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List:       viavoice
Subject:    RE: ViaVoice-DL: Sound Blaster PCI 128 -- And Robitics
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Date:       1999-07-14 22:54:04
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On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Ziolko Ryan-crz074 wrote:

> Hello all-
> 
> Thanks for the info... but I still want to know how easy it would be to have
> a C prog accept a command like, "What time is it?"... then go get the time
> and read it out to the speaker.  Easy?

   I found it to be very easy.  That first program I wrote after
discovering the VVSDK was one that did exactly that (which I find
to be a little eerie, but hey...)  It took me a small amount of time 
to figure out everything I needed to know, but I got everything working
while goofing around in less than a single weekend.  I had a little hack
program that responded to about 5 or 6 questions/instructions, actually,
my favorite of which was reading the headlines on /. to me. :)  A lot of
the things I had to figure out are now FAQs in this list, so if you do
decide to try anything read the archive of the list first. :)
   Just as a side note, I used rsynth to do the voice output. The latest
version of Festival has come out since, however, and I'd recommend using
that, as it sounds about 1000% better.

   -Tom

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