Application Preferences of Tobi

Application Preferences of Tobi

The application preferences of Tobi are presented to the users in the form of a dialog box, which is illustrated in User Interface of Tobi. Each preference is modifiable and is described in the table below. The first column of the table lists the preferences, the second informs what type of control is provided to accept a value for the preference, and the third column describes what the preference denotes.

Preference Name Control type Description
Audio_AlwaysMonitor Check box If checked, Tobi always monitors the quality of audio input. Otherwise, performs this operation only while recording or audio monitoring.
Audio_AutoPlayAfterSplit Check box If checked, plays the audio content subsequent to the split point at completion of the Split operation.
Audio_ButtonBarVisible Check box If checked, the Audio toolbar will be shown; otherwise, it will be hidden.
Audio_DisableAfterRecordSelection Check box If checked, Tobi places the audio cursor at the end of the newly recorded audio instead of selecting it.
Audio_DisableAutoJumpToBegin Check box If checked, Tobi keeps the audio cursor at the end of the waveform after playback instead of moving it to the beginning.
Audio_DisableSingleWavFileRecord Check box If checked, disables creation of a new file each time you hit the Stop recording and continue command while recording.
Audio_EnablePlayPreviewBeforeRecord Check box If checked, plays a small portion of audio immediately preceding the marked cursor position or the beginning of the audio selection before initiating the Record command.
Audio_EnableSkippability Check box If checked, the Stop recording and continue command will also record for the skippable elements; otherwise, it will skip the skippable elements.
Audio_InputDevice Combo box The sound capture driver to be used for recording.
Audio_OutputDevice Combo box The sound driver to be used for playback.
Audio_PlayKeepPitch Check box If checked, the pitch will be preserved when the playback rate is increased or decreased.
Audio_Record_OverwriteFollowingAudio Check box If checked, Tobi overwrites the existing audio with the audio being recorded.
Audio_TTS_Voice Edit box The synthetic voice to be used for generating audio using text to speech conversion.
AudioCodecDisableACM Check box If checked, disables the audio compression manager for run time audio compression or decompression.
AudioEffect_Amplify Edit box Enables you to increase or decrease the multiplying factor of amplification.
AudioEffect_SlowDown Edit box Enables you to increase or decrease the rate of slowing down the audio.
AudioEffect_SpeedUp Edit box Enables you to increase or decrease the rate to speed up the audio.
AudioExportEncodeToMP3 Check box If checked, Tobi will export audio content in MP3 format. Otherwise, it will store the exported audio in WAV format.
AudioExportFilenameSectionHeading Check box If checked, the check box Add headings to audio filenames of the export dialog is checked.
AudioExportFileNameSectionHeadingMaxLength Edit box The maximum length of the exported audio filenames when user chooses to add section headings to them.
AudioExportMP3BitRate Combo box The bit rate to be used for the MP3 files to be exported.
AudioExportSampleRate Combo box The sampling rate to be used for the exported audio files.
AudioExportStereo Check box If checked, the exported audio files will have stereo channels. Otherwise, they will have mono channel.
AudioProjectSampleRate Combo box The sampling rate to be used for the project by default.
AudioProjectStereo Check box If checked, the projects will have stereo channels by default. Otherwise, they will have mono channel.
AudioWaveForm_Color_Back Combo box The background color used for the waveform panel in the Audio Editor pane of Tobi.
AudioWaveForm_Color_Bars Combo box The color used for the bars of the waveform.
AudioWaveForm_Color_border Combo box The color used for the outline of the waveform.
AudioWaveForm_Color_CursorBorder Combo box The color used for the audio cursor.
AudioWaveForm_Color_CursorFill Combo box The color used for filling the top and bottom of the audio cursor.
AudioWaveForm_Color_Fill Combo box The color used to fill the waveforms between the bars.
AudioWaveForm_Color_Phrases Combo box The color used for the line separating the waveforms of one text fragment from another.
