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In article <dillon.0kel@overload.Berkeley.CA.US> dillon@overload.Berkeley.CA.US  
(Matthew Dillon) writes:
> 
>     We've been searching around for something roughly equivalent to the
>     Amiga's narrator device for the NeXT.  Essentially, something into
>     which we can stuff plaintext (or phonemes) and which outputs a
>     synthesized voice.
> 

This announcement is quite old, but to the best of my knowledge is still  
accurate.  Hope this helps.

Brent



There's a new Object (and suite of applications) on the near horizon.  Trillium  
Sound Research, Inc is releasing the Text to Speech Object in early June.  In  
addition to the underlying Object, they will ship a few sample applications  
that demonstrate the use of the object.  One of the applications will be a  
simple Services based app - select some text from within any application and  
the Text to Speech app will play it.

The details:
Company:	Trillium Sound Research, Inc
Contact:		David Hill - Chairman of the board, VP Research
Phone:		403 284-9278
FAX:		403 282-6778
email:		hill@cpsc.ucalgary.ca (NeXTmail okay)
Product:		Text to Speech Object
Status:		Beta Testing, FCS 1-June
Price:		$300

They are also working on some applications for the vision impaired.  (Question:  
who at NeXT works with the disabled conferences?  Please forward this along to  
them!)

All of the above information is public and may be distributed widely.