ICE Book Reader Professional 8.3.1 - User Guide and FAQ

1. Start ICE Book Reader Professional.
   
   
2. Open the library. Library will open automatically if it is empty.
   
   
3. Import book from file.
   
   
4. Select your books, press OK.
   
   
5. For archives, select files to be extracted.
   
   
6. In "Book Preview" specify correct codepage, press "Import".
   
   
7. Now you can see the book added to your library. Double click on the book to open it.
   
   
8. Enjoy reading your book !

Frequently Asked Questions - ICE Book Reader Professional

1. How to turn on speech mode?
   
   1. Open options.
   2. Select "Mode" on the tree.
   3. Select "Speech mode" on the panel.
   4. Select "Speech mode" on the tree.
   5. Select speech engine.
   6. Close options.
   7. Start scrolling (press key Insert or second button on the toolbar from the left side).
   
   
2. What is the Ultra Smooth Scrolling Engine?
   
   Scrolling is a very simple operation: it's just a shifting of the image step by step with constant frequency. Theoretically it's very simple: all you need to do is to use a timer or a custom delay. For instance, to make text scroll with a speed of 150 lines per second, you need to make a delay of 1000/150 = 7msec after scrolling the text by one line. Microsoft Windows has an internal clock working with a 100 Hz or less frequency, the exact frequency number is dependent on the OS version and CPU speed. But that means that the minimum delay specified in MS Windows roughly equals 10msec. Using only standard methods, the following frequencies can be implemented: 100 Hz, 50 Hz, 33 Hz, 25 Hz, 20 Hz, etc. ICE Book Reader Professional uses its own scrolling technology which allows you to specify any frequency within the 1HZ - 500Hz range to the nearest 1Hz. Hence the name of the technology: Ultra Smooth Scrolling Engine.
   
   
3. What is variable scroll speed scrolling?
   
   This mode is supposed to make your reading more comfortable and natural. In this mode, ICE Book Reader Professional adjusts the scroll speed automatically depending on the text density. Thus, more text on the screen makes scrolling go slower, less text on the screen does the opposite. All you have to do in this mode is just specify your comfortable reading speed, and ICE Book Reader Professional will take care of all the rest.
   
   
4. Why text antialiasing isn't implemented in another programs for on-screen reading?
   
   Text antialiasing is actually implemented in some readers, although all of them do not support smooth text scrolling. The main problem is that it's very difficult to generate antialiased text fast enough. For instance, to make an antialiased text image with mask of 4x4 pixels for the screen of 1024x768 pixesl you'll need to operate with a bitmap of 4096x3072 pixels, which is 37 megabytes. After all the operations, we have to downscale the bitmap. Everything alltogether shouldn't exceed a time of 0.01 sec (100 lines per second) or 0.005 sec (200 lines per second). ICE Book Reader Professional does everything in time, producing a really smooth operation.
   
   
5. What is Wave scrolling?
   
   Wave Scrolling is scrolling without moving the text. Instead of scrolling smoothly, the text is updated by a wave. This is very useful for slow LCD displays. Also, anybody who does not like moving text can use wave scrolling instead of manual browsing. For wave scrolling, the use of "DirectX mode" is not recommended. It's best to use "Hardware mode" for wave scrolling.