smallsco ,
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Now, I've been speaking a lot about recently.

But today, for the first time ever...

...I'd like to let Macstodon speak for itself!

(this is the secret feature reveal, turn your sound up when watching the video!)

A video showing the Macstodon 1.2 timeline window. The cursor comes into view and clicks a new button at the bottom-right of the window, which has a speaker icon. Then, Macstodon starts reading the selected toot using Apple’s PlainTalk text-to-speech, which says this: “Hello, I’m Macstodon. It sure is great to get out of development. Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking, I’d like to share with you a maxim I thought of the first time I met a Twitter app: Never trust social media that doesn’t federate! Obviously, I can talk, but right now I’d like to sit back and listen. So, it is with considerable pride that I introduce a man who’s been like a father to me…Scott Small.” (This speech is an obvious parody of Steve Jobs’ 1984 introduction of the Macintosh)

smallsco OP ,
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🎉 Announcing v1.2, the premier Mastodon client for vintage computers!

This release features the all new Toot-To-Speech (TTS) technology! Select any toot, click the Speak button, and Macstodon will read the toot back to you, using whatever voice you have selected in the Speech control panel. It works with MacinTalk 2, 3, and Pro, all the way down to 68020 machines running System 7.1.

Also featured in version 1.2 is improved stability and error handling. If Macstodon runs out of memory or encounters an unexpected error, it will save a log to the application folder, show you a dialog explaining what went wrong, and exit gracefully.

Of course, all the usual features are still there including timeline/profile browsing, toot posting, and interactions!

Download it from GitHub: https://github.com/smallsco/macstodon/releases/tag/v1.2
(don't forget to read the Read Me file, it contains important setup instructions!)

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