Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!wayback!atux01!jlc From: jlc@atux01.UUCP (J. Collymore) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: MacinTalk, speech generation, & Apple R&D system software Summary: Macintalk has potential could be useful Message-ID: <810@atux01.UUCP> Date: 30 Nov 88 14:04:17 GMT References: <6169@zodiac.UUCP> Organization: AT&T CSEd/CET, Piscataway, N.J. Lines: 22 This is just an aside, but I wish Macintalk were more available for general use, and that it was improved. For one thing, it sure would be a lot more flexible, and take up less memory than using digitized sounds in HyperCard stacks! (and having talking stacks has a lot of potential, particularly for the educational market; from pre-school through grad school). Come on, Apple! Don't you realize there's a gold mine here waiting to be taken by you (or someone else if you dally to long)! As an aside, over Thanksgiving I took my Mac SE to a friend's home to demo it for them (I should get commissions from Apple for this). I showed them a package called "MacTalker 2.0" They have a 9-month old son, and we wanted to see if he would respond to the question "Andrew, how big are you?" by stretching his arms (his one neat trick right now) when the Mac asked him. Sure enough, he responded to the MacnTalk voice just as a Human voice. Can you imagine the potential a GOOD MACINTALK would offer to college students in psychology courses if it were bundled with the Mac's software , and could be used in a like manner? Think about it. Jim Collymore