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- From: mspace@netcom.com (Brian Hall)
- Subject: Re: Truth in Advertising (can the PowerBook talk?)
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- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 92 17:32:09 GMT
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- References: <1992Aug19.163529.7193@SSD.intel.com>
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- davidl@ssd.intel.com (David Levine) writes:
- >The other day I saw one of those PowerBook ads that said (paraphrase):
-
- > It lets you run Macintosh software.
- > It lets you run PC software.
- > It lets you run away.
-
- > It can talk to networks.
- > It can talk to mainframes.
- > It can talk.
-
- >I've seen this ad dozens of times before, but this time I suddenly
- >wondered about that last line. I've heard that Macintalk doesn't work
- >under System 7, and the PowerBooks only run System 7 (officially).
- >Therefore Macintalk doesn't work on the PowerBook, and I'm not aware of
- >any commercially-available (actually released, not just vaporware)
- >speech software other than Macintalk.
-
- >Can the PowerBook really talk, or is Apple talking through its hat?
-
- I think it is a bit deceptive myself. I would expect there to be a
- "speech manager" available for "It can talk" to be true. On the other
- hand, you canplay back (and record with a 140/145/170) digital samples
- which contain speech. I think there is also a version of Macintalk
- that was hacked for System 7 (and comes with Talking Moose?).
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