Assuming that TurnSpeechOn has been called, you can now immediately use the command ΓÇÿSayΓÇÖ to pronounce English text. The format is:
Say theEnglishString
where ΓÇÿtheEnglishStringΓÇÖ is any English phrase or sentence. For instance, try clicking on the following box:
and the command shown will
be executed; if you have Macintalk in your System Folder, you will hear this sentence spoken. You can try this command out for yourself by calling up the Message box and typing in your own sentences to be spoken, following the example above.
Sometimes the results are not so great. Try clicking on the following box, and you will find that a couple of the
words are not pronounced
correctly. This is why there is a provision for specifying phonetic strings.