EchoProducer

C:\Program Files\EchoProducer\ is where the program places its files. You must let the program install it in the default directory.

Updates to the program can be checked and checked from the program and updated. See below for update information.

NOTE if you are using a 64 bit version of windows do NOT allow the program to install in the C:\Program Files (x86) EchoProducer\

What computer do I need and how fast must it be

EchoProduce runs under the Windows XP platform. Due to the size that the program has grown I would suggest that the computer speed needed would be over1 gig speed and as much memory as you can. 500 meg and above. The rule of thumb her is the fastest computer with the most memory as possible.

Where can I get voices from?

I used NeoSpeech voices from http://www.nextup.com. I found Kate16 to be the best.

Check in your Control Panel for the speech Icon and that your Text to Speech is working first before running EchoProducer. I have not tried it on any of the other windows. If you have and it works let me know. Check out the Microsoft web site Microsoft Speech SDK 5.1 for more information.


How do I install the voice
The program uses the XP speech engine and this must be working before the EchoProducer program is run.
Setting up your voice is not hard. Once you have installed your voice using the instructions provided with your voice simply go to the control panel and select the speech icon as this is where you will select the voice that you have installed. this is done by going to Start – Settings - Control Panel – Speech - Voice selection - select your voice you installed. (If you can see your voice you haven’t installed it.)
You can test the voice here and when you are happy with your selection click OK. Your voice should work with any of your programs that use the speech engine like EchoProducer.

Turn Off the normal EchoLink voice

To stop the EchoLink voices and have EchoProducer voice only on the EchoLink program go to

TOOLS - SYSOP SETTINGS - IDENT and blank out the callsigns and all remaining tick boxes must be empty. Tick the Use external file box.

TOOLS - SYSOP SETTINGS - OPTIONS Set Announce Connects to None. Set Announce Disconnects to None. Set Announcement Muting to Suppress all

The only EchoLink voice that we are unable to disable is the "Connecting to Call" when DTMF is used

24 hour PC Clock

Make sure your Windows clock is on 24 hour time. To do this, go to the Windows control panel, make sure it is in "Classic View" and choose "Region and Language Options." Then, click Customize. Choose the tab labelled "Time." Under the Time Format pull-down menu, choose "HH:mm:ss." Click OK, Then OK again, and Windows should now be showing the time in 24 hour format.


*** Compute Alerts ***
Your computer alert setting MUST be turned OFF when using EchoLink as the noise made can be transmitted through the system especially when using VOX.
To Stop / Disable them Click on START - SETTINGS - CONTROL PANEL - Sound and audio devices - Sounds - Scroll down to Windows Explorer and change the Start Navigation to None and click OK Some conferences will Mute you if these Computer noises are heard. This will happen on the *IRELAND* conference so be warned.
Cool It
Also be mindful of your transmitter when transmitting large files you could damage your radio if you are running high power and don’t have sufficient cooling. You are responsible for your equipment so check with the equipment manufacturer if you are unsure.: ==============================================================; PDF Help Manuals for some EchoAddons available from Dave G3VFP website Click Here

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