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From: "Glenn Ervin" <GlennErvin@cableone.net>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Subject: Re: a bit of trivia I found interesting
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 20:27:44 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <000401c2a7cf$615f4e60$be00a8c0@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20021220014258.GB323@romuald.net.eu.org>

I think someone with a room chip burner might have to re-program the chip.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@romuald.net.eu.org>
To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 7:42 PM
Subject: Re: a bit of trivia I found interesting


If you have ideas on how to port linux to an 8-bit z80 processor and make it
so that it would declare everything statically inside of itself (since the
bns programs have no access to external memory), I'd be interested to hear
about it.

Greg


On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 07:15:44PM -0600, Glenn Ervin wrote:
> I wish  someone would create a Linux kernel for the BNS, as I do not like
> its OS too much,     and there are no drivers for external devices other
> than what FS sells, like their over priced disk drives.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@romuald.net.eu.org>
> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 8:49 PM
> Subject: Re: a bit of trivia I found interesting
>
>
> Actually, I personally think that the accent sounds like crap, and the bns
> sounds wonderful. Whenever I listen to the accent, I can't help the notion
> that it is better suited for speaking French instead of English.
>
> I have known for a while that the bns used the si 263 chip. I had also
> suspected that the accent used the same speech chip as the bns because of
> how they both sounded on head phones, but wasn't absolutely sure.
>
> What I think makes the difference is how the chip is controlled by the
> software.
>
> Greg
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 07:55:53PM -0600, Adam Myrow wrote:
> > I was just looking through files on my computer and stumbled over a
README
> > file from an old shareware DOS screen reader called TinyTalk.  The part
> > that I found interesting is that it listed several synthesizers that
> > existed around 1994 and what chipset they used.  It mentioned that the
> > Braille 'N Speak line as well as the Accent line both use a chip called
> > the SSI263.  I found this interesting because the Braille 'N Speak
sounds
> > like crap, has terrible pronunciation, and practically no inflection.
> > The Accent still sounds very mechanical, but has a lot more inflection,
> > and its pronunciation is 10 times better than the Braille 'N Speak line.
> > Apparently, this chipset wasn't the only piece required to produce
speech.
> > So, anybody know what makes such a radical difference?  I know this
isn't
> > directly Linux related, but I figured a lot of the list members have
been
> > using computers for a long time and might know what makes the difference
> > or where I may find such information.
> >
> >
> >
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Thread overview: 44+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
 Adam Myrow
 ` Gregory Nowak
   ` Adam Myrow
     ` Dave Hunt
       ` Glenn Ervin
         ` Dave Hunt
           ` shaun_oliver
       ` Janina Sajka
         ` shaun_oliver
         ` ccrawford
           ` Janina Sajka
     ` Gregory Nowak
       ` Dave Hunt
     ` Glenn Ervin
   ` Alex Snow
     ` a bit of trivia I found interesting and now Alex's situation Frank Carmickle
       ` Alex Snow
   ` a bit of trivia I found interesting Glenn Ervin
     ` Gregory Nowak
       ` Glenn Ervin [this message]
         ` Gregory Nowak
           ` Patrick Turnage
             ` Gregory Nowak
             ` Alex Snow
               ` Erik Heil
               ` Patrick Turnage
                 ` Janina Sajka
                   ` Gregory Nowak
                     ` Alex Snow
                       ` Gregory Nowak
                         ` Janina Sajka
               ` Gregory Nowak
                 ` Alex Snow
                   ` Gregory Nowak
                     ` kaare
                       ` dashielljt
                       ` Gregory Nowak
                         ` Richard Villa
                     ` Alex Snow
                     ` Richard Villa
                       ` dashielljt
                         ` Chuck Hallenbeck
                           ` Alex Snow
                   ` Buddy Brannan

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