1.   With the help of talking computers, Alan CAN speak to others.

2.   Joey communicates by tapping a talking portable computer with a pointer attached to his baseball cap.

3.   More cars will come equipped with talking computers that not only give directions to the gas station and read e-mail, but also surf the Internet for the driver.

4.   Parker and her talking computer must figure it all out.

5.   Talking computers are nothing new.

6.   The Auto PC is not the only talking computer rolling down the road.

7.   Jonathan Allen, an MIT professor who developed a talking computer at a time when such a machine sounded like science fiction, died Monday.

8.   The results came from three experiments in which patients called a talking computer that assessed their conditions and progress and offered custom-made guidance through recorded messages.