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Article #11040How to access First Byte's software speech?
From: Mark A Fontana
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1991 05:35
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1991 05:35
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I was recently playing around with First Byte's "First Letters and Words," a program for preschoolers that talks using either one of several supported speech accessories or a built-in software speech driver. The software speech driver is contained in a separate 80k file that loads as a TSR. The speech quality isn't great, but it's better than most of the public domain attempts that I've heard. It's actually understandable. I examined the data files with a binary file editor, and the phonetic code was pretty obvious: ex. A BIG DOG = "2AAb5IHgd2AWg." I played around with it and managed to 'customize' what the children's game says. But I'd like to use this TSR speech driver for my own applications. Does anyone know how I can communicate with this program? Mark
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!mips!pacbell.com!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!widener!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!eniac.seas.upenn.edu!mfontana From: mfontana@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Mark A Fontana) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: How to access First Byte's software speech? Message-ID: <44560@netnews.upenn.edu> Date: 13 Jun 91 05:35:45 GMT Article-I.D.: netnews.44560 Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu Reply-To: mfontana@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Mark A Fontana) Distribution: na Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 18 Nntp-Posting-Host: eniac.seas.upenn.edu