Subject: XTension Discussion Digest - 05/11/00 Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 23:00:01 -0700 From: "XTension Discussion List" To: "XTension Discussion List" XTension Discussion Digest - Thursday, May 11, 2000 Re: SE/30 speaking by "Peter Leonard" Weather Info / Clarisworks by "Y2G" RE: Weather Info / Clarisworks by "Davis, Dean" Re: Weather Info / Clarisworks by "Petitgrand" Re: SE/30 speaking by "Dick Grable" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: SE/30 speaking From: "Peter Leonard" Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 05:25:30 -0400 I would strongly recommend that you download the latest version of Apple's Text-To-Speech Software (version 1.5 - links to follow ...). There are 4 versions of MacinTalk (MacinTalk, Macintalk 2, MacinTalk 3 and MacinTalk Pro) and the installer will choose the correct version for your configuration. The version that works on your Quadra will probably not work on your SE/30. I'm using MacinTalk on my Classic but a combination of Macintalk 3 and Macintalk Pro on my iMac. Using the installer will also ensure that you have the CP's and Extensions installed correctly. ftp://ftp.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_ American/Macintosh/System/Speech/PlainTalk_1.5/English_TTS_1.5_1of5.smi.bin ftp://ftp.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_ American/Macintosh/System/Speech/PlainTalk_1.5/English_TTS_1.5_2of5.smi.bin ftp://ftp.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_ American/Macintosh/System/Speech/PlainTalk_1.5/English_TTS_1.5_3of5.smi.bin ftp://ftp.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_ American/Macintosh/System/Speech/PlainTalk_1.5/English_TTS_1.5_4of5.smi.bin ftp://ftp.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_ American/Macintosh/System/Speech/PlainTalk_1.5/English_TTS_1.5_5of5.smi.bin Peter On 5/10/00 6:38 PM, Dick Grable at richieg1@freewwweb.com wrote: > Last week I asked about whether an SE/30 would work very well at speaking. > Well, today I tried it and the speech is broken (with VM on or off). I'm > surprised that the install of 7.5.5 did not install any speech extensions or > control panels. Had to copy from an install on a 630 with OS 8.1. Am > wondering if the speech CP from the Quadra is to much for the SE. Can anyone > point me in the correct direction for the extensions and control panel > needed? > Thanks > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Weather Info / Clarisworks From: "Y2G" Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 08:45:14 -0400 There is a new sharware weather program on ZD net called "Weather Groc" that displays the current weather for your city and updates it as often as you want. I am trying to extract the temperature from a string that is stored in a text file associated with this app to integrate into my xtension scripts. Since the file is a simpletext file (and not scriptable) I have copied and pasted the info string over to clarisworks. I want to do something like . . . set curTemp to word 35 of document 1 say " The current temperature is " & curTemp I cant seem to get the syntax right to get "word 35" HELP! Thanks Gary Matheis garyisnever@home.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: RE: Weather Info / Clarisworks From: "Davis, Dean" Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 09:16:48 -0400 I know "Weather Groc" is free but I just ponied up the $35 for Weather Tracker and did the same thing in five minutes. :) Dean Davis -----Original Message----- From: Y2G [mailto:garyisnever@home.com] Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 8:45 AM To: XTension Discussion Subject: Weather Info / Clarisworks There is a new sharware weather program on ZD net called "Weather Groc" that displays the current weather for your city and updates it as often as you want. I am trying to extract the temperature from a string that is stored in a text file associated with this app to integrate into my xtension scripts. Since the file is a simpletext file (and not scriptable) I have copied and pasted the info string over to clarisworks. I want to do something like . . . set curTemp to word 35 of document 1 say " The current temperature is " & curTemp I cant seem to get the syntax right to get "word 35" HELP! Thanks Gary Matheis garyisnever@home.com _____________________________________________________________________ This message brought to you with the BeeHive List Server Subscription changes: < http://www.bzzzzzz.com/lists/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Weather Info / Clarisworks From: "Petitgrand" Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 19:49:29 +0200 (MET DST) Gary Matheis wrote on Thu, 11 May 2000 08:45:14 -0400 >Since the file is a simpletext file (and not >scriptable) I have copied and pasted the info string over to >clarisworks. I want to do something like . . . > >set curTemp to word 35 of document 1 > >say " The current temperature is " & curTemp >I cant seem to get the syntax right to get "word 35" Hello Gary, If it's really a text file you can read it directly with AppleScript without using another App. Here is a typical script which should work : ------------------------------------------- set myFileRef to alias "myDisk:myFolder.....:myFile" open for access myFileRef try read myFileRef set CurTemp to word 35 of the result close access myFileRef on error beep 2 close access myFileRef end try say " The current temperature is " & curTemp ------------------------------------------- Daniel Petitgrand ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: SE/30 speaking From: "Dick Grable" Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 19:03:00 -0700 Thanks for the info. However, after d/l the 5 files it refuses to install. I even installed the proper tome files to the proper floppies (English TTS 1, etc). Now it tells me the disk name is correct but the file is not. The only thing I can figure is it wants an 800k disk. Will have to use tomevewer to extract. Thanks again. > I would strongly recommend that you download the latest version of Apple's > Text-To-Speech Software (version 1.5 - links to follow ...). There are 4 > versions of MacinTalk (MacinTalk, Macintalk 2, MacinTalk 3 and MacinTalk > > > > > On 5/10/00 6:38 PM, Dick Grable at richieg1@freewwweb.com wrote: > >> Last week I asked about whether an SE/30 would work very well at speaking. >> Well, today I tried it and the speech is broken (with VM on or off). I'm >> surprised that the install of 7.5.5 did not install any speech extensions or ---------------------------------------------------------------------- End of XTension Discussion Digest _____________________________________________________________________ This message brought to you with the BeeHive List Server Subscription changes: < http://www.bzzzzzz.com/lists/ >