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Catching Up with the Voice of Macintosh

Posted by timothy on from the just-some-dude dept.

klktrk writes "In an article from TidBITS, Jeff Carlson interviews the man who inspired the 'Fred' voice known to early Macintosh uses, and fans of Radiohead."

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  1. Sorta Ironic by soapvox · · Score: 2, Funny

    As apple fools jokes I CLI'd into my co workers OS X box and played fittier happier through the osascript command! Apple and Radiohead, does it get any better?!

  2. Re:More productive. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Is it more creative when you connect all the words together?

  3. So he perfers Victoria's voice? So do I! by Alex+Thorpe · · Score: 2, Funny

    So let's hear about her!

    It is interesting that Stephen Hawking's voice is based on his as well. That voice is also featured on Pink Floyd's song, "Keep Talking", from The Division Bell.

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  4. Victoria by mrpuffypants · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't know about everybody else, but all I need to get up in the morning is the sweet, caressing sound of Victoria (High Quality) in my ear.

  5. Re:It was all about MacTalk... by cei · · Score: 2, Funny

    Talking Moose. That's what it's all about.

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  6. Any good site to get Macintalk voices? by Arcturax · · Score: 2, Funny

    Apple's had this speech technology for years and years now, but I've always wondered if anyone has made any new voices? Is there a tutorial out there on how to make your own voices for it?

    I've always thought it would be cool to have the Star Trek computer voice for my Mac ;)

    So, are there any sites out there for this? I've had no luck finding them via google...

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