You can set Text Speaker to launch on Windows startup. To configure this setting, click on the Settings icon on the toolbar. On the General tab, look for the ‘General Preferences’ section. Select the Run Text Speaker when Windows launches option. Click Ok to save these settings. [image: TSpost5786.jpg] Now, whenever you start your PC, Text Speaker will be launched automatically and you can quickly begin reading your documents.

Broadcasting lets other users watch a live preview of your camera from a remote location. Security Monitor Pro has a setting that allows you to limit the number of viewers. To configure the broadcast settings, right click on the camera preview and select the Edit Camera option. On the Broadcast tab, look for the Maximum concurrent viewers option and select 1 from the drop down. This specifies the number of users that can simultaneously view the video broadcast from Security Monitor Pro. Click Ok to save your settings. [image: SMPpost5784.jpg] After configuring the Broadcast settings, right click on the camera preview and select the Start Broadcasting option. When broadcasting starts, the broadcast URL will be listed in the event log. To see the broadcast stream from another PC, open the broadcast URL shown in the event log using VLC or Windows Media Player. If you have selected value 1 for the maximum concurrent users, then only a single user will be allowed to watch the broadcast video. You can also transmit a live broadcast from one or a set of cameras and configure settings individually.

In WebCam Monitor you have some filename renaming options when saving your photo(s) to the FTP server. To configure these settings, click on the Configure button for the Upload Media Files action from the Quick access panel. Go to the ‘Upload options’ section and select the Upload photos to my website option from the drop down list. Next, select Rename photo files check box and choose the ‘Append sequence number from 1 to 99’ option. Click Ok to save the settings. [image: WCMpost5782.jpg] Whenever you perform a FTP upload, the images will be uploaded to the FTP server with a sequence number appended to the filename. This way you can have a collection of N most recent images. Note: Once the counter reaches the selected value, it will be reset to 1 and starts from the beginning.

Auto FTP Manager allows you to set the number of attempts for login to a FTP server. This retry setting is helpful when you are connecting to a busy FTP server. To set retry login attempts, go to File >> Settings. On the Connection tab, look for the On Connection Failure section. Increase the Retry login attempts and set a delay between each retry attempt before aborting. Auto FTP Manager will try to login to the FTP server for the number of times you specify. [image: connection_settings.png] The Keep alive settings in Auto FTP Manager are useful to maintain a connection with the FTP server. It prevents disconnection by regularly sending a command that does not do anything. Note: Some FTP servers do not support the NOOP command and can disconnect even after receiving the NOOP command regularly. For such FTP servers, it is recommended to use the PWD command to keep the connection alive.

My Screen Recorder Pro allows you to schedule a screen recording. You can add a schedule to record your screen every morning for half an hour. To configure a schedule, click on the Schedule icon on the toolbar. Next, choose a folder location to save the scheduled recording, select the recording type and the profile. On the next page, select the 'Daily' schedule type and enter the start time as 9:00. Set the Recording duration option to 30 minutes and the Record every option to 1 day. Click on the Next button and finish the settings. [image: MSRPpost5777.jpg] Your screen recording will start every morning at 9 AM and will be performed for half an hour. Recordings will be saved automatically to the folder you selected.

In Text Speaker you can start reading from any position within a document. To start reading open the document in Text Speaker, go to File >> Open. Select the document to read. Place the cursor to a location from where you want to start the reading. Go to the Speak menu and select the **Speak from current cursor position **option. Alternatively, you can select this option by right clicking on the document. You can also set bookmark within the document for easy reference. Adding bookmarks will help you to start reading document from that position whenever required.

Using the scheduler in Security Monitor Pro you can start video recording action at a specific time. Follow these instructions to configure the scheduler. Click on the Scheduler icon on the toolbar, choose the cameras to schedule and select the Video Recording action. Next, choose a schedule type. For example, if you want to record every day then select the Daily option. Enter the date and time to start the recording action. Specify the time you leave the house for work, such as 9 AM. The Run for option allows you to specify the duration to run the schedule. Set it according to your working hours, 9 hours for example. Click OK to save these settings. [image: SMPpost5773.jpg] The schedule will run at the set time and it will record video for the selected duration.