AudioWaveForm_Color_Selection Combo box The color used for displaying the selected audio in the waveform.
AudioWaveForm_Color_TimeText Combo box The color used for displaying the time over the waveforms in the Audio Editor pane.
AudioWaveForm_DisableDraw Check box If checked, Tobi will not draw the waveforms.
AudioWaveForm_DrawStyle Combo box The design style used for drawing the waveforms.
AudioWaveform_JumpTimeStep Edit box The time interval by which the Step back and Step forward commands move the audio cursor.
AudioWaveform_JumpTimeStepX Edit box The time interval by which the Step back (more)and Step forward (more) commands move the audio cursor.
AudioWaveForm_LoadDelay Edit box Delay in waveform rendering to allow space for other operations.
AudioWaveForm_RenderMethod Combo box The way in which waveforms will be rendered; such as vector graphics or bitmap.
AudioWaveForm_Resolution Edit box It is used to determine how much fine grain will be the waveforms.
AudioWaveForm_ThreadBytesThreshold Edit box
AudioWaveForm_tileWidth Edit box
AudioWaveForm_TimeStepPlayPreview Edit box Determines the preview duration; the length of audio to be played for the Preview command.
AudioWaveForm_UseDecibals Check box If checked, logarithmic waveforms will be displayed.
AudioWaveForm_UseVectorAtResize Check box If checked, uses vector graphics while resizing the waveforms.
AudioWaveForm_VectorWidthThreshold Edit box
Document_Back Combo box The background color used for the Document pane.
Document_ButtonBarVisible Check box If checked, the Document toolbar will be visible; otherwise, it will be hidden.
Document_Color_Font_Audio Combo box The color of the text that has audio corresponding to it.
Document_Color_Font_NoAudio Combo box The color of the text that has no audio corresponding to it.
Document_Color_TextOnly Combo box
Document_Color_Hyperlink_Back Combo box The background color of the hyperlink.
Document_Color_PageNum_Back Combo box The background color used for the page numbers in the Document pane.
Document_Color_Selection_Back1 Combo box The color used for the background of the higher selection in the Document pane.
Document_Color_Selection_Back2 Combo box The background color to be used for the lower selection (actual selection) in the Document pane.
Document_Color_Selection_Border Combo box The color used for the border of the selection in the Document pane.
Document_Color_Selection_Font Combo box The color used for the font of the selection in the Document pane.
Document_Color_Selection_UnderOverLIne Combo box
Document_EnableInstantSearch Check box If checked, searches the matching entry while typing (without pressing the Enter key).
Document_SinglePhraseView Check box If checked, the Document pane will display only the selected item at one point of time; otherwise, it will display the entire contents of the document.
Document_TextOnlyAlign Combo box
Document_TypeFace Combo box The font used for the text of the document.
Document_UseDottedSelect Check box
Document_Zoom Edit box The numeric value determining the zoom level for the Document pane; “100” signifies the default size.
EnableAnonymousUsageReport Check box If checked, Tobi will send the usage report to DAISY Consortium.
EnableAudioCues Check box If checked, gives voice indications for confirmations or warnings.
EnableAutoBackupProject Check box If checked, saves a copy of the project file with the current timestamp.
EnableAutoSaveProject Check box If checked, Tobi saves the project file (with .xuk extension) each time it is modified.
EnableMediaKit Check box If checked, enables video playback.
EnableRecentFilesMenu Check box If checked, displays the Recent Files menu item.
EnableTextSyncGranularity Check box If checked, the document will have coarse granularity. This means that users will be able to navigate and record at paragraph level. Otherwise, the document will have finest granularity, enabling the users to navigate and record at sentence or word level.
ExportGenerateSMILNotes Check box If checked, creates a link between noteref/annoref element and the referred skippable note, such as footnote, in the exported SMIL FILE.
