[[cmnt You don't need all of the embedded commands in the following text, but it makes it sound a bit better. These embedded commands are documented in Inside Macintosh "Sound" volume, chapter 4 -- the Speech Manager chapter.]]
[[cmnt Except, the talkervoice=... and talkerblock and talkergo commands are specific to version 2.0 and later of the Talker plug-in.]]
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[[cmnt talkervoice=Kathy]]
[[pmod +1;pbas +1]]Hello! [[pmod -1;pbas -1]]
This World Wide Web page [[emph -;emph -]] can [[emph +;emph +]] talk and [[emph +;emph +]]sing. You can make it [[emph +]] stop talking by holding down [[emph -]] thee [[emph +;emph +]] escape key.
[[cmnt talkervoice=Fred]]
This Web page uses a Netscape plug-in [[emph -;emph -]]named [[slnc 100]][[emph +;emph +]]Talker, and Apple Computer's [[emph +]]PlainTalk Speech Synthesis technology, to speak.
[[cmnt talkervoice=Ralph]]
The new release of the Talker plug-in, version two point oh, lets web pages talk in many voices. [[cmnt talkervoice=Trinoids]]Some voices sound like robots. [[cmnt talkervoice=Whisper]]One can whisper. [[cmnt talkervoice=Good News]] Some voices can sing songs. [[cmnt talkervoice=Fred]] And there is even one voice that can laugh hysterically. [[cmnt talkervoice=Hysterical]]You must be joking!
[[cmnt talkervoice=Fred]]
In addition to being [[emph +]]fun, and useful to web surfers with visual impairments, speech generated using [[emph +]]speech-[[emph +]]synthesis technology requires [[emph +]]much less network [[emph +]]bandwidth than [[emph +]]recorded audio.
[[cmnt talkervoice=Fred]]
Look [[emph +]]below to find [[emph +]]links to a [[emph +]]growing list of other [[emph +]]talking and [[emph +;emph +]]singing [[emph +]]web sites.
