The Unit (was: One-upsmanship (was: Secret Mac))

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Thu Apr 18 06:18:42 2002

On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Ethan Dicks wrote:

> How about a button on "The Unit" calculator that speaks the value,
> including the unit name on the end. SAM on the C-64 or the Amiga's
> narrator.device could provide the audio - all that is required is a way
> to digitize it on request and pipe it out.

I could get S.A.M. to speak it, but it would only serve to make matters
worse since it doesn't do the best job at synthesizing.

How about we get Hans to speak it so we can also capture the essence of
spoken perfection with Hans' Bavarian dialect? :)

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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