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It's Your Plane - VERSION 2 HAS BEEN RELEASED!
Many New Features!
The next time you bring up the It's Your Plane application, the first thing you will notice is an "Options" button just below the "Exit Program" button on the front panel.

Primary Focus
The main objectives of this new release were to:

  1. Provide users a way to create their own voice prompts and key assignments.

  2. Permit users to easily select from their available voice fonts, without having to mess with text files.

  3. Give users a way to quickly set their "Captain" name.

As you know, when you launch the It's Your Plane application, Michelle or Mike goes through their typical greeting message and notifications, then says, "Captain... It's Your Plane. We're ready to go."   At this point, the "Options" button becomes available for clicking.

So, what happens when you click the "Options" button?

This window POPS UP!

1. Creating Your Own Voice Commands and Key Assignments!

In this new release of It's Your Plane, you can create your own Voice Commands and cause the recognition of the spoken phrase to activate a Keyboard Keystoke. This functionality has been implemented so that you can use your own unique voice commands to activate and/or deactivate simulated keyboard keystrokes to extend the IYP application and/or control other Add-Ons.

Interfacing the FS Add-On... FSDiscover!
For example, let's say that we have purchased and installed the FS Add-On FSDiscover! and we wish to control 5 of its functions with voice commands, namely:

    FSDiscover! ( launch program )Ctrl+Shift+N   (example)
    Show map (on/off)Ctrl+Shift+F9
    Geographic names (on/off)Ctrl+Shift+F10
    Points of interest (on/off)Ctrl+Shift+F11
    Airport names (on/off)Ctrl+Shift+F12

Creating Voice Commands That Do Not Conflict
You need to ensure that whatever voice command you create DOES NOT CONFLICT with the existing IYP voice commands. The easiest way to accomplish this is to speak a specific phrase, and see if the IYP program detects it.   For example, if you say, "Geographic names" a few times, and the IYP application does not react in any way, then you can be pretty sure that this unique phrase can safely be used.

Implementing the Voice Command
Using the example above, you would minimise your flight simulator so that you can see the IYP application panel and click on the "Options" button. You would enter the phrase Geographic names into the Phrase text box, place checks in the checkboxes Ctrl and Shift, select the key F10 from the Key Assignment list, then press Save. You repeat the above sequence to add other commands. Once you are done creating your voice commands, press Finished. This will cause the IYP program to do a Restart Cold and Dark and you are ready to test out your new voice commands.

NOTE: The FS Navigator Command Has Been Removed!

The phrase "F S Navigator" was available in the previous version of It's Your Plane, to launch/hide the FSNavigator Add-On program in FS9 (2004). This phrase has been removed from the default IYP application in this release. If you are using FS9 and have FSNavigator installed, you can still use this voice command by creating the voice command "F S Navigator" (or any other phrase you desire), leaving the Ctrl, Alt, Shift and Tab checkboxes unchecked, selecting F9 from the Key Assignment list and pressing Save, then Finished.

2. Selecting Your Co-Pilot!

If you have installed a number of different Voice Fonts on your PC, you can select the voice you wish to use from the "Select Co-Pilot" drop-down list. (see the drawing below) The IYP application will automatically switch between the Co-Pilot names of Michelle and Mike depending upon whether you have selected a female or male voice respectively.

3. Having Your Co-Pilot Address You by Name!

You can enter your name (or nickname) into the "Captain's Name" text box. By doing so, your Co-Pilot Michelle or Mike will personally greet you as you climb into the cockpit. For example,

    "Welcome aboard Captain Robert."



I hope you find these new features interesting and helpful.

Wishing you safe landings,
Robert Cezar
Your IYP Developer.




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