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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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