rd / read                     Tells a task to read something aloud
 
   Format:
      ;rd <attribute>
      ;rd <attribute> <value>
                              Tells a task to read something aloud

      ;rd                     Get a list of available <attribute>s
 
   Notes:
      Tasks have various text-to-speech (TTS) capabilities, but some tasks don't
         use TTS at all. The ';read', ';switch' and ';alert' commands allow you 
         to interact with the TTS capabilities of individual tasks. 
      To modify the way that tasks process speech in general, use the ';speech'
         and ';editconfig' commands. TTS for tasks is turned off, by default, so
         you won't hear anything until you turn it on with the ';speech' 
         command.

      This command is used to read something aloud; for example, it can be used 
         to tell the Status task to read aloud your current character's health
         points, or it can be used by the Locator task to read aloud the current 
         room's list of exits.
      <attribute> specifies what you would like the task to read. Some 
         <attribute>s have a <value>. For example, you can use the <description>
         attribute with a <value> of 100, to tell the Locator task to read aloud
         the first 100 letters of the current room's description. 
      <attributes> consist of one or more words. Actually, they are stored as a
         single word, so the (imaginary) attribute 'big foot' can be typed as 
         'bigfoot', if you prefer. 
      If you don't specify an <attribute> at all, a list of available attributes
         will be displayed.
      In some cases, a task might store the <value> you specify, for later use
         (you can use the ';permread' command to store the <value> in tasks 
         which start automatically at the beginning of a session). However, none
         of Axmud's built-in tasks behave in this way. 
      A task must be running before you can use this command to tell it to read
         something aloud.

      This is a list of all the <attribute>s used by this command with Axmud's 
         built-in tasks. (The ';switch' and ';alert' commands use different
         attributes.)

      (Locator task)
         ;read title
            Reads the current room's title
         ;read descrip 
         ;read description
            Reads the current room's description
         ;read descrip <chars>
         ;read description <chars>
            Reads the first <chars> characters of the current room's description
         ;read exit
         ;read exits
            Reads the current room's exit list 
         ;read content
         ;read contents
            Reads the current room's contents list

      (Status task)
         ;read status
            Reads the current character's life status (alive, dead etc)
         ;read life
         ;read lives
            Reads the current character's life and death counts
         ;read health
            Reads the current character's health points. Note that world
               profiles are free to store anything in variables like these, so
               you might be read something different altogether
         ;read energy
            Reads the current character's energy points
         ;read magic
            Reads the current character's magic points
         ;read guild
            Reads the current character's guild points
         ;read social
            Reads the current character's social points
         ;read xp
         ;read experience
            Reads the current character's experience points
         ;read level
            Reads the current character's level
         ;read align
         ;read alignment
            Reads the current character's alignment
         ;read age
            Reads the current character's age
         ;read time
            Reads the game time
         ;read bank
            Reads the current character's bank balance
         ;read purse
            Reads the contents of the current character's purse

   User commands:
      rd / read
