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In article <1417@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM> ngg@bridge2.ESD.3Com.COM (Norman Goodger) writes:
>
> I've followed this thread about Macintalk for a few days now and think
> that its gotton out of hand.
Why ? Because some people want to discuss product evolution or lack of it ?

>                             My personal opinion is that if Macintalk
> dies under System 7, so much the better. Macintalk was so crude and
> hard to listen to and was of such poor quality, I find it strange that
> everyone is defending with such fervor, a piece of software that is not
> worth it.

Well that's your personal opionon, but that of a good many other people that
Macintalk should have been kept going until such time as a suitable enhancement
was available from Apple.

>            To me the demise of Macintalk is a good thing, it will allow
> either the third party, or Apple to eventually create something better,
> and until that comes along, I can live without it quite nicely...

Well thats very nice. But there are a whole host of Macintosh users out there
that use Macintalk a lot. Macintalk is the one speech driver the Mac has and it
is useful for a whole host of tasks. Not least amongst these is for software
used be PreSchool age children, who usually can't read. They don't seem to
have too much problem following it. The handicapped are another example 
(especiallt with Easy Access available) again where people may have trouble
reading.

Macintalk could not claim to be the world's greatest Speech Synthesiser, but 
lets face it, for 1985 it's a [retty advanced item. Heck most computers about
still can't produce Macintalk quality speech. Yes Apple needs to improve it, 
but that doesn't mean that people can't use the net to try to make sure that
Apple does.

I'm a developer & I'm using Macintalk in the development of PreSchool 
Educational Software and it's a god send. Yes it's not compatible with all
machines and it's not got the worlds nicest accent, but it is useful.

Ross
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