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From: macman@ethz.UUCP (Danny Schwendener)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Why won't/doesn't Apple support MacinTalk???
Keywords: macintalk speech war
Message-ID: <684@ethz.UUCP>
Date: 22 Nov 88 19:52:25 GMT
References: <6135@zodiac.UUCP> <19258@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU>
Reply-To: macman@ethz.UUCP (Danny Schwendener)
Organization: ETH Zuerich, Switzerland
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In article <19258@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> mfi@beach.cis.ufl.edu () writes:
>>[...] Yet, Apple doesn't support this code...
>
>I am in favor of supporting this useful tool.  I think it should be a 
>part of the OS. 

MacinTalk is, like many first hour Apple programs, a third pardy
product. Although a source code license and a maintenance contract had
been proposed by the contracting firm, Apple finally decided against
it because the two parties couldn't agree on the price. Apple does
not, as far as I know of, plan to change its mind, nor does the
creator of MacinTalk. I agree this is sad, especially because 
the contract broke up before the other planned language interfaces
(french, spanish, german and italian) were implemented, making that great
tool unuseable in almost all nonamerican countries.

-- Danny

Disclaimer: I have no relations with Apple or the creator of MacinTalk
            besides the E-mail and phone calls we exchange.
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