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- This is a help file designed to get you up and going with Steve Hall's
- fabulous desk accessory, Talking Moose. Five files are included in this
- Stuffit archive:
-
- MacinTalk: a system file copyright Apple Computer, that allows the
- Macintosh to talk. This is the latest version, as of 26 December 1987. Works
- on all existing Macs. You need to place MacinTalk in your system folder for
- it to be used.
-
- Moose 1.21: the fabulous desk accessory itself. It should be installed into
- your system using file using Apple's Font/DA Mover (version 3.6 or later),
- or else made available to your system by means of Suitcase or other similar
- utilities.
-
- Moose Phrases: the file of phrases used by the Talking Moose. This file
- needs to reside in your system folder.
-
- Moose Frazer: a nifty utility by noted Mac author Jan Eugenides which lets
- you add phrases for the moose to speak.
-
- About The Moose: this file!
-
-
- Below are some words from the author, culled from a larger document. I've
- deleted some of the technical information to make this file more concise,
- but in the full documentation that is available, the author addresses such
- issues as editing Moose Phrases, use of the SpeechTester DA, configuring the
- Moose to speak different phrases in different programs, etc. This technical
- information is available as noted below. And now, the voice behind the
- moose, Mr. Steve Hall:
-
-
- About the Talking Moose (version 1.21):
-
- The Moose is my attempt to give the Macintosh a talking personality. The
- first Moose would speak (sometimes) humorous comments when the user was not
- doing anything. This new version also allows applications to say specific
- phrases. (Other improvements too.)
-
- When the Talking Moose D.A. is first opened, the code for the Moose is
- installed into the System Heap. This is a special area of shared memory that
- allows the Moose to stay installed, even if you change applications. The
- Moose requires 2 files to be present in order to work: "MacinTalk", and
- "Moose Phrases". These 2 files should be kept in the System Folder. (Please
- remember this when giving the Moose D.A. to someone else.)
-
- About the Author and Public Domain:
-
- For info, copies of the Moose or source code, or if you want to report
- problems or suggestions, contact: Steve Halls, 11135-50 ave, Edmonton,
- Alberta, CANADA, T6H 0J1. For $15, I'll mail you the latest Moose and
- utilities, and the source code if you want. (Can you download 2 full disks
- for $15? I can't.) The Moose D.A's, utilities, and source code are all still
- public domain, so spread it around.
-
- If you place the Moose on a BBS, please try to keep the files together, and
- inform the on-line users which (if any) files are missing. Please remove
- older versions of the files. I would also appreciate hearing about
- download-counts, and interesting uses of the Moose.