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From: jimmys@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Jimmy Shaw)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: SpeakIt, and promotion for Talking Tools
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Date: 28 May 91 04:57:50 GMT
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In article <1991May28.024749.27455@ddsw1.MCS.COM> zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Sameer Parekh) writes:
>
>	I received in the mail the other day something from Byteworks
>advertising their new Talking Tools product.  It seems very good.  I have no
>use for it, however.  But I would like to play with SpeakIt. . .and I don't
>want to spend $60 (or $35) for all those tools.
>	I think what Byteworks may want to do is make SpeakIt freeware, but
>only the executable, not the source.  Then people can play with it, and if
>they are interested in buying Talking Tools, they can use SpeakIt to test
>the quality of output.  This is just an idea, what does everyone else
>think?  Do you think we should ask them so we can try it out?
>--
>The Ravings of the Insane Maniac Sameer Parekh -- zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM


	I agree wholeheartedly.  I got the same flyer from ByteWorks, and
yes, this tool is indeed interesting, and it reminded me so much of the good
old Talking SAM (I think the name is something like that) on the 8 bit days...
I would hope that the sound quality of SpeakIt will be better than SAM :).

	Oh well, I think it is time for another letter writing campaign.



Jimmy Shaw
jimmys@ics.uci.edu