A simple program to remember important dates using the speech manager.
• Simple Instructions:
1. Install Speech Manager & Voices into System Folder & restart.
2. Run "Speak-to-me" (with the "Reminder.info" file in the same directory)
3. Listen
After forgetting my entire family's important dates for years, I wrote this little program to help me remember things. I run it each time I boot up by putting both files in the Startup Items folder. Another way would be to have an alias in a convenient location. You may do what you wish.
• The Data File
The data file must be named "Reminder.info" and reside in the same directory as the application "Speak-to-me".
The file "Reminder.info" is formatted and must be in this format:
Pat ---> a word or sentence
5 ---> voice #NUMBER (usually between 0-15)
0 7 ---> range is days to be covered 0-365
1 23 Moms birthday is ---> #MONTH #DAY a word or sentence
Put a '-' in from of any line that you do not want reapeated:
-Pat ---> a word or sentence [will not be said]
-1 23 Moms birthday is ---> #MONTH #DAY a word or sentence [will not be said]
The sentences should not contain single ['] or double ["] quotes. They should also be contained on a single line.
• Special for "Speak-to-me" placed in the Startup Items Folder
Edit the "Reminder.info" file using any editor that doesn't impose a format on the file being edited (BBEDIT, TeachText, etc...). If you accidently change the file type, use a program like ResEdit and make sure Type = "TEXT" and Creator = "JPC.". Otherwise, if you are using "Speak-to-me" at startup the OS will try to open the program used to edit the data file.
• Known Bugs
- does little error-checking. This includes failure to check for the existence of the Speech Manager. It may crash Macs without the software installed.
• Warranty and Distribution
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. BY USING THE SOFTWARE THE USER ASSUMES ALL RISK. This software has not been extensively tested and may include “bugs.” This software is not supported and probably will not be upgraded.
Released into the Public Domain. I ask that the package (these docs, the program) please be kept together for everyone’s sake. If any updates are released I will try to keep the latest versions available for anonymous ftp from sumex-aim.stanford.edu.
• Author
Pat Copeland
415 Herondo Dr #134, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254, USA
jcopelan@usc.edu
• Credits
I used freeware code "Speech Demo" provided by Alan Coopersmith.