### 7.3 Getting some help ¶

If no audio is generated then you must check to see if audio is properly initialized on your machine. See Audio output.

In the command interpreter `m-h` (meta-h) will give you help on the current symbol before the cursor. This will be a short description of the function or variable, how to use it and what its arguments are. A listing of all such help strings appears at the end of this document. `m-s` will synthesize and say the same information, but this extra function is really just for show.

The lisp function `manual` will send the appropriate command to an already running Netscape browser process. If `nil` is given as an argument the browser will be directed to the tables of contents of the manual. If a non-nil value is given it is assumed to be a section title and that section is searched and if found displayed. For example

    festival> (manual "Accessing an utterance")

Another related function is `manual-sym` which given a symbol will check its documentation string for a cross reference to a manual section and request Netscape to display it. This function is bound to `m-m` and will display the appropriate section for the given symbol.

Note also that the `TAB` key can be used to find out the name of commands available as can the function `Help` (remember the parentheses).

For more up to date information on Festival regularly check the Festival Home Page at

    http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/projects/festival.html

Further help is available by mailing questions to

    festival-help@cstr.ed.ac.uk

Although we cannot guarantee the time required to answer you, we will do our best to offer help.

Bug reports should be submitted to

    festival-bug@cstr.ed.ac.uk

If there is enough user traffic a general mailing list will be created so all users may share comments and receive announcements. In the mean time watch the Festival Home Page for news.