-- card: 12539 from stack: in
-- bmap block id: 0
-- flags: 0000
-- background id: 7110
-- name: 


-- part 1 (button)
-- low flags: 00
-- high flags: 0000
-- rect: left=347 top=102 right=114 bottom=392
-- title width / last selected line: 0
-- icon id / first selected line: 0 / 0
-- text alignment: 1
-- font id: 0
-- text size: 12
-- style flags: 0
-- line height: 16
-- part name: 
----- HyperTalk script -----
on mouseUp
  push this card
  visual effect iris open
  go to card id 10713
end mouseUp




-- part 2 (field)
-- low flags: 01
-- high flags: 0004
-- rect: left=35 top=195 right=216 bottom=465
-- title width / last selected line: 0
-- icon id / first selected line: 0 / 0
-- text alignment: 0
-- font id: 3
-- text size: 12
-- style flags: 0
-- line height: 16
-- part name: 
----- HyperTalk script -----
on mouseUp
  if MacintalkInstalled()
  then do card field 1
end mouseUp



-- part 3 (field)
-- low flags: 01
-- high flags: 0004
-- rect: left=35 top=262 right=283 bottom=465
-- title width / last selected line: 0
-- icon id / first selected line: 0 / 0
-- text alignment: 0
-- font id: 3
-- text size: 12
-- style flags: 0
-- line height: 16
-- part name: 
----- HyperTalk script -----
on mouseUp
  if MacintalkInstalled()
  then do card field 2
end mouseUp



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How Macintalk Works (continued)

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English pronunciation is so complex that is is virtually impossible to contrive a list of rules large enough to cover every eventuality. For this reason, a phonetic alphabet has been provided to specify the exact pronunciation of each syllable of a phrase. This technique is described in detail in the next section†. Phonetic strings are spoken by invoking the command ‘SayPhonetic’:

                          SayPhonetic thePhoneticString

To illustrate the difference phonetic spelling can make, here is the phonetic equivalent of the sentence we saw on the previous page. Please click:


Compare the sound to the previous page; they are identical.  Now, here is the same phrase, with the pronunciation corrected and some accents added to make the rhythym of the sentence seem more natural:

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SayPhonetic "/HAEV YUW /HIY5RD AXBAW1T /HIHPERKAA1RD."

-- part contents for card part 3
----- text -----
SayPhonetic "/HAE3V YUW4 /HER4RD AXBAW1T /HAY3PERKAA1RD?"