Subj : Creative Labs
To   : Nightfox
From : no_ack
Date : Thu Sep 11 2025 06:37:42

  Re: Creative Labs
  By: Nightfox to ZL4KJ on Mon Sep 08 2025 09:10 am

  ZL>> Though, my main system is running a Sound Blazter Z there is sadly no
 ZL>> talking   parrot under Linux.

 Ni> Yeah, I miss those cool programs they used to include.  Those were the
 Ni> days when things like sound cards like that were novel, so they included
 Ni> those demo programs to let you play with the sound card and show it off.
 Ni> :)

I remember mine came with a text-to-speech program where you could even enter note values and lengths to make it sing. Very fun, but also really annoying to everyone else who happens to be in the room :D

....Things too stupid to be spoken are sung.
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