ExportIncludeImageDescriptions Check box If checked, includes image descriptions in the exported DTB. Otherwise, the descriptions will only be copied to the DIAGRAM Descriptions directory.
FilePathMax Edit box Sets the maximum length for the path of the project directory and warns the users if it exceeds this limit.
Keyboard_AppExit Edit box The shortcut key combination to exit from Tobi.
Keyboard_Audio_BeginSelection Edit box Keyboard shortcut to begin an audio selection.
Keyboard_Audio_ClearSelection Edit box Keyboard shortcut to remove the begin selection and end selection marks of the audio selection.
Keyboard_Audio_Delete Edit box Keyboard shortcut to delete the selected audio.
Keyboard_Audio_EndSelection Edit box Keyboard shortcut to mark the end of the audio selection.
Keyboard_Audio_ExportOptions Edit box
Keyboard_Audio_FileInsert Edit box Keyboard shortcut to import audio files in the project.
Keyboard_Audio_GenTTS Edit box The shortcut to generate audio equivalent of the selection using the text to speech synthesizer.
Keyboard_Audio_GoBack Edit box Keyboard shortcut to move the beginning of the previous waveform (audio corresponding to the previous item of the Document pane).
Keyboard_Audio_GoForward Edit box Keyboard shortcut to go the beginning of the next waveform.
Keyboard_Audio_GoToBegin Edit box Keyboard shortcut to jump to the beginning of the current waveform.
Keyboard_Audio_GoToEnd Edit box Keyboard shortcut to jump to the end of the waveform.
Keyboard_Audio_OpenFile Edit box
Keyboard_Audio_PlayAutoAdvance Edit box Keyboard shortcut to play the audio content continuously while advancing to the next item.
Keyboard_Audio_PlaybackRateDown Edit box Keyboard shortcut to decrease the rate at which audio will be played.
Keyboard_Audio_PlaybackRateReset Edit box Keyboard shortcut to reset the playback rate.
Keyboard_Audio_PlaybackRateUp Edit box Keyboard shortcut to increase the rate at which audio will be played.
Keyboard_Audio_PlayLeftPreview Edit box Keyboard shortcut to preview audio up to the marked cursor position or the beginning of the audio selection.
Keyboard_Audio_PlayPause Edit box Keyboard shortcut to play or pause the playback.
Keyboard_Audio_PlayRightPreview Edit box Keyboard shortcut to preview audio after the marked cursor position or the beginning of the audio selection.
Keyboard_Audio_ResetSessionCounter Edit box Keyboard shortcut to reset the session counter for the current session.
Keyboard_Audio_SelectAll Edit box Keyboard shortcut to select the audio content corresponding to the selected item of the Document pane.
Keyboard_Audio_SelectLeft Edit box Keyboard shortcut to select the audio content from the beginning of the current waveform to the audio cursor.
Keyboard_Audio_SelectNextChunk Edit box Keyboard shortcut to select the entire content of the next waveform.
Keyboard_Audio_SelectPreviousChunk Edit box Keyboard shortcut to select the entire content of the previous waveform.
Keyboard_Audio_SelectRight Edit box Keyboard shortcut to select the audio content from the audio cursor to the end of the current waveform.
Keyboard_Audio_Split Edit box Keyboard shortcut to split the waveform at the position of audio cursor.
Keyboard_Audio_StartStopMonitor Edit box Keyboard shortcut to start or stop audio monitoring.
Keyboard_Audio_StartStopRecord Edit box Keyboard shortcut to start or stop recording.
Keyboard_Audio_StepBack Edit box Keyboard shortcut to nudge the audio cursor backwards by a very small amount of time.
Keyboard_Audio_StepForward Edit box Keyboard shortcut to nudge the audio cursor forward by a very small amount of time.
Keyboard_StopPlayMonitorRecord Edit box Keyboard shortcut to stop audio monitoring or recording.
