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From: lenoil@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU (Robert Scott Lenoil)
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: Computer-written book
Message-ID: <1802@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU>
Date: Wed, 30-Apr-86 02:49:20 EDT
Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.1802
Posted: Wed Apr 30 02:49:20 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 3-May-86 01:33:18 EDT
References: <57@se-sd.UUCP>
Reply-To: lenoil@mit-eddie.UUCP (Robert Lenoil)
Organization: MIT, EE/CS Computer Facilities, Cambridge, MA
Lines: 15
Keywords: Racter
Summary: Byte reviewer disliked Racter

In article <57@se-sd.UUCP> jjh@se-sd.UUCP (Jim Hayes) writes:
>    A program called Racter is available for the IBM PC and the Mac from
>    Mindscape Software. I've played some with the PC version; it seems
>    to be a very limited subset of the book-writing program (more along
>    the lines of ELIZA). I really can't recommend going out of your way
>    to buy it, although I've heard that the voice synthesis the Mac version
>    uses makes it a lot more fun.
>
>                                           Jim Hayes

The May issue of Byte reviews Racter, and their opinion is don't buy it.
The review includes some snips of the session with Racter.  It's perhaps
a little better than Eliza, but that's not saying very much.

-Robert Lenoil