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This file contains release notes for the version of Speech Synthesis and Speech Recognition included with DP4.
Speech Synthesis in Mac OS X currently implements the same API as Speech Synthesis 2.0.X on Mac OS 9. The framework supports basic speech synthesis using MacinTalk 3 voices. Please note the following unimplemented features and known bugs.
Speech Synthesis Gestalt selectors are not yet implemented. Comment out these calls in your Carbon application and assume Speech Synthesis is installed.
Carbon and Cocoa applications must link with SpeechSynthesis.framework directly, since it is not yet included in the Carbon umbrella framework.
SpeechBusySystemWide returns the same result as SpeechBusy.
UseDictionary is not yet implemented.
Some stuttering may occur and certain words may be skipped or pronounced incorrectly.
Speech Recognition in Mac OS X currently implements the same API as PlainTalk 2.0.X on Mac OS 9. The framework supports recognition by a single client on most Mac OS X-capable machines. Please note the following unimplemented features.
Speech Recognition Gestalt selectors are not yet implemented.
Carbon and Cocoa applications must link with SpeechRecognition.framework directly, since it is not yet included in the Carbon umbrella framework.
Only words in the built-in dictionary will be recognized. Although the dictionary is large, names and less common words may not be recognized.
Feedback window is not shown and listen key modes are ignored.
Sound input is not supported on all machines. Known supported using an external PlainTalk microphone: G4, B&W G3, iMac DV, and PowerBook G3 (bronze keyboard). Known unsupported: original iMac.