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General operation

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Talk: You can allow the program to chat you up during the game, or you can make it
shut up, if the incessant remarks are getting on your nerves. The remarks depend on
what is happening on the chessboard – whether you have improved your position,
blundered, made an aggressive advance, taken the program out of book, etc. The
program will also comment on the opening that is being played.
Announce moves: The program will speak the moves as it executes them if you
want. This is useful if you are using the DGT intelligent sensor board, or you have a
sight impediment, or if you are simply playing a slow tournament game and want to be
alerted when the computer makes a move.
Board sounds: This switches on or off sound effects (e.g. moves, captures, ticking
clock, coughs, etc.) that are used during the game.
Find TALK.CHT: If you want the program to talk to you during the game you may
have to tell it where the TALK-files are located. Click "Browse" and search for the file
Talk.cht. This is especially important if you have copied the TALK-files on your hard
disk.
In the dialog that appears click the “Find TALK.CHT” button and show the program
where the talk files are located.
Once the program has found the Talk files you should test them to see that
everything is working properly.
If you want a break from the chatter you can click “Shut up”. You can reactivate
it later in the same dialog.
3D sound: If you have a sound system that supports surround, then you should
switch this on for 3D sound effects.
Chatter (messages): During a game the program will chatter in written form, in the
status bar at the bottom of the window (you can also open a special chatter window
for them). As with the spoken "Talk", these remarks depend on the progress of the
game and the last move played. They are, however, not identical to the spoken
commentary.

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