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brothercake

08-10-2002, 02:54 AM

I saw a script once that read out the text of a link onmouseover, in a stephen hawking style voice.

anyone know?

Mhtml

08-10-2002, 03:19 AM

lol, I'm guessing it had to be some type of server based screen reader unless you are using a mac, I think they have a screen reader proggy built in.

I remeber that there is a CSS attrib that activates screen reading or something but the browser has to be text to speech compatible ; speak:normal

justame

08-10-2002, 03:55 AM

bro...
orrr mayyybe did they use just a onmouseover® play this 'wav'???

Mhtml

08-10-2002, 04:09 AM

I thought about that to but I thought it to be to unpractical but then again there are a lot of unpractical scripts out there;)

oracleguy

08-10-2002, 05:49 AM

They could be using the Microsoft Agent technology.

http://www.microsoft.com/msagent/

Mhtml

08-10-2002, 08:21 AM

haha....I got the birdy...It's so much fun to play with.

...I have no life.;)

brothercake

08-10-2002, 03:31 PM

That MS Agent looks interesting, but I was hoping it would something more cross-browser than that. I guess it must have been wav sounds in the thing I saw.

Allright. thanks for the tips :)

MCookie

08-12-2002, 12:34 AM

It's also possible with Flash.
After entering, try the navigation on the left (onClick): http://www.tree-top.com