The Text Publications task enables you to listen to your text publications stored in a folder. Text publications can be books newspapers or magazines.
The text publications format supported is plain text. Each publication is in a separate file and can be placed in one or more folders.
To be able to listen to publications, your publication folders must be included and visible in the Library.
The Text Publications directory is associated by default with a folder location on your computer. This means that any files you store in this default folder are visible in the Text Publications directory in the Library.
There are two options; you can either add existing publications' file folders locations to the Text Publications directory or you can copy your publication' files to the default folder location mentioned above.
This setting is only available when the focus is on the Library.
The folder locations are added to the Library's Text Publications directory. This is the most versatile option; you can add as many folder locations to the Library as you like. These folders are not affected by SpeakOn and you can use the same folders with other players as well if you wish.
The folder you add can be a folder on your computer, or a folder that appears on your computer as part of a device connected to it; for example, a USB device such an external drive. (Note that in the case of an external device, make sure that after connection it always maps to the same drive otherwise this method will not work.)
The folder you add can also be a folder on your computer which represents a Cloud storage service such as OneDrive or DropBox. This way, you can read your text publications stored in this Cloud storage service in SpeakOn.
To add a folder location, press the 'Menu' [Alt] (9) key to bring up the Main menu. Select Settings > Library Text Publications - add or remove folder locations.
The Library Directory Manager task starts. The Library Directory Manager task has two controls; the Folder Locations list and the Folders Tree. The Folder Locations list contains the folder locations you have already specified for any media folders you have added. The Folders Tree presents a tree view of the folders available on your computer.
You can add any folder above the one that contains your publications files. For example, if you have the following folder structure:
C:\Folder 1\Folder 2\Folder 3\publication files
You can add Folder 1 or Folder 2 (but not Folder 3). Say that you want to add Folder 1 location, navigate the tree and find Folder 1 on your computer. Press the 'Select' [Enter] (5) key to add the folder to the Text Publications directory; you can add as many folders as you like and these are shown in the Folder Locations list control.
If you make a mistake, to remove a folder location, in the Folder Locations list control locate the folder location you want to remove and Select the 'Remove folder location' item in the Main menu.
Once you have finished adding the folders, select the 'OK end task, return to Manager' menu item from the Main menu. The Text Publications task is ended and you are placed in the Manager task. Start it again and you will find the folders you added in the Text Publications media directory in the Library; any changes you make to these folders such as adding or removing publication files are reflected automatically in the Text Publications directory in the Library.
Note that the folders you add must have different names; for example, if you have a folder called C:\My Publications and another one called D:\My Publications it will not work; simply rename one of the folders before you add it to the Library.
If you prefer, you can copy your publications' files to the default Library Text Publications folder which is at:
Windows Vista Seven and Eight
C:\users\yourusername\My_SpeakOn_Media\Text_Publications
Windows XP
C:\yourusername\My_SpeakOn_Media\Text_Publications
This option may suit those who have not already started a publications collection and do not wish to share their publications with another player.
Note: you can use the options one or two above but not both - for maximum flexibility, option one is recommended.
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