is this Jaguar or Panther? Thursday, November 20, 20031:18 PMJerry Yeagerjerry at browseryshop.com
>Today's issue of MacOSXHints (http://www.macosxhints.com/) has quite a >few interesting tips, but the (at the time of writing this message) top >two tips may be of extra interest. > >The first tip contains several methods of getting the menu bar clock to >display the current date along with the time. The second tip explains >how to use the new 'say' command -- yes this does need to be run from >the terminal, but you can use it to convert a text document into an >aiff file, and then store that puppy on your iPod. (For a quick demo, >open terminal, make sure your speakers are turned on, type the >following at the prompt: > >say "using terminal is not so bad" > >Then press the return key. The default voice will be used to speak the >sentence out loud. If you type > >man say > >then press return, you get all of the details for converting text to >speech that are currently available. > >Hmm, one could set up an hourly cron tab job to remind you to take a >break from staring at the computer screen, or maybe remind the kids not >to stay up so late, or maybe ... > > > > Jerry > > > >| The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >| be November 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >| This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be November 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
