The following is an overview of the configuration settings that control the spoken alarms. For a complete discussion of these variables, please refer to the Programmer's Guide, Config.ini [SYSTEM] Section Variables for Alarms.
Configuration variables should be added or changed in the file CONFIG.INI, which is found in your application directory.
Note: If you are not familiar with using the configuration file, please review the Programmer's Guide, Configuration Files and Variables before proceeding.
Changes to your configuration file take effect only when VTS is re-started.
AlarmSpeechEnable
Must be set to 1 for alarms to be spoken. Alarm speech is disabled by default.
AlarmSpeechSetting
Controls whether alarms are spoken only on the alarm server, or on all workstations running VTS. Set to 0 to limit alarms to the alarm server only. By default, alarms will be spoken on all workstations.
AlarmSpeechTemplate
Provides a template for spoken alarms to use. May be a combination of words and replaceable parameters.
AlarmSpeechVoice
The Microsoft speech engine includes several voices. You can select which voice to use with this variable. In general, it is best to select the voice using the Microsoft Speech Tools configuration box and set this variable to a dash (-) to indicate "configured Windows voice".
AlarmSpeechQuality
Determines the format quality used for speech. The number used for this variable will match an entry in a numbered list of formats. When set to -1, the quality native to the voice engine will be used. The default value of 6 balances audio quality against network transfer overhead.
AlarmSpeechInit
This variable allows you to provide an initialization string to the speech engine to control the voice. Please refer to the SAPI documentation for the details of this initialization string.
UseOldSpeechEngine
If enabled, spoken alarms will not have access to the pronunciation configuration options described in this chapter.