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1.1     ! root        1: .pa 1
        !             2: .he 'SPEAK (I)'2/1/73'SPEAK (I)'
        !             3: .ti 0
        !             4: NAME           speak -- word to voice translator
        !             5: .sp
        !             6: .ti 0
        !             7: SYNOPSIS       speak_____ [ -_ ] [ vocabulary ]
        !             8: .sp
        !             9: .ti 0
        !            10: DESCRIPTION    speak_____
        !            11: turns a stream of ascii words
        !            12: into utterances and outputs them to a voice synthesizer.
        !            13: It has facilities for maintaining a vocabulary.
        !            14: It receives, from the standard input 
        !            15: 
        !            16: .in +2
        !            17: .ti -2
        !            18: - working lines - text of words separated by blanks
        !            19: .ti -2
        !            20: - phonetic lines - strings of phonemes for one word preceded
        !            21: and separated by commas.
        !            22: The phonetic code is given in vsp___(VII).
        !            23: .ti -2
        !            24: - empty lines
        !            25: .ti -2
        !            26: - command lines - beginning with !_.  The following forms
        !            27: are recognized:
        !            28: .in+1
        !            29: .in+8
        !            30: 
        !            31: .ti-8
        !            32: !_r_ file    replace coded vocabulary from file
        !            33: .ti-8
        !            34: !_w_ file    write coded vocabulary on file
        !            35: .ti-8
        !            36: !_p_ print phonetics for working word
        !            37: .ti-8
        !            38: !_l_ list vocabulary on standard output with phonetics
        !            39: .ti-8
        !            40: !c__ word    copy phonetics from working word to
        !            41: specified word
        !            42: .ti-8
        !            43: !s__ file    (save) append working word and phonetics to file
        !            44: in style of !l__
        !            45: .in-8
        !            46: 
        !            47: .in-3
        !            48: Each working line replaces its predecessor.
        !            49: Its first word is the "working word".
        !            50: Each phonetic line replaces the phonetics stored for the
        !            51: working word.
        !            52: Each working line, phonetic line or empty line
        !            53: causes the working line to be uttered.
        !            54: The process terminates at the end of input.
        !            55: 
        !            56: Unknown words are spelled
        !            57: as strings of one-letter words.
        !            58: Unknown one-letter words burp.
        !            59: 
        !            60: A phonetic line of comma only will delete the
        !            61: entry for the working word.
        !            62: 
        !            63: speak_____ is initialized with a coded vocabulary stored in file
        !            64: .ul
        !            65: /etc/speak.m.
        !            66: The vocabulary option substitutes a different file for speak.m_______.
        !            67: .sp
        !            68: The -_ option suppresses all utterances.
        !            69: .sp
        !            70: .ti 0
        !            71: FILES          /etc/speak.m
        !            72: .sp
        !            73: .ti 0
        !            74: SEE ALSO       vsp(VII), speakm(V), vt(IV)
        !            75: .sp
        !            76: .ti 0
        !            77: BUGS           Vocabulary overflow is unchecked.
        !            78: Excessively long words cause dumps.
        !            79: Space is not reclaimed from deleted entries.

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