ADDING SOUND
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Talking Alarms 1.0b3 Last Update: 02/12/98

Talking Alarms uses Apple's Macintalk for Newton to speak the text of alarms on your Newton MessagePad with 2.X OS. It allows you to get a spoken reminder in addition to the chime which normally plays. For more information please see the readme.  Talking Alarms requires Macintalk.  Please do not ask the developer if you don't have a copy.  The Planeteers might be able to point you in the right direction.  Macintalk is pre-release software from Apple that found it's way out on to the net and into many hands. Apple never officially released it. A number of readers have reported that TalkingAlarms is apparently incompatible with SilverWare's MoreInfo. This is a known bug with the way MoreInfo handles alarms differently than the system applications. I don't own MoreInfo so it may be quite a while before this is fixed. If anyone has technical insight into why these two programs are incompatible, please let me know.  Credit: Chris Mason.

TimePak 1.1 Last Update: 09/07/98

TimePak is a large digital clock which utilized voices via SayTime. The clock voices available include include languages ranging from English and French to Polish and Vietnamese.  The latest voice files added to TimePak were recorded by French actor Alexandra Baillet in both English and French. Each available voice archive contains a high-quality version and one that is smaller in size, for older machines or a Newton lacking in memory. The Wei Xu (English) voice is included with the basic TimePak download.  Credit: Saint John Morrison. 

timepak.zip   291k	timepak_sit.hqx   396k
Voice Add Ons
Peng Lu (English).zip  259k	Peng Lu (English)_sit.hqx  344k
Saint John (English).zip  270k	Saint John (English)_sit.hqx  353k
Cecelia Lawrence (Polish).zip   375k	Cecelia Lawrence (Polish)_sit.hqx   497k
Le Tran (Vietnamese).zip   194k	Le Tran (Vietnamese)_sit.hqx   258k
Alexandra Baillet (English).zip   296k	Alexandra Baillet (English)_sit.hqx   390k
Alexandra Baillet (French).zip   310k	Alexandra Baillet (French)_sit.hqx   404k

Tone Pad 1.1 Last Update: 08/21/98

Tone Pad 1.1 is a simple tone generator, reminiscent of old Radio Shack 1 octave electronic keyboards. If you're a musician, you may find Tone Pad  a great way to work out that melody while commuting on a train. There are many uses for tone generators, and we suspect this small app will have a wider audience than just music lovers. The Tone Pad 1.0 display is a floating window, featuring a Frequency Display Box which   displays the current frequency that is to be generated by clicking on the right 'Play Tone' button. Manual selection of a frequency is accomplished by simply writing the desired frequency in the display box. Currently, the tone generator will drop the decimal portion of the frequency entered, but the author may include decimal support in future versions.  TonePad v1.1 now supports duration selection, and a 3 octave range for the piano keys!  If you're downloading the .pkg (MAC), we recommend also getting the readme file. Freeware. Credit: Len Kawamoto. 

Voice Alarm 1.0 Registered Version (Freeware Re-Release) Last Update: 03/12/98

VoiceAlarm 1.0 is a utility for creating your own alert sounds for the Newton. VoiceAlarm 1.0 is tightly integrated into the MessagePad and allows you to record (using the built-in microphone) and use sounds as system alerts. Recorded sounds can be stored and optionally enabled for use by the Newton alert system. This registered version was re-released as freeware as Visual Newt's way of thanking the Newton community for their support.  Both downloads below are password protected.   The password is: Edition.  (Case sensitive)  Credit: Serg Koren, VisualNewt.