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Have your Mac read files

If you have a Mac, you can have it read the contents of files to you. Open a terminal window and navigate to the directory that contains the file you want read. Then enter the following command: say -f FILENAME where your replace FILENAME with the name of your file. Your Mac will read the contents of the file to you.

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Added: on May 14, 2008 at 9:52 pm
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