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From: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: A Talking Moose???
Message-ID: <9105202337.27@rmkhome.UUCP>
Date: 21 May 91 08:37:00 GMT
References: <91139.114916UH2@psuvm.psu.edu>
Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Organization: The Man With Ten Cats
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In article <91139.114916UH2@psuvm.psu.edu> UH2@psuvm.psu.edu (Lee Sailer) writes:
>Have you seen this program on the Mac.  It is a scream.  I want one.
>
>Talking Moose is a hack that lurks in the background, and monitors what
>you are doing.  Every so often, it pops up and says something humorous,
>witty, insulting, or whatever.  For example, if yo select an UNDO from
>a menu (any menu, any program) the Moose pops up and says something
>like, "Can't you make up your mind?" or "Get it right the first time."
>
>When you select QUIT, he says, "Not yet!  I'm not done yet."
>
>He seems to have 100s of phrases, so he rarely repeats.  Also, sometimes
>he just pops up for no reason, and says something appropriate (or not!!)
>
>By "pops up" I mean that a little window appears in the corner of the
>screen containing a picture of a Moose (that looks like Bullwinkle).
>The Moose's lips and eyes move according to the gist of whatever he
>says.
>
>Any way, I laughed and laughed.  I invite any of the Amiga demo builders
>out there to take a crack at this one.


It already exists. I have it around somewhere on a floppy.  It is not as
good as that Mac version, but it's not bad.  It uses a text file to which
you can add new sayings or remarks.  And I believe you can also play around
with the voice characteristics.  The only problem I saw with it was running
from a floppy.  If you accidently removed the floppy from the drive, and
moose couldn't find the text, then it was GURU time.  If I can find it, I
will send it to comp.binaries.amiga.

Rick Kelly	rmk@rmkhome.UUCP	frog!rmkhome!rmk	rmk@frog.UUCP