PRONTU (PRONunciation TUning) for Windows 95/98/NT

Version 2.15.01 (265-colors palette)
March 15, 2000.
Copyright (C) 1998,1999,2000 PRONTU  All Rights Reserved.
http://prontu.hypermart.net
e-mail: prontu@hypermart.mail.net

ATTENTION!!!!
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Sorry for my English. It is not my native language.
I shall send a free-of-charge registration key to the first one who
will correct my mistakes.
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Program description
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Many programs, which are intended for language training (foreign or
native), can not help to check a pronunciation. But this one can help
you! Please, connect a microphone to computer and start this program.
The buttons on a gadget are conformed to the specifications of the
standard tape recorder. Do you need any instructions?

There are two variants of PRONTU, but one is inteneded for 256-colors
mode and the other - for true-colors mode. The first variant has
twice less size than second, but both are the same. Choose for
yourself.

PRONTU is a trial software. It's fully functional during trial
period, but you shall see and hear a nag screen and a nag message at
starting. The trial period is 30 days.

Order
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See Order.txt

License
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See License.txt

The brief instruction
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Connect a microphone and start the PRONTU!
A small gadget shall appear in the right bottom corner of your desktop.
There are 5 buttons on it.
1. The button with engraving "REC" is the RECORDING BUTTON.
2. The button with engraving "PLAY" is the PLAY BUTTON.
3. The button with engraving "STOP" is the STOP BUTTON.
4. The button with engraving "_" is the MINIMAZE BUTTON.
5. The button with engraving "X" is the OFF BUTTON.

Once started, PRONTU always has the nag message in the sound buffer.
Press the PLAY BUTTON and you'll listen it.  You can use this message
for volume tuning. A small orange colored band on the MINIMAZE BUTTON
indicates the play process.

1. Press the RECORDING BUTTON. The process will begin. You'll see a
   small green colored band on the MINIMAZE BUTTON, which indicates
   as the sound buffer fills.  The buffer capacity is 10 seconds.
   It's enough for almost any sentence or phrase.  Please e-mail me
   for the longest buffer.

2. It is possible for one of three ways to switch off the recording process:
   1) by the STOP BUTTON (it is standard, as well as in the tape
      recorder);
   2) by repeated pressing the RECORDING BUTTON (I think it's more
      convenient);
   3) the process will be switched off itself after 10 seconds.

3. Press the PLAY BUTTON and listen your voice.

4. Press the MINIMAZE BUTTON and the PRONTU jumps into the system
   tray. Click on PRONTU icon to recover.

5. Press the OFF BUTTON and PRONTU will switches off.

If you visit the cursor of the mouse on the button, the cursor will
turn in "to press" state, and on other surface of the PRONTU the
cursor turns in "to move" state.  Find a point on PRONTU, where the
cursor is "to move". Now you can drag PRONTU to any suitable place.
When you start PRONTU at the next, it will appear in the last screen
position.

Keyboard shortcuts:
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"R" is the same as the RECORDING BUTTON.
"P" is the same as the PLAY BUTTON.
"S" is the same as the STOP BUTTON.
"M" is the same as the MINIMAZE BUTTON.
"ESC" is the same as the OFF BUTTON.

The system requirements
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80386/486 based IBM PC compatible computer (or higher)
Windows95 -98 -NT.
4 Mb of free memory
About 2000 Kb free disk space
A microphone and a sound card.
A mouse is recommended
SVGA card with High color mode is recommended

License
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See License.txt

Technical support
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If you've got a problem, please contact Andrey Mamylin at
prontu@mail.hypermart.net. Please inform me about the following:

 - program version (see this file)
 - program serial number (if you're a registered user)
 - where did you get PRONTU (http or ftp site)
 - computer information: CPU type, installed memory
 - Windows 95/98/NT version (including service packs and other fixes
   installed), US or international, OEM or not
 - description of your problem (as much information as possible to
   retrieve the problem)

History
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March, 15, 2000. Version 2.15.01
Now this program is shareware. One BIG BUG was killed! Some small
bugs eliminated. Program was renamed to PRONTU. PRONTU can always
keep his position on a desktop now. There are two variants of PRONTU:
256 colors and Hi-color. PRONTU was tested on wide range of computers
- from 486/25 to PIII 450.

March, 15, 1999. Version 1.15.07
The program is freeware. In the new version the program always works
in style StayOnTop (atop of all windows). Some bugs also are
corrected.

Dec, 13, 1998. Version 1.13.12
The program is freeware. I had launched this program to the
Internet.

Andrey Mamylin
E-mail:prontu@mail.hypermart.net
