The Speech Manager, in the

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, is a part of the

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used to convert text into sound data to play through a sound

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such as a

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. The Speech Manager's interaction with the

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is transparent to a

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External links

Apple Developer Connection: About the Speech Manager
Classic Mac OS Macintosh operating systems APIs {{mac-stub

See also

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