I need narrator.device - I understand that came with Workbench 2.0 - where do I frind it from these days?
There are two versions that I know of.
The earlier one was included on Workbench 1.0 - 1.3.
A revised and updated version was included on Workbench 2.04.
Support for it was then dropped. (ie, you won't find it on any workbench newer than 2.04)
Can somebody please explain to me why it is a .device file as well ?
It was a virtual device. You could add it to a mountlist and then pipe files to it. The whole purpose was that it would "narrate" or read a text file in a synthesized voice. I have no idea why support for this was dropped, as it was a novel toy, and worked fairly well, for the time.
If you can find a Workbench 2.04 disk, you can copy the files "narrator.device" to DEVS:, "speak-handler" to L: and "translator.library" to LIBS: and you should have all files needed to add speech to your newer AmigaOS install.
Also, it appears that there is an updated "speak-handler" and "translator.library" available on Aminet. I don't see a "narrator.device", though. DEVS:narrator.device on a Workbench 2.04 disk may be it.
