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From: phil@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Macintalk glitch
Message-ID: <4438@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk>
Date: 4 Dec 89 14:11:57 GMT
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Organization: Computer Science CSMVAX, Liverpool University
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In article <5679@eos.UUCP>, jenlan@eos (Jennifer S Lanham) writes:
> I am using Macintalk from Think C 4.0 on a Mac IIx
> and I have been having problems with Macintalk.
> 
> When the program "talks" the first time it works fine.
> In fact, in works fine for awhile. But then I do some
> CopyBits and DrawStrings and the "talking" doesn't work.
>[stuff deleted...] 
> When the talking doesn't work it does put the machine 
> on hold for the time it would take to "say" the speech.
> Sort of like the Mac has lost it's voice.
>  I don't *know* what the problem could be, but I tried
> some guessing like locking the speech handle. 
> 
> I have been working with this for quite some time and keep
> coming up with the same problem. 
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
> 
I had exactly the same problems when I switched from an SE to a Mac II to test
my program that used MacinTalk.  My solution was to forget about MacinTalk and
use a system based on individual 'snd ' resources which contain words.  I use
the new sound manager stuff to play them while animating a talking bird figure. 
I've had a couple of problems - the 'snd 's take up a lot of space for example
- but at least even people who've never heard a computer speak before can
understand it - and I did a version that spoke in Urdu - and you should have
see the effect THAT had on the people that my research group was trying to get
money for the project from...

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