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From: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr)
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Subject: Re: MacinTalk (text driver)
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Date: 11 May 89 14:31:05 GMT
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In article <24215@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield) writes:
<#>
<#>On a similar topic, is there a program that will take a text file and speak it
<#>using the Macintalk driver,  any pointers, ideas, or FTP addresses would be 
<#>great.
<
<There is a desk accessory called MacTalker (I got it somewhere
<for free) which takes typed in text and turns it into speak
<with Macintalk. I think it came from BMUG, perhaps with one of
<their newsletters.
 
From the MacWarehouse catalog:

"SmoothTalker converts Mac text and numbers into spoken language, using the
Mac's sound generator and speaker."

Price is $33. 

Both MacWarehouse and MacConnection advertise it as not copy protected.
I'm still not sure I believe that. It is not one of the products that
offers a money back guarantee through MacConnection. The publisher differs
depending upon which ad you read (Electronic Arts or First Byte).

Shirley Kehr