So I finally figured out how to extract mac resource fork files onto Windows.

[rommix0@mindly.social]

So I finally figured out how to extract mac resource fork files onto Windows. Apparently MacinTalk 2 also had Mark Cecys on it as developer. It's not the WinTalker stuff, but it's the earlier LPC speech synthesizer that Mac used for a while.

How do I know it's Mark Cecys. Take a look at the resource name for one of the files that was extracted:

._MacinTalk 2_Cecy_1_BACKEND.bin
._MacinTalk 2_Cecy_3_FRONTEND.bin

[datajake1999@dragonscave.space]

@rommix0 Would you be able to extract the MacinTalk 3 dictionary file from MacOS 8 or 9? Curious if that data is compatible with the WinTalker code.

[rommix0@mindly.social]

@datajake1999 Let me see what I can do. I'll post a link here in a bit.

[borrisinabox@fwoof.space]

@rommix0 @datajake1999 Is this the version that had Boris in it? Sort of reminds me a little bit of eSpeak.

[rommix0@mindly.social]

@BorrisInABox @datajake1999 Indeed it is.

[datajake1999@dragonscave.space]

@rommix0 @BorrisInABox How did you figure out how to extract Mac resource forks on Windows?

[rommix0@mindly.social]

@datajake1999 Here it is. Just rename it to English.lex.
https://mega.nz/file/pvtWmAKA#hJokMOsSrsbU4ixrZ7A8UcatCPG41a_j6xXPkleL5uY

[mckensie@tweesecake.social]

@rommix0 @datajake1999 Does this possibly mean we're gonna get an update to the NVDA addon?

[datajake1999@dragonscave.space]

@mckensie @rommix0 The file that was extracted actually results in worse pronunciations. The smaller file size made me think that was going to be the case, and indeed it was.

[mckensie@tweesecake.social]

@datajake1999 @rommix0 Too bad you can't extract from OS 10

[rommix0@mindly.social]

@datajake1999 @BorrisInABox two programs. HFSExplorer to extract the data and resource forks in AppleDouble format, then fire up WSL2 (linux running under windows) to run resource_dasm. It extracts the resources as individual files.