommercialVersion
3.4.5HowtoRecognize
3.4.6HowtoUsetheSheetViewWindow
4.SpeechOutputandSpeechMenu
4.1SpeechEngine
4.2ReadingAloud
4.2.1ReadingofText
4.2.2.ReadingofMathExpressions
4.2.3DetailsaboutReadingMathExpressionsAloud
4.3SpeechSetting
4.3.1VoiceSetting
4.3.2MathReadingMode
4.3.3ReadingTableEditor
4.3.4EditMathReading
4.3.5ReloadMathReading
5.FunctionMenu
5.1LastReadingBar
5.2LaTeXSourceBar
6.SettingMenu
6.1StandardFontSelection
6.2OptionSetting
6.3ConvertOptions
6.3.1ImportGroup
6.3.2OCRImportGroup
6.3.3ExportGroup
6.4MathLevel
7.UsingChattyInftywithOtherScreenReadersandBrailleDisplay
7.1UsingChattyInftywithJAWS
7.2OutputtoBrailleDisplay
8.OperationsconcerningLaTeX
8.1AboutTeXEnvironment
8.2DescriptionofOperationsconcerningLaTeX
8.2.1ExportingLaTeX
8.2.2EditingSource
8.2.3CompilingLaTeXSource
8.2.4PreviewingDVIFile
8.2.5OpeningLogFile
8.2.6ConvertingtoPS
8.2.7ConvertingtoPDF
8.3SettingconcerningLaTeXOutput
8.3.1PreambleSetting
8.3.1TreatmentofSpacesandLineFeeds
8-4InputGuideforLaTeXSourceEditingMode
8.4.1TreatmentofSpaces
8.4.2LineFeeds
8.4.3HalfsizeSpacing
8.4.4FormulasandText
8-5EnhancedCommandInput
9.FileOperations
9.1AvailableFileFormats
9.2ExportingtoOtherFormats
9.2.1ExportingtoLaTeX
9.2.2ExportingtoHTML
9.2.3ExportingtoMathML
9.2.4ExportingtoHumanReadableTeX
9.2.5OtherImport/ExportFileFormat
9.3PageFrame
9.4PageSettingandPrinting
9.5ControlofPageBreak
10.OtherMenus
10.1EditMenu
10.2FormatMenu
10.3FindMenu
11.ContactInformation
1.Introduction
WelcometoChattyInfty!
ChattyInftyisamathematicaldocumenteditortoprovidespeech-outputaccesswhilereading,writingoreditingscientificdocuments.
ThissoftwarewasdevelopedbytheScienceAccessibilityNetProject.Ourorganizationalsooffersmanyservicestohelpvisuallydisabledpeoplewithaccessingscientificinformation.PleasevisitthewebsiteofNon-ProfitOrganization,ScienceAccessibilityNet(orsAccessNet,shortly),
1.1Features
*Mathexpressionsorscientificdocumentsrangingfromsecondaryeducationtohighereducationlevelscanbewrittenoreditedbyusingthekeyboardwithspeechoutput.
*FilesmadebyChattyInftycanbesavedinvariousaccessibleformats:
LaTeX,MathML,PDF,orHTML.IML(InftyMarkupLanguage)formatisessentiallyXMLandiscompletelycompatiblewithotherInftysoftware:
themathOCR software,"InftyReader"andtheMath-documenteditorforsightedpeople,"InftyEditor."
InformationdisplayedonthemainwindowofChattyInftyiscompletelyequivalenttothatofInftyEditor.Allofmathexpressionsaredisplayedintheordinaryprintstyle.ChattyInftyreadsaloudnotonlytextsbutalsothosemathexpressions.Visuallydisabledstudentscanaccess,writeoreditscientificdocumentsincludingmathexpressions,withspeechoutput.They,therefore,cansharethesameeducationalmaterialswiththeirclassmates.TheirteacherscaneasilypreparethosematerialsbymakingeffectiveuseofInftyReaderandInftyEditor.Furthermore,theteacherscandirectlyreaddocumentsthatvisuallydisabledstudentsdrawupeveniftheyarenotfamiliarwithBraille.
1.2SystemRequirements
TheoperatingsystemshouldbeeitherWindows2000,XPorlater.TheMicrosoftInternetExplorer6orlatermustbeinstalled.MicrosoftspeechAPIversion4mustbeinstalled.
2.InstallationandActivation
Performsetting.exeintheChattyInftyfolderandfollowtheinstructions.Afterinstallation,youwillbeaskedtocompletetheon-lineactivation.Youcanfindinformationaboutthemonourwebsite:
3.GettingStarted
3.1HowtoInput
ChattyInftyisstartedby"Text(input)mode."Inthismode,youcanwriteoreditliterarytextswiththekeyboard.Toinputmathexpressions,pressCtrl+Spacekeytoswitchtothe"Math(input)mode."Byusingthiskeystroke,youcanswitchbetween"Text"and"Math"inputmode.
Remark:
Youcanchangetheshortcuttoswitchthem,usingsettingmenu.
YoucansetupdifferentvoicesforeachoftextandmathpartswithSpeechmenu.
