<s>
The	O
Talking	B-Application
Moose	I-Application
is	O
an	O
animated	O
talking	O
utility	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	O
Macintosh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
animated	O
talking	O
agent	O
on	O
a	O
personal	O
computer	O
and	O
featured	O
a	O
moose	B-Language
that	O
would	O
appear	O
at	O
periodic	O
intervals	O
with	O
some	O
joke	O
or	O
witticism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
moose	B-Language
would	O
also	O
comment	O
on	O
system	O
events	O
and	O
user	O
actions	O
and	O
could	O
speak	O
what	O
a	O
user	O
typed	O
using	O
the	O
Moose	B-Language
Proof	O
desk	O
accessory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Halls	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
purpose	O
of	O
the	O
moose	B-Language
was	O
to	O
make	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Mac	O
's	O
Macintalk	B-Operating_System
text-to-speech	B-Application
engine	I-Application
in	O
a	O
novel	O
manner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Doonesbury	O
strip	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
characters	O
were	O
commented	O
on	O
by	O
a	O
talking	O
computer	O
provided	O
inspiration	O
,	O
and	O
Halls	O
found	O
that	O
a	O
moose	B-Language
head	O
with	O
antlers	O
was	O
recognizable	O
even	O
on	O
low-resolution	O
computer	O
screens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
moose	B-Language
was	O
the	O
first	O
facially	O
animated	O
talking	O
agent	O
with	O
lip	O
synchronization	O
and	O
it	O
became	O
the	O
seed	O
idea	O
for	O
future	O
talking	O
agents	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Clippy	B-General_Concept
the	O
paperclip	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Bonzi	B-Application
Buddy	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Prody	B-Application
Parrot	I-Application
from	O
Creative	B-Application
SoundBlaster	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Talking	B-Application
Moose	I-Application
used	O
Apple	O
's	O
Macintalk	B-Operating_System
software	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
which	O
famously	O
made	O
the	O
original	O
"	O
Never	O
trust	O
a	O
computer	O
you	O
ca	O
n't	O
lift	O
"	O
speech	O
at	O
the	O
Macintosh	O
launch	O
in	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
's	O
development	O
of	O
Macintalk	B-Operating_System
had	O
petered	O
out	O
and	O
they	O
granted	O
Halls	O
permission	O
to	O
use	O
,	O
and	O
continue	O
refining	O
,	O
the	O
software	O
for	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Halls	O
did	O
not	O
just	O
improve	O
the	O
fluidity	O
of	O
the	O
speech	O
and	O
the	O
reliability	O
of	O
the	O
interpretation	O
but	O
gave	O
the	O
moose	B-Language
a	O
library	O
of	O
comedic	O
observations	O
and	O
wisecracks	O
which	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
distinctive	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
1990	O
,	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Talking	B-Application
Moose	I-Application
software	O
was	O
commercially	O
published	O
by	O
Baseline	O
Publishing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
commercial	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Talking	B-Application
Moose	I-Application
included	O
color	O
graphics	O
and	O
additional	O
software	O
that	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
edit	O
phrases	O
to	O
be	O
spoken	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
stripped-down	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Baseline	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Talking	B-Application
Moose	I-Application
was	O
distributed	O
with	O
the	O
Bob	O
LeVitus	O
book	O
Stupid	O
Mac	O
Tricks	O
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
the	O
Moose	B-Language
was	O
rewritten	O
by	O
Uli	O
Kusterer	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Uli	O
's	O
Moose	B-Language
-	O
for	O
which	O
he	O
later	O
obtained	O
Steve	O
Halls	O
 '	O
blessing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
Moose	B-Language
was	O
included	O
in	O
Bob	O
LeVitus	O
 '	O
iMac	O
(	O
and	O
iBook	O
)	O
book	O
"	O
I	O
Did	O
n't	O
Know	O
You	O
Could	O
Do	O
That	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.0	O
of	O
the	O
Talking	B-Application
Moose	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1986	O
by	O
Steve	O
Halls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1987	O
,	O
and	O
ran	O
on	O
Macintosh	B-Application
systems	I-Application
6.0.4	O
-	O
7.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Macintalk	B-Operating_System
voice	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
Moose	B-Language
was	O
'	O
Fred	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
1990	O
,	O
Baseline	O
Publishing	O
commercially	O
published	O
the	O
talking	B-Application
moose	I-Application
,	O
and	O
released	O
version	O
4	O
,	O
introducing	O
new	O
characters	O
from	O
a	O
"	O
Cartoon	O
Carnival	O
"	O
supposedly	O
run	O
by	O
the	O
titular	O
ungulate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Uli	O
Kusterer	O
-	O
the	O
next	O
author	O
of	O
the	O
moose	B-Language
-	O
got	O
rid	O
of	O
the	O
cartoon	O
carnival	O
,	O
and	O
worked	O
more	O
in	O
the	O
spirit	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
moose	B-Language
,	O
releasing	O
new	O
versions	O
starting	O
at	O
1.0	O
,	O
which	O
supported	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
7.1	O
-	O
9.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
developed	O
the	O
first	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
native	O
version	O
(	O
v	O
3.0	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
Macintosh	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Moose	B-Language
(	O
v3.5.7	O
)	O
works	O
with	O
all	O
versions	O
of	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
10.3	O
through	O
10.7	O
,	O
and	O
includes	O
Universal	O
Binaries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
January	O
8	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
The	O
Talking	B-Application
Moose	I-Application
has	O
been	O
posting	O
periodic	O
comments	O
to	O
a	O
Twitter	B-Application
account	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Halls	O
recreated	O
the	O
Talking	B-Application
Moose	I-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
Moose	B-Language
is	O
positive	O
,	O
focusing	O
on	O
assistance	O
and	O
self-help	O
topics	O
like	O
weight	O
loss	O
,	O
smoking	O
cessation	O
,	O
and	O
anxiety/stress	O
reduction	O
.	O
</s>
