Sounds Like is a reading, vocabulary and phonics program for children learning to read. Children will learn to recognize the pronunciation and meanings of words with the help of synthesized speech. Parents and teacher’s will be easily able to install new words into the program,
as their children’s vocabulary increases. This technology is made possible because of Apple’s New Speech Manager, which is now available through Quality Computers TM Call 1-800-777-3642.
Quality Computers TM will be offering a Speech Manager and utilities package for the Macintosh. Included below are some reviews about it.
Give Your Mac A Voice with Apple's new Speech Manager!
With Apple’s new PlainTalk™ technology, your Macintosh can speak! Not merely sampled sound recordings, this is true high-quality synthesized speech. Your Mac can pronounce any English word or sentence with the most realistic inflection and tone available on any microcomputer today. Remember the robotic-sounding voice of MacinTalk™? Well, it’s gone forever—the Speech Manager is light-years beyond. This is the same text-to-speech software included with the Quadra AV models, but it works on any Macintosh.*
SmartVoice integrates speech capability with your existing Macintosh software. Select text in any program, then hear your Mac read it aloud with a simple keyboard or menu command! It's great for proofreading. Experiment with speech synthesis parameters and phonemes—even create System 7 sound resources for use by others without SmartVoice. Entertain yourself with a talking computer psychiatrist, an electronic "fortune cookie," and a customizable system startup message. SmartVoice comes complete with a suite of talking accessory programs—including a text editor, calculator, clock, and appointment calendar—to make your life easier.
Best of all, Apple's PlainTalk system extensions (MacinTalk 2, MacinTalkPro 2, the Speech Manager, and fourteen voices) are included—SmartVoice is all you need to put words in your Mac's mouth right now!
Sounds Like v1.0 as well as many other Educational Computer Resource programs incorporate this exciting new technology!
These programs can be ordered directly from Educational Computer Resources (516) 471-2767 or in upcoming months, packaged in bundles from Quality Computers TM 1-800-777-3642.
This America Online Demo version of Sounds Like v1.0 is fully functioning except that it is time limited. After a certain time the program will quit. If you want to continue playing, just restart the program. All the extra included features work. You will be able to print records, add words and save reports. The Teacher's Pass code for this program is the word "life"
If you would like to order the unlocking code to disable this time limitation, please send your $15.00 Shareware Fee with Email and street address To: David Bagno P.O Box 312 Lake Grove N. 11755
Educational Computer Resources will now issue and standard policy to America Online users. By one program for $15.00 get the second program of your choice for free. This offer is only good if you have downloaded a copy of the program from AOL. This $15.00 2 for 1 Shareware Special is for the unlocking codes only! If you need a disk copy of the programs, please include an extra 5 dollars for shipping and handling.
For your convenience, this program has been designed to work with Macintalk 1.5 which can be downloaded on AOL KEYWORDS BASE LINE under file name MacinTalk 1.5 sea