3.2UsingMathInputMode
Toinputcharactersorsymbolswhicharenotonthekeyboard,ChattyInftyprovidestwomethodsasfollows:
3.2.1Keyboard-basedinputmethod
Enter"\"followedbyspecificname(theTeXcommand),thenconvertitwithSpacekeyorEnterkey.Forinstance,ifyouwanttoinputGreekletteralpha,enter\alphafromkeyboardandthenpressSpace(orEnter)key.Whenyoustartinputtingthecommand,thechoicesthathavethesameinitiallettersaredisplayed;so,youcanchooseanappropriateonefromthem.
3.2.2Menu-operation-basedinputmethod
SelectfromtheContextmenuthatpopsupbytheApplicationkey(orrightclick).Howtodoitwillbeexplainedlater.
UptofiveCharactersrecentlyselectedaredisplayedintheContextmenu.Itmaybeconvenientwhenyouusesamecharactersrepeatedly.See"Inputreference"(Listofcharactersandsymbols)intheHelpmenuforthecharacter/symbolcommandsandtheirclassification.
ApartfromMath-modesymbols,LatincharactersetsinTextmodearealsoavailablefromthesymbolliststhatpopsupbypressingtheApplicationkey(orrightclick).
3.3CreatingMathFormulas
3.3.1SuperscriptandSubscript
Towriteanxsquared,dothefollowing:
1.Typethebaseletter,"x".
2.PresstheUpArrowkeyorInput^(hat).Thecursorwillmovetothesuperscriptposition,andChattyInftywillsay"power."
3.Typethe2andpresstheEnterkey.Thecursorwillreturntothebaseline.
Towriteaxsubn,dothefollowing:
1.Typethebaseletter,"x".
2.PresstheDownArrowkeyor_(Under-bar).Thecursorwillmovetothesubscriptposition,andChattyInftywillsay"sub."
3.Typethe"n"andpresstheEnterkey.Thecursorwillreturntothebaseline.
Remark:
Usingthesettingmenu,youcanchangethesettingsothat,insteadoftheUp/Downarrowkeys,theCtrl+Up/Downarrowkeysmovesthecursortothesuper/subscriptposition.Atthattime,theUp/Downarrowkeysimplymovesthecursortotheprevious/nextline.
3.3.2SpecialCharacters
Aswasmentionedpreviously,mathematicalcharactersthatarenotonthekeyboardcanbeinputfromtheContextmenuthatpopsupbypressingtheApplicationkeyonthekeyboard,pressingShiftF10orrightclickingthemouse.IntheCharacter/Symbolset,thereisalistofmanyspecialcharacters.
TowriteaGreekletter,alpha,dothefollowing:
1.PresstheApplicationkeytoopentheContextmenu.ChattyInftysays"Contextmenu."
2.PresstheDownArrowkeyseveraltimestofindanitem,"Character,Symbol."
3.PresstheRightArrowkeytomovetothesubmenu;then,ChattyInftysays"Greek."
4.PresstheRightArrowkeytomovetotheentrylistoftheGreekletters.
5.SelectalphaandpressEnterkey.
YoucaninputavarietyofspecialcharactersfromtheContextmenu.
Towriteasymbolof"isgreaterthanorequalto",dothefollowing:
1.PresstheApplicationkeytoopentheContextmenu.ChattyInftysays"Contextmenu."
2.PresstheDownArrowkeyseveraltimestofindtheitem,"Character,Symbol."
3.PresstheRightArrowkeytomovetothesubmenu.
4.PresstheDownArrowkeytofindanitem,"RelativeSymbol."
5.PresstheRightArrowkeytomovetotheentrylistoftherelativeSymbols.
6.Selectthesymbolof"isgreaterthanorequalto"andpressEnterkey.
3.3.3MathSyntax
Besidesthesuperscriptandthesubscript,therearemanyspecialnotationsinmathematics.Wecallthem"Mathematicalsyntaxes."TheycanbealsoinputfromtheContextmenu.Toinputcharacters/symbolsinaplaceotherthanabaselinesuchasfractionsmadeofadenominatorandanumerator,radicalsinwhichcharactersandsymbolsarewrittenincertainlayoutorothermathsyntaxwithsuper/subscriptaroundsymbols(asummation,forinstance),thefollowingmethodsareprovided.
A.Keyboard-basedInputMethod
First,enter\followedbyacertainname(TeXcommand)andthen,pressthespace(orEnter)key.Thecursormovestoinsideofthesyntaxsothatyoucanentercharactersandformula.Ifyouneedtoentersuper/subscriptareainthesyntax(theindexinradicals,forinstance),presstheright/LeftArrowkeysafterenteringthebasecharacters;then,thecursormovestothepositionsthatneedtobeinput.
B.Menu-Operation-basedInputMethod
SelectthesyntaxfromtheContextmenuthatpopsupbytheApplicationkey(ortherightclick).PressingArrowkeystoletthecursormovetoinsideofthesyntax;then,youcanentercharactersandsymbolsinit.
Youcanreferto"Inputquickreference"(MathematicalSyntaxList)intheHelpmenutocheckeachcommandandinputmethod.
Towritethefraction,"oneovertwo"dothefollowing:
1.PresstheApplicationkeytoopentheContextmenu.ChattyInftysays"Contextmenu."
2.Pressth