OSHABERI-MATE for Windows V1.0

• Highlight the portion of the text that you want read to you and click.Your computer will read it to you in Japanese.
• Difficult Kanji? Forget your dictionary! Use OSHABERI-Mate!

OSHABERI-Mate can be used to:

• Read difficult Japanese
• Assist you in learning difficult Kanji
• Enable you to practice and learn correct intonation
• Check for errors in Japanese you have written
• Check OCR output

WHY SPEND ALL DAY TRYING TO READ JAPANESE??

HAVE IT READ TO YOU!

OSHABERI-Mate allows your computer to speak to you in Japanese. You can find out how to pronounce kanji. listen to a sales presentation or speech you have written, or even make multimedia presentations. It will improve your understanding of written documents and help you improve your intonation and accent.

OSHABERIMATE IS:

EASY TO USE

• Using one of the word processing programs listed below, just highlight the section you want to hear and click on the 'play back' button. It's that easy! !!
• It will even read you the help menu! Simply display the portion of the Help menu you would like to have read and click the "playback" button. It plays back with just one touch!

A LEARNING TOOL FOR JAPANESE

• Provides a flexible learning solution for Japanese that is hard to read; You can practice anything whenever you want.
• Find out how to read difficult KANJI.
• Learn the correct accent and pronunciation as you learn. OSHABERI-Mate uses Fujitsu's original speech algorithm so that it always reads sentences with the appropriate intonation.
• Allows you to practice listening to different speakers.
• Makes a complete reaming/study kit with Den3ikai.

AN EDITING TOOL TO IMPROVE JAPANESE DOCUMENTS You can:

• Check the accuracy of your writing,
• Check OCR output for errors,
• Check the flow and naturalness of your speech or presentation.

A SUPPORT TOOL ONLINE

• If you understand spoken Japanese, you no longer have to worry about KANJI you do not know.
• Facilitates better understanding/learning of Japanese with simultaneous audiovisual input.

EQUIPPED WITH A HUGE DICTIONARY

• OSHABERIMate comes with a dictionary containing the proper pronunciation and intonation for over 13,,000 words.
• It also has a feature that allows the user to create their own dictionary. So you can add the correct accent and reading for words that are too technical or rare to be included in the main dictionary.

SUPERIOR SOUND OUALITY

You can customize OSHABERIMate; choosing a male or female voice, the pitch of the voice, how fast the selection is read, and how long it pauses at each comma, period etc.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

• CPU i486SX~ or better (33MHz or faster recommended)
• Japanese MicrosoR30 Windows49 3.1 or better
• 6Mb of RAM (IOMB recommended)
• SoundBlaster 1.0 or better sound card

OSHABERI-Mate can only be used in conjunction with any of the applications listed below.

Compatible Applications: Japanese MS-Word for Windows V6.0 ICHITARO V.2/R2 or V6, Wordperfect 5.2J for Windows, Amipro R3.11, MIFES for Windows V.1.0, HIDEMARU Editor for Windows V.1.32, OASYS/Win V.2.0 or V.2.3, Power EDITOR for Windows V.3.1, Microsoft Windows HELP V.3.1

Voices: Male or Female

Readback Choices: Vocal accent strength, speed, vocal pitch, numerical(figures or plain numbers), pause length (for commas, periods, etc.), and how to read symbols (or to ignore)

Playback Rate: 11.025KHz

PCMForm: 16-bit

Sound Output: Mono

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