This command initializes the Macintalk driver. It must be called before any Macintalk operations are performed. It takes one argument: the name of an exceptions file. This can be the empty string if you want to use the default exception rules (omitting this argument has the same effect), or "noReader" if you donΓÇÖt want english to phonetic translation at all (that is, if you never intend to call the command SayΓÇá or the function PhonemesΓÇá).
IMPORTANT: A global variable called ‘theSpeech’ MUST be declared before TurnSpeechOn is called. More…