VoiceType on OS/2 Warp 4.5x HOWTO

Copyright © 2002 by

2002-Feb-05

This is a 'quick and dirty' HOWTO document describing how to install VoiceType on OS/2 Warp 4.5x.

• installed OS/2 V4.5x (Aurora/MCP/ACP/eCS*)
• OS/2 Warp 4.0 Install-CD
• OS/2 Warp 4.0 Fixpak 15
• just a few minutes ;-)
  * VoiceType is included in eCS Bonuspak and can be installed using WiseManager

3. Installation

disable WPS archiving if enabled
go to command line and save the current catalog file (FIBASE.RSP)

c: (asume OS/2 is installed on drive C:\)
cd C:\OS2\INSTALL
ren fibase.rsp *.old


Unpack the required Warp 4 response file from the Warp4-Install-CD to C:\ (CD-ROM is drive D:\).

d:
cd D:\OS2IMAGE\DISK_11
unpack bundle c: /N:fibase.rsp


Go to C:\OS2\INSTALL where FIBASE.RSP was copied to, start the clifi installer to create the 'FeatureInstallBase' object on desktop.

c:
cd C:\OS2\INSTALL
clifi /a:b /r:fibase.rsp


Open the desktop object 'FeatureInstallBase' by a double click on it, select VoiceType (scroll down), press the 'Install' button, if you get a popup window (error) change the current path D:\FI to D:\OS2IMAGE\FI (D:\ is CD-ROM drive)

Delete the 'FeatureInstallBase' object from desktop using the following command:

clifi /a:d /o:fibase


Rename or delete the fibase.rsp and switch back to the Warp 4.5x fibase.rsp to avoid problems using uninstall feature.

c:
cd C:\OS2\INSTALL
ren fibase.rsp *.vt
ren fibase.old *.rsp


Next step: install the fixes (do not reboot yet)

4. Fixes

Install the latest VoiceType fixes included in FP 15, unpack the DSK archives with diunpack.exe or dskxtrct.exe (get these tools from hobbes) in a temporary directory and unpack the *.*_ files with unpack command. You can also download these files grabbed from xr_m015 here.

file list:

DICTATE.EX_
DICTDLL.DL_
ENGINE.EX_
SPCHOBJ.DL_
WW.EX_
WWDLL.DL_
WWHOOK.DL_


copy all extracted files to C:\VT\SPCH_BIN, reboot for changes to take effect ! Afterwards VoiceType can be found in the program folder.

5. Links

In conclusion all listed Links in one place:
OS/2 Warp 4 Fixpaks
MCP/ACP (IBM Software Choice)
eComStation
Hobbes