On 31 Dec 2008, at 23:12, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
> One other thing that I am curious about is if I could put together
> text to speech utilities on a Mac using free stuff or what's already
> there ?
There is a text to speech api that is part of os x
Fred
> I bought the book 'practical ruby projects' and from some
> stuff in there I did a simple utility that just runs from a dos shell.
> Anytime you highlight text and copy it into the past buffer it reads
> the text using some text to speech .dll .. so I can have it read
> email, stuff on the web, whatever ..
>
> I'd also be curious about free speech to text stuff on a MAC ? I
> never got that far on windows, though I played around with some stuff,
> it was a bit more complicated ...
>
>
>
> On Dec 31, 5:40 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Here's some other thoughts I had on macs after looking at this page
>> and browsing around some sections on the
>> bottom:http://developer.apple.com/macosx/architecture/index.html
>>
>> I think it might be cool sometime to maybe do some programming with
>> ITunes if I could think of some cool projects. I never download all
>> of
>> my podcasts automatically, but sometimes I might be interested in
>> knowing which of my favorite podcasts have updated as I am more
>> interested in some than others and looking at each one individually
>> is
>> time consuming, maybe there's some other things I might think of at
>> some point.
>>
>> I like the idea that MAC OS probably comes with a linux C++ compiler
>> and maybe I could write some ruby gems in C++.
>>
>> If the MAC has some decent free API's for audio, video, or other
>> peripherals, I might want to play around with stuff of that sort.
>>
>> All that kind of stuff could potentially help me build my resume up a
>> bit and be interesting ..
>>
>> I looked at the MAC laptop that has 2 gig of memory for a round $1300
>> that looked interesting ..
>>
>> On Dec 27, 2:54 pm, Conrad Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Dec 27, 2008, at 10:04 AM, "[email protected]"
>>
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>> Hey, that's really interesting. I found dell laptops with ubuntu
>>>> starting at
>>>> $500.http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=us&cs=19&;
>>>> ...
>>
>>>> I assume that they could read from my external drive as well ? Can
>>>> ITunes run on ubuntu ? Is installation of software involve more
>>>> steps
>>>> and complexity on ubuntu ?
>>
>>> You should be able to if it is properly configured. iTunes is only
>>> available for Mac and Windows. Lastly, it really depends on the
>>> package management system you're using. In general, it's fairly
>>> easy
>>> to perform software installs.
>>
>>>> anyway, that's a good price, what advantages do you think a mac
>>>> has ?
>>
>>> Again, this really depends on your personal preference. Also,
>>> please
>>> feel free to visit your local Apple Store and test drive the Mac OS
>>> X. It's like buying a car where you try before you buy.
>>
>>>> I know it was mentioned textmate IDE for rails ...
>>
>>> I wish that you don't purchase a Mac to only use Textmate. You
>>> should
>>> have bigger goals for investing in a Mac or at least using it more
>>> than to run Textmate. In short, you should evaluate your goals as
>>> well as your budget constraints in making your purchasing decision.
>>
>>> Good luck,
>>
>>> -Conrad
>>
>>>> On Dec 27, 12:26 pm, "Hassan Schroeder"
>>>> <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 9:10 AM, [email protected]
>>
>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> At any rate, the unsolved question fro me is if I would want to
>>>>>> go
>>>>>> the route of linux on an IBM PC laptop or consider getting a Mac
>>>>>> laptop. The first option would involve me researching what I
>>>>>> would
>>>>>> need to do or learn in order to install linux myself, which
>>>>>> distro I
>>>>>> should select, which laptop I would need etc,
>>
>>>>> Or just buy one -- I believe both Lenovo and Dell sell systems
>>>>> with
>>>>> Linux installed; if not, you can probably find someone local
>>>>> selling
>>>>> pre-configured systems.
>>
>>>>> But as I said, try the Mac and see what you think. There are
>>>>> things
>>>>> I dislike about mine, but overall I think it's the best solution
>>>>> for a
>>>>> mobile Web developer. YMMV!
>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Hassan Schroeder ------------------------
>>>>> [email protected]
> >
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