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From: eblack@well.UUCP (Eric Black)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: speech from amigaterm
Message-ID: <940@well.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 16-Apr-86 03:00:24 EST
Article-I.D.: well.940
Posted: Wed Apr 16 03:00:24 1986
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References: <1837@caip.RUTGERS.EDU>
Organization: Whole Earth Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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Summary: Yes, I've done it (add speech to AmigaTerm).

In article <1837@caip.RUTGERS.EDU>, LMC-TRANS@GUNTER-ADAM.ARPA writes:
> From: LMC-TRANS@GUNTER-ADAM.ARPA
> 
> Has anyone considered putting speech in amigaterm. 
> Vaughn Wasem -- lmc-trans at Gunter-adam

I have been using my version of AmigaTerm (I call it AmyTerm) which
has the following features:
   1) spawns a subtask to translate & narrate incoming text (optionally)
   2) use audible or visible bell
   3) gives 24 lines of 80 chars (yes, 80)
   4) same X-modem as Amigaterm (i.e. checksum only), but slightly better
       aesthetically
   5) many more menus
   6) line settings including parity, echo, CR/LF handling goodies
   7) can send a BREAK!
   8) uses CONSOLE device to emulate ANSI terminal behavior
   9) uses INTUITICKS interrupts and queries serial device to send
      incoming chars to console in batches (much faster than 1 at a time!)

I'll be posting it soon, I expect.  I'd like a few more people to play
with it for a while...
The speech aspect is indeed nice for calling in to BBS's (or even to
work) and do other things while stuff comes in.  There is definite
room for improvement in its throughput for translation, however.  Right
now what I do is double-buffer input, and send X-OFF when the second
buffer is full and the first hasn't been returned yet from the translator/
narrator subtask.  Could be better...

I'm using it now to post this message; "coming soon in a theater near you".
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