WebCam Monitor allows you to cycle the camera previews on a selected time interval. Each camera feed will be shown on the main application window. To configure the settings for cycle camera, go to the View menu and select the **Cycle Cameras **option. You can also configure the camera cycle from Settings. On the General settings tab, select the Cycle cameras every option and set the interval value from the drop down list. [image: WCMpost5771.jpg] For example, if you select 10 seconds from the dropdown list then you will see each camera on the main window for 10 seconds. In this way WebCam Monitor will automatically swap the cameras at a specified interval letting you keep an eye on all your cameras.

Use the File and Folder Filters in Auto FTP Manager to skip certain types of files from transferring. This feature allows you to prevent the download of 0 KB files. To configure the settings for File and Folder filters, you have to create an Automated transfer profile. Go to File >> New Connection Profile. Set the connection profile type to Automated Profile. On the next page, enter the details required to connect to the FTP server including FTP address, username and password. On the Action rules page, select the transfer action for downloading files. [image: AFMpost5769.jpg] Next, look for the File and Folder filters section and click on the Configure button. Select the File Size filter and set it to Exclude file size equal to 0 KB. Click the OK button to save your settings. [image: AFMpost5769_1.jpg] To automate the transfer process, add a schedule. Go to the Schedule Transfers section and click on the Configure button. Choose the schedule type and start date-time as needed. Move to the next page, enter the profile name and click on Create button. Now, whenever the schedule will run the files will be downloaded except the 0 KB files.

My Screen Recorder Pro supports command line parameters. You can use the commands to start, stop, and pause recording, as well as set recording options. You can also specify the recording region and set a file name for the recording using command line parameters. For syntax and other details on Command line parameters see this link: https://www.deskshare.com/help/msrpro/CommandLineParameters.aspx

Text Speaker can narrate instructions on a schedule using the Talking Reminders feature. To configure the settings for a reminder, click on the Talking Reminders icon on the toolbar. Click on the Create button to configure a schedule for reading instructions. On the Reminder details dialog, specify a start date and time. Select the Repeat Every option and set it to ‘Repeat Every 1 day’. Enter the instructions in the text area that you want Text speaker to read. Click Ok to save your settings. [image: TSpost5765.jpg] Now, Text Speaker will narrate instructions every day at a specified time. You can add multiple reminders to read different instructions.

Security Monitor Pro allows you to specify the duration of recording video after the last motion detection event. To configure this setting, right click on the camera preview and select the **Edit Camera **option. On the Actions tab, click on the Configure button for the Video Recording action. Select a higher value for the recording duration from the After last motion event, continue recording for N seconds drop down list. Try setting it to 60 seconds. [image: SMPpost5763.jpg] After configuring the settings, start the monitoring action. On motion detection, the video will be recorded for 60 seconds. When recording is in progress and motion is detected within 60 seconds, then the program continues recording for next 60 seconds. If there is no motion detected for 60 seconds, it will stop and save the recorded video.

WebCam Monitor can upload media files captured from a webcam to FTP server. You can set both PC's to upload to the same FTP server so you have all your media in one location. To upload media files to FTP server, go to the Quick Access panel and select the Upload Media Files option. On the Create FTP Account Profile dialog, enter the details to connect to the FTP server. Click the Browse button on the FTP Upload settings dialog to choose a folder location. [image: WCMpost5761.jpg] Configure both machines with the same FTP profile and the FTP Upload action for all the webcams. When you start the monitoring, the media files captured from both home and office webcams will be uploaded to the FTP server at the selected folder location.

Auto FTP Manager allows you to maintain same files on two folder locations using the action rule for synchronization. The Scheduler will help you to synchronize these folders regularly. To configure the settings, create an automated transfer profile. Go to File >> New Connection Profile. Choose the transfer type as PC to FTP server and profile type as Automated Profile. Navigate to the next page and enter the details required to connect to the FTP server. Click the Next button and look for the Action rules section. Select the Synchronize source and destination folder option. This option will make sure that files present in both the folders are exactly same. [image: AFMpost5759.jpg] Under the Schedule Transfers section, click on the Configure button. Select the schedule type as Daily with a repeat interval of a few minutes or hours as required. Click Ok to save these settings. [image: AFMpost5759_1.jpg] The schedule will run every N minutes / hours and the selected folders will be synchronized each time. If the files are not present in one folder then they are transferred from the other folder.

