The Floating Toolbar is a small window that provides access to some buttons on the Main Window Toolbar while the main window is minimized.
Speaks text aloud. If currently in Multi-Article Mode, this button will cause all articles to be spoken in sequence. If currently in Single-Article Mode, the displayed article is spoken.
Speaks text to audio file(s). If currently in Multi-Article Mode, this button will cause all articles to be written to one or multiple audio files. The File Options setting on the Multi-Article Options panel determines the number of audio files generated. If currently in Single-Article Mode, a single audio file is generated from the current article.
Pause / Resume speaking. This button is enabled only if TextAloud is currently speaking or paused.
Skip to next article. This button is enabled only if TextAloud is currently speaking and in Multi-Article mode.
Stop speaking. This button is enabled only if TextAloud is currently speaking or paused.
Hides the toolbar and redisplays the main window.
