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The Voice Word Library

A voice library of spoken words is contained in the file sets VOXF_A.vdi and VOXF_A.vds, which are located in the subdirectory in which you installed the VOX environment.

Note: The VOX environment ships with two sets of voice library spoken words, one by a female voice and one by a male voice. These files are listed as VOXF_A.* (female set) and VOXM_A.* (male set).

Within a REXX application, words from the word library can be played using the PLAY, CALLPLAY, PLAYGETDIGITS, or ANSWERPLAY ADDRESS VOX commands. This is achieved by coding FILETYPE(WORDLIB), with the FILE() and VAR() keywords (filled in appropriately) on the command. For details about these commands, see the Command and Keyword Reference Guide.

The .vdi file is an index (that is internally used by the VOX environment) to the .vds data file. Each word in the .vdi file refers to a particular voice stream or message segment in the .vds data file. If a particular word is not found in the .vdi file, the VOX environment sounds out the word (by explicitly spelling the word) and VOX message VOX5657I or VOX5658I is issued to the VOX environment Configuration Manager (and log), specifying the letter or word that could not be found.

Note: Within a REXX application, when referring to the word library, do not code the .vdi or .vds extension within the FILE() keyword.