There are several actions that can be performed in My Screen Recorder Pro before starting and/or after completing a scheduled recording. You can configure My Screen Recorder Pro to display a confirmation message before starting the scheduled screen recording. To do this, click on the Schedule icon from the toolbar. Enter the start date-time and schedule type. On the next page, look for the Optional actions to perform at the start of the screen recording section and click on the New button. [image: MSRPpost5756.jpg] On the Perform Actions Before Recording dialog, select the Display a message box option from the ‘Actions’ drop down. Enter the Title and Message to display, and select the Ok and Cancel button option from ‘Confirmation’ dropdown. You can see the preview by clicking on the Preview button. Click the Ok button and finish the settings. [image: MSRPpost5756_1.jpg] A confirmation message box will appear on the screen when the scheduled start time arrives. You can click Ok to continue or Cancel to stop the screen recording.

You can read the marked text in different voice with Text Speaker. To change the voice for marked text, load your document in Text Speaker. Highlight the bold content which you want to read in a different voice. Right click on the selected content and choose the Insert Voice Change option. Select the voice you want to insert. Repeat this process for the remaining content. [image: ChangeVoice.png] Remember to insert the original voice at the end of the sentence, otherwise Text Speaker will continue to read the document in the voice selected to read the bold content. Another option is to use emphasis instead of changing the voice. Try highlighting the bold content as previously explained and choose Edit >> Emphasize selected word/phrase option.

The scheduler in Security Monitor Pro can automate the monitoring, recording and broadcasting actions. It is not necessary to keep Security Monitor Pro running after adding the schedule, but you will need to be logged in to your PC. Security Monitor Pro will be launched automatically at your specified time and the configured actions will be performed. The schedule will run successfully even if you close the application. [image: add_schedule.png] Note: The ‘On Application Launch’ schedule will run only when Security Monitor Pro launches.

WebCam Monitor will automatically delete the oldest files from your PC if the space left on the drive is less than 2 GB. To delete older media files, click the Settings icon on the toolbar. On the General settings tab, look for the **Media file **options section. Set the disk space value in the Auto delete oldest files when space left on drive is less than N GB option. You can also select the Auto delete files older than option and enter the number of days to keep files. When this option is checked files older than specified number of days will be deleted. Click Ok to save these settings. [image: WCMpost5750.jpg] This way WebCam Monitor can automatically manage disk space and new recordings will be added. Note: Choose “Auto delete files older than N days” option only if you know that all the important files will be reviewed or copied to a new location within a specified number of days.

Use Auto FTP Manager's built in Scheduler to upload files to your FTP server automatically. To update files every hour you will need to create an automated transfer profile. Go to File >> New Connection Profile. Select the connection profile type as Automated Profile. Enter the required details to establish a connection with the FTP server. On the next page, go to the Action rules section and select the option to upload files to FTP server. [image: AFMpost5748.jpg] To add a schedule, look for the Schedule Transfers section and click the Configure button. Select the Schedule type as Daily. Specify the start date - time and set the Repeat after every option to 1 hour. On the next page, enter the profile name and click the Create button to save these settings. [image: AFMpost5748_1.jpg] Now, the schedule will start at a specified time and the files will be uploaded to the FTP server every hour.

You can use the custom region recording in My Screen Recorder to record the application window. To record a region, click on the Record icon from the toolbar. On the Recording Options dialog, select the Custom region option from the Record Screen dropdown. Click Ok to begin recording. The mouse pointer will change to a cross hair. You can drag this pointer and select the region you want to record. You can also click on an application window to select the region. [image: MSRpost5746.jpg] To pause and resume recording, I suggest using the keyboard shortcuts. Go to Settings >> Keyboard and configure the shortcuts for pause and resume. [image: KeyboardOptions1.png] Following the above directions, you can record an application window, and also pause and resume your recordings easily.