Siri to Mac 512K

[napabar]

Using Siri on an iPhone 4S to communicate with a Mac 512K.

 

[Mac128]

As always an amazing demonstration of the brilliance of Apple's foresight with the Macintosh. Can't thank you enough for keeping the 512K relevant in the 21st century ...

 

[ClassicHasClass]

I like the demo, though for some reason the H.264 download didn't work on it (it works in WebM). What video format did you upload it in?

 

[napabar]

H.264 from an iPhone 4, of course!

 

[ClassicHasClass]

Interesting. Maybe the codec is different (I've never tried playing iPhone 4 video on 10.4).

 

[phreakout]

Very impressive, napabar! Now, how does it fair going in reverse? Just curious. :beige:

What was the list of software you used to pull this off? By that I mean for once you start diving into the retro Macs.

73s de Phreakout. :rambo:

 

[napabar]

LOL! Reverse isn't working right now!

Please see my site for more detailed info.

http://web.me.com/nilesmitchell/Mac512k/The_Details.html

 

[MacJunky]

Is there a no fluff text writeup of what the video shows that you could have possibly posted in this thread?

 

[napabar]

My link here (http://web.me.com/nilesmitchell/Mac512k/The_Details.html) descibes the basics you would need to get a Mac 512K talking to modern machines. As far as this particular exapmle, you're probally wanting the AppleScript I used?

 

[MacJunky]

I had meant more along the lines of what you were doing after gettign them connected. all I hear is something about siri, but I have no idea how that ties into an old mac and the video = expensive bandwidth.

 

[napabar]

1. Write an Applescript, which extracts the text of an incoming email and saves it to the desktop as Siri.txt. Then have it FTP the text file to the bridge computer running Rumpus, which is sharing out the Mac 512K over FTP.

2. Setup a rule in the Mac OS X Mail program. Tell it to run the AppleScript when the subject of an incoming email is "test".

3. Run Siri. Send an email to yourself, subject "test" Dicate your message and send it.

4. The text file shows up on the Mac 512K. Open it with TeachText.

 

[Bunsen]

Please don't quote the post directly above yours, if that's what you're responding to - just reply. We can all read down the page.

If you need to quote something from further back, please edit it down to what's relevant to your reply.

Thankyou.

 

[jonathan]

You've done it again -- another totally awesome hack for connecting 21st century technology to the venerable 512K! :beige:

Now I wonder what would happen if you used MacTalker and had the Mac talk to Siri ...

 

[napabar]

I'm working on that. I'm using a program called "Speak". It's very old and actually runs on the Mac 512K with System 4.1. The problem is that the voice is so crude and computerized, that Siri has trouble with many words. Plus, I haven't figured out how to do long pauses, which is critical for sending off emails and texts, with subjects and the final "Yes" to send it off.

I have got it to give me the time.

I can get a text composed, but not sent out because of the pause needed before the "Yes" at the end.

Email is worse, becuase it requires a subject too.

Siri can sing "Daise" from 2001, but it thinks the Mac is saying "send" instead of "sing".

I'll get something going, and make a video.