-- card: 12798 from stack: in
-- bmap block id: 0
-- flags: 0000
-- background id: 7110
-- name: 


-- part 1 (field)
-- low flags: 01
-- high flags: 0004
-- rect: left=32 top=117 right=138 bottom=462
-- 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 2 (button)
-- low flags: 00
-- high flags: 0000
-- rect: left=142 top=76 right=88 bottom=205
-- 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 5374
end mouseUp




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How Macintalk Works (continued)

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It is possible to get Macintalk to produce a phonetic string for you. The HyperTalk function Phonemes† takes as an argument an English string and returns the phonetic equivalent (according to Macintalk). The following box contains an example. Please click on:


The phonetic equivalent of “Howdy, pardner!” appears in the Message box. The first phonetic string on the previous card was produced with this function, and the Speech Lab uses it to produce phonetic strings when you press the ‘Translate’ button. You can use this function to get phonetic equivalents of English sentences which you can then correct for more accurate pronunciation, as in the Speech Lab. 

Another use is in a case where the majority of the speech you are producing is written phonetically (recommended), but some portions cannot be known in advance (a user’s name, for instance). You can use ‘Phonemes’ to get the phonemes of that portion and concatenate it with your pre-written phonemes.


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put Phonemes("Howdy, pardner!") into the Message box