User guide

Additional Sound Blaster Live! Applications 29
To open Prody Parrot Help or User’s Guide:
1. Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar, point to Pro
g
rams, and then point to Prod
y
Parrot.
2. Click either of the followin
g
:
• Prod
y
Parrot Help
• Prod
y
Parrot User’s Guide, a PDF file
Trainable Behavior Teaches res
p
onses to
y
our commands in custom wa
y
s, such as runnin
g
a
pp
lications, executin
g
macros, s
p
eakin
g
or dis
p
la
y
in
g
messa
g
es, and
p
erformin
g
animated action se
q
uences.
S
p
eech Reco
g
nition and
S
p
eech S
y
nthesis
Uses natural, continuous s
p
eech to issue commands, without trainin
g
. Prod
y
Parrot res
p
onds in hi
g
h-
q
ualit
y
s
y
nthetic s
p
eech with a voice that
y
ou can
customize.
Mouse Gesture Reco
g
nition Communicate with Prod
y
Parrot usin
g
mouse movements. For exam
p
le, draw a
check mark to start
y
our Internet browser.
Stock Monitorin
g
Watch
y
our stock
p
ortfolio and receive notification if a stock
p
rice chan
g
es
dramaticall
y
. You s
p
ecif
y
the res
p
onse
y
ou want.
Schedulin
g
Assistance Kee
p
s track of
y
our a
pp
ointments, meetin
g
s, tasks, and
g
ives dail
y
or annual
reminders. Use in connection with the Microsoft
®
Outlook
™
p
ersonal
information mana
g
er, or use Prod
y
Parrot's scheduler to resolve schedule
conflicts and confirm meetin
g
re
q
uests.
E-mail Notification Checks for new e-mail messa
g
es—
y
ou define the information
y
ou want.
News, S
p
orts and Weather
U
p
dates
Retrieves the latest news or weather information from the Internet. Reads the
information to
y
ou while
y
ou
p
erform other tasks, or dis
p
la
y
s on
y
our Internet
browser.
Web Navi
g
ation Navi
g
ates the Internet b
y
voice. Sim
p
l
y
sa
y
the name of an
y
h
yp
erlink, and Prod
y
Parrot takes
y
ou to the Web
p
a
g
e—no trainin
g
re
q
uired.
Prod
yp
hone Contacts other users with Assistant 2.0 (Prod
y
Parrot
™
2.0 or Z
y
mo the Alien
™
2.0) with Prod
yp
hone, for real-time voice conversation. And, if the
p
erson
y
ou
are tr
y
in
g
to reach is not available,
y
our Assistant allows
y
ou to send voice or text
messa
g
es.
Dr. Sbaitso Pla
y
s seven Java
g
ames in Prod
y
’s
p
la
yg
round with Prod
y
Parrot’s comments and
sound effects.
Feature Description
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