User guide

Additional Sound Blaster Live! Applications 28
T
Icon dra
g
-and-drop: For example, after
y
ou train Prod
y
Parrot, dra
g
an icon of a
g
uitar onto Prod
y
Parrot to open the CD Pla
y
er pro
g
ram.
T
Commands List: For example, double-click “hello” in the Commands window to
g
reet Prod
y
Parrot.
Prod
y
Parrot can perform four t
y
pes of actions:
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Run applications in Windows.
T
Execute macros consistin
g
of an
y
combination of ke
y
board and mouse actions.
T
Speak with informative messa
g
es or entertainin
g
remarks.
T
Exhibit behavior in animated action sequences.
Prod
y
Parrot communicates in three wa
y
s:
T
B
y
speakin
g
, usin
g
state-of-the-art speech s
y
nthesis.
T
B
y
displa
y
in
g
a text balloon.
T
Throu
g
h bod
y
lan
g
ua
g
e, such as closin
g
his e
y
es to show that he is sleep
y
, or scratchin
g
his head to
indicate he did not understand
y
our command.
The Prod
y
Parrot software has the followin
g
ke
y
features:
Feature Description
Intelli
g
ent Assistant
Functionalit
y
Tells
y
ou the time, navi
g
ates the Web for
y
ou, starts a letter, and o
p
ens
y
our
favorite
p
ro
g
rams.
Entertainin
g
Animated
Character
Tells
j
okes, makes comments, asks to be fed, and flies around
y
our deskto
p
.
Multi
p
le In
p
ut and Out
p
ut
O
p
tions
Issues commands in five wa
y
s—throu
g
h s
p
eech in
p
ut, ke
y
stroke combinations,
mouse
g
estures, double-clickin
g
commands, and dra
gg
in
g
icons. Also, res
p
onds
to
y
our command throu
g
h text, s
p
eech, and animation.
Customizable Pro
g
ram
O
p
tions
Chooses when the
p
arrot works and when he
p
la
y
s. Teach Prod
y
Parrot what to
sa
y
and ad
j
ust the
q
ualit
y
of his voice.
User-s
p
ecific Settin
g
s Stores commands and actions that
y
ou confi
g
ure or train. Users sharin
g
the same
com
p
uter can confi
g
ure Prod
y
Parrot for individual use.
Pretrained Commands and
Actions
Allows Prod
y
Parrot to be used for a new a
pp
lication instantl
y
—extracts and
loads menu items from an
y
Windows
p
ro
g
ram and immediatel
y
knows how to
p
erform the associated actions.
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