To take advantage of the text-to-speech features built into ScienceMatrix, you may need to install additional components.

Windows Speech

Windows 98, Me, XP, NT, 2000
Some versions of Windows come with text-to-speech drivers pre-installed. However, if you do not have any text-to-speech drivers installed on your Windows 98, NT, 2000, Me or XP system, you can download the SAPI 5.1 drivers here:

Download SAPI 5.1
(52 MB)

If you are using third-party accessibility programs
Text-to-Speech programs such as JAWS should be disabled before running Cell Structure and Function as they will cause conflicts with sound and keyboard controls.

To automate the process of disabling JAWS, download the script “ScienceMatrix.jss”and copy it into the JAWS folder on your hard drive (e.g. c:\JAWS37\settings\env). This will automatically disable JAWS when you launch ScienceMatrix, and re-enable JAWS when you quit.

Download script to disable JAWS with ScienceMatrix

Macintosh Speech

Mac OS X
Text-to-Speech comes as part of the system. No extra installation is required. To select a different voice, select Speech from the System Preferences.

Mac OS 9
Installers for Text-to-Speech components can be found in the "Software Installers" folder on your original OS 9 system installation CDs.