Keyboard_Audio_StopRecordAndContinue Edit box Keyboard shortcut to stop recording for the current item and start recording for the next item of the Document pane.
Keyboard_Audio_ToggleAutoPlayMode Edit box Keyboard shortcut to turn on or off the Auto play mode.
Keyboard_Audio_TogglePlayPreviewBeforeRecord Edit box Keyboard shortcut to activate or deactivate recording with warm-up playback, whereby Tobi will preview audio up to the cursor position before initiating the Record command.
Keyboard_Audio_ZoomFitFull Edit box Keyboard shortcut to fit the displayed waveforms in the expanse of the Audio Editor pane.
Keyboard_Audio_ZoomSelection Edit box Keyboard shortcut to zoom in or out the selected audio.
Keyboard_CloseProject Edit box Keyboard shortcut to close the currently opened project.
Keyboard_Copy Edit box Keyboard shortcut to copy the selected text or audio.
Keyboard_Cut Edit box Keyboard shortcut to cut the selected text or audio.
Keyboard_DataCleanup Edit box Keyboard shortcut to invoke project cleanup.
Keyboard_DisplayValidator Edit box Keyboard shortcut to initiate validation of the exported book.
Keyboard_Doc_Event_SwitchNext Edit box Keyboard shortcut to move to the next item in the Document pane.
Keyboard_Doc_Event_SwitchPrevious Edit box Keyboard shortcut to move to previous item in the Document pane.
Keyboard_Edit_Audio_Externally Edit box Keyboard shortcut to export the audio content to an external file for audio processing using other tools.
Keyboard_EditDescriptions Edit box Keyboard shortcut to launch the editor for creating or modifying image descriptions.
Keyboard_EditPhraseText Edit box Keyboard shortcut to open the Edit text dialog for editing the text of the current item.
Keyboard_EditPreferences Edit box Keyboard shortcut to invoke the Preferences dialog.
Keyboard_Export Edit box Keyboard shortcut to initiate the Export command.
Keyboard_Find Edit box Keyboard shortcut to invoke the Find function.
Keyboard_FindNext Edit box Keyboard shortcut to find the next matching entry in the document.
Keyboard_FindPrevious Edit box Keyboard shortcut to find the previous matching entry in the document.
Keyboard_Focus_Audio Edit box Keyboard shortcut to move the focus to the Audio toolbar.
Keyboard_Focus_Doc Edit box Keyboard shortcut to move the keyboard focus to the Document pane.
Keyboard_Focus_Nav Edit box Keyboard shortcut to move the focus to the Navigation pane.
Keyboard_Focus_StatusBar Edit box Keyboard shortcut to move the focus to the Status bar of Tobi.
Keyboard_Focus_Toolbar Edit box Keyboard shortcut to move the focus to the Main toolbar.
Keyboard_Focus_Txt Edit box Keyboard shortcut to move the focus to the Document toolbar.
Keyboard_FollowLink Edit box Keyboard shortcut to move to the associated skippable element.
Keyboard_Help Edit box Keyboard shortcut to open Tobi User Reference Manual in web browser.
Keyboard_Import Edit box Keyboard shortcut to import DAISY/EPUB book or text document in Tobi, and create a new project for it.
Keyboard_Metadata_Edit Edit box Keyboard shortcut to open the Metadata Editor.
Keyboard_Open Edit box Keyboard shortcut to import a document/book or open an existing project.
Keyboard_OpenConvert Edit box Keyboard shortcut to convert DAISY books in EPUB format.
Keyboard_OpenRecent Edit box Keyboard shortcut to open the Recent Files dialog.
Keyboard_Paste Edit box Keyboard shortcut to paste the item from the clipboard to the current location.
Keyboard_Redo Edit box Keyboard shortcut to redo the undone operation.
Keyboard_Save Edit box Keyboard shortcut to save the current project.
Keyboard_saveAs Edit box Keyboard shortcut to save a copy of the current project.
