
SNEShout is a SNES emulator with speech recognition!

                                    Copyright(C) Ryo Ohkubo, 1998, 1999, 2000.


"SNEShout Ver3.0" is based on the source codes of Snes9x(Ver1.26).
I appreciate all the people very much who involeved in developing Snes9x.

/*
 * Snes9x - Portable Super Nintendo Entertainment System (TM) emulator.
 *
 * (c) Copyright 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Gary Henderson (gary@daniver.demon.co.uk) and
 *                                      Jerremy Koot (jkoot@snes9x.com)
 *
 * Super FX C emulator code
 * (c) Copyright 1997, 1998, 1999 Ivar (Ivar@snes9x.com) and
 *                                Gary Henderson.
 * Super FX assembler emulator code (c) Copyright 1998 zsKnight and _Demo_.
 *
 * DSP1 emulator code (c) Copyright 1998 Ivar, _Demo_ and Gary Henderson.
 * DOS port code contains the works of other authors. See headers in
 * individual files.
 *
 * Snes9x homepage: www.snes9x.com
 *
 * Permission to use, copy, modify and distribute Snes9x in both binary and
 * source form, for non-commercial purposes, is hereby granted without fee,
 * providing that this license information and copyright notice appear with
 * all copies and any derived work.
 *
 * This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
 * warranty. In no event shall the authors be held liable for any damages
 * arising from the use of this software.
 *
 * Snes9x is freeware for PERSONAL USE only. Commercial users should
 * seek permission of the copyright holders first. Commercial use includes
 * charging money for Snes9x or software derived from Snes9x.
 *
 * The copyright holders request that bug fixes and improvements to the code
 * should be forwarded to them so everyone can benefit from the modifications
 * in future versions.
 *
 * Super NES and Super Nintendo Entertainment System are trademarks of
 * Nintendo Co., Limited and its subsidiary companies.
 */

1. Introduction
===============

I made this software because...
I had dreamt to play fighting game like "Street Fighter 2"
with speech recognition!!!
(with "Punch", "Kick", "Combination attack one", "Special attack two" etc...)

So at first, the only way to control SNES in this emulator was
with your voice... But there were many demands like
"I want to play with keyboard too!"

So this main feature seems to have little importance now...


2. Features
===========

* This software runs on Windows95 or later.
  (Requires DirectX 5.0 or Later)

* It can load zipped ROM Files.

* You can save game state at any time. (10 slots per game)
  And actual game save data in SNES will be save in *.srm format
  so you can share this file with ZSNES.

* Game speed (frame rate) can be automatically adjusted
  or you can speed up or speed down in the configuration.
  (from 1 FPS to 600 FPS)

* You can save graphics of the game in BMP format.
  You can save sound of the game in SPC format.

* If Japanese version of IBM's speech recognition engine "ViaVoiceGold"
  or later is installed, you can use speech recognition (voice command)
  feature to control SNES games. You can assign any command names to
  any combination or sequence of buttons.
  (e.g. "attack: >1,_1,>_1,L1" means
   when you shout "attack", SNEShout automatically
   press RIGHT for 1 frame (1/60 second),
   press DOWN  for 1 frame,
   press DOWN and RIGHT for 1 frame,
   press LEFT button on the top for 1 frame.
   This is one of the special command of "Street Fighter 2")

* Because this software uses Snes9x's source code, it can't be better
  than the real Snes9x in graphics, sounds and so on...


3. Requirements
===============

  OS   : Windows95 or later
DirectX: Ver5.0 or later
  CPU  : Pentium 100MHz (more than 200MHz are recommended)
Memory : 16MB (more than 32MB are recommended)

If you use speech recognition feature,
Japanese version of ViaVoice must be installed properly and
more CPU power and more memories will be needed.


4. How to install
=================

Unzip the archive into everywhere you like!

To uninstall this, delete that directory.

If you want to clean registry completely too, remove
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SNEShout"
and if you had used speech recognition feature, modify
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\IBM\VoiceType\Engine\Directories\DataPath"
to delete SNEShout path.
(don't delete all the strings, only a substring of SNEShout path!!!)


5. Basic Keyboard Settings
==========================

  ESC       : Pause or restart game
  TAB       : While TAB key is being pressed, game speed changes temporalily.
  Alt+Enter : Switch between Full-Screen mode and Windowed mode
  F11       : Save game sound into SPC file
  F12       : Save game image into BMP file

  F1 - F10  : Load game state (There are 10 slots per game)
  Shift+F1 - Shift+F10 : Save game state

  Ctrl+(F1-F5) / Ctrl+(F6-F10) : Quick Load / Quick Save
                                 (Only 5 slots for all games)
    This feature loads/saves not only game state,
    but also ROM file name simultaneously.

You can't change these basic key configuration, but if you wish,
you can do this with my another free software named "JoyToKey".

http://www.vector.co.jp/authors/VA016823/joytokey/english.html

It's "Use setting of the other number of joystick temporarily" feature
is hard to understand at first, but it will help you much! Try it!


6. misc
=======

* You can "Drag & Drop" the ROM file into SNEShout window.

* Speech Recognition (Voice Command) is only available in Japanese.
  (Because it require Japanese version of ViaVoice and
   Japanese IME(Input Method Editor) to specify pronunciations)

* The speed of this emulator will change dramatically with graphics
  options. I think the fastest settings are usually as the following...

  + Disable transparency effect
  + Full screen and 320*240 mode
  + Don't stretch images to fit screen size
  + Omit clearing screen


7. finally
==========

This product comes with no warranty. It is freeware, but use it at your
own risk. The author takes no responsibilities of any sort related to
the use of this product.

And since I have little time to maintain this software,
don't expect me to develop this software further...
It will be the final release (though it's a first release).

There is no support, so don't send me questions!!!
But comments or some bug reports will be welcomed.
(Please attach the auto-generated file "log.txt")

Thank you for using this software.

URL: http://www.vector.co.jp/authors/VA016823/
(Sorry there is only Japanese page there)

E-Mail: r-ohkubo@ijk.com (Ryo Ohkubo)