Keyboard_ShowXUKSpine Edit box Keyboard shortcut to show the Project Spine dialog.
Keyboard_StructureSelectDown Edit box Keyboard shortcut to narrow selection (hide the sub-items of higher selection in the Document Structure Trail).
Keyboard_StructureSelectUp Edit box Keyboard shortcut to expand selection (show the sub-items of the higher selection in the Document Structure trail).
Keyboard_SwitchNarratorView Edit box Keyboard shortcut to launch the Narrator View.
Keyboard_ToggleDocMark Edit box Keyboard shortcut to place or remove the document mark.
Keyboard_ToggleSinglePhraseView Edit box Keyboard shortcut to toggle the display of the Document pane between the Single Phrase mode and normal view (where entire contents of the document are displayed).
Keyboard_ToggleTextSyncGranularity Edit box Keyboard shortcut to toggle the granularity of the document from fine to coarse and vice versa.
Keyboard_UI_Zoom_Decrease Edit box Keyboard shortcut to shrink Tobi’s UI.
Keyboard_UI_Zoom_Increase Edit box Keyboard shortcut to magnify Tobi’s UI.
Keyboard_UI_Zoom_Reset Edit box Keyboard shortcut to bring the zoom level of the user interface to default.
Keyboard_Undo Edit box Keyboard shortcut to undo the last executed operation.
Keyboard_UnfollowLink Edit box Keyboard shortcut to move back to the anchor.
Lang Edit box Language used by Tobi.
MediaOverlayActiveCss Edit box
Pipeline2JavaMaxMem Combo box Sets the threshold of the memory to be used for Pipeline 2 initialization.
Pipeline2OldExe Check box
Pipeline2Path Edit box Path of the “Pipeline.bat” file, which is used in the backend for the process of DAISY to EPUB conversion.
Pipeline2Timeout Edit box Maximum wait time for Pipeline initialization.
Pipeline2URL Edit box Port used by the Pipeline 2 application.
ProcessTimeoutMinutes Edit box Maximum wait time for the execution of Pipeline tasks.
SearchHits_Color Edit box The color used for the items matching the search term.
Skippables Edit box List of items that will be considered as skippable by Tobi.
TextAudioSyncGranularity Edit box List of XML elements to be used for coarse granularity of the document.
ToolbarVisible Check box If checked, Tobi displays the Main toolbar by default; otherwise, it hides the toolbar.
UpdateRejected Edit box
UseFriendlyTimeFormat Check box If checked, uses the “hh:mm:ss.ms” format for time values; otherwise, displays time in milliseconds only.
UserID Edit box Default string to appear as User ID in User registration form.
UserID_DoNotAskAgain Check box If checked, Tobi does not display the registration form again.
ValidMissingAudioElements Edit box List of elements to be skipped while checking for missing audio during Tobi’s pre-export validation.
ValidMissingAudioElements_Enable Check box If checked, Tobi skips the elements listed in the preference ValidMissingAudioElements while checking for missing audio during pre-export validation.
Window_UI_zoom Edit box Sets the zoom level for the user interface; “1” denotes the default size.
WindowDisableUIAutomation Check box If checked, the programmatic access to the user interface elements is disabled. As a result, assistive technology products, such as screen readers, will not be able to interact with Tobi’s accessibility layer.
WindowShellFullScreen Check box If checked, Tobi’s application window will be maximized.
WindowShellHight Edit box The height of the application window, if it is not maximized.
WindowsShellLeft Edit box The position (in pixels) where the left edge of the application window will be placed.
WindowsShellRightToLeft Check box
WindowsShellTop Numeric edit box The position (in pixels) where the top edge of the application window will be placed.
WindowsShellWidth Numeric edit box The width of the application window of Tobi.
WPFSoftwareRender Check box
XUK_PrettyFormat Check box The XUK file is formed with human readable element names.
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