* Fw: A good synth? @ Glenn Ervin at Home ` Sina Bahram 0 siblings, 1 reply; 22+ messages in thread From: Glenn Ervin at Home @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Here are 2 of the DecTalks at ebay for the price range. http://search.ebay.com/dectalk_W0QQsokeywordredirectZ1QQfromZR8 2 items found for dectalk Add to Favorites List View | Picture Gallery Sort by: Time: ending soonest Customize Display Table with 6 columns and 3 rows Item Title Price Bids Time Left DECTalk Express Portable PC Voice Synthesizer DEC Talk DECTalk Express Portable PC Voice Synthesizer DEC Talk PayPal Buyer Protection Program $129.99 $159.99 - BuyItNow 3d 12h 16m Listing has pictures DIGITAL DECTALK DTC01 NEVER USED!+BOOKS CABLES DTCK1-AA PayPal Buyer Protection Program $299.99 - 3d 16h 04m table end Compare spacer ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 22+ messages in thread
* RE: A good synth? Fw: A good synth? Glenn Ervin at Home @ ` Sina Bahram ` Jayson Smith 0 siblings, 1 reply; 22+ messages in thread From: Sina Bahram @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: 'Glenn Ervin at Home', 'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.' I really appreciate that...tell me, how are those prices? I mean...is that good? I'm afraid my experience with them as been so limited as to have a very weak grasp of the price market for these devices, other than to know how much the newest one costs. Also, that's nowhere near the latest decTalk right? Take care, Sina -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Glenn Ervin at Home Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:31 PM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Fw: A good synth? Here are 2 of the DecTalks at ebay for the price range. http://search.ebay.com/dectalk_W0QQsokeywordredirectZ1QQfromZR8 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 22+ messages in thread
* Re: A good synth? ` Sina Bahram @ ` Jayson Smith ` Sina Bahram ` Luke Davis 0 siblings, 2 replies; 22+ messages in thread From: Jayson Smith @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. The Dectalk Express is a modern portable synthesizer which connects to a serial port. I don't know when they stopped making them, but Force Computers released firmware for the Express a few years ago, although I don't think it sounds near as good as the older Digital firmware. The DTC01 is, as far as I know, the first Dectalk speech synthesizer ever produced, and was produced around 1984. I don't know what a new DTC01 sold for when they were popular but I'd suspect several thousand dollars as those units also have the ability to interact with a user over the telephone. Several years back I think the Express units were selling new for around $1200 but I think I heard once that they'd gone up to around $3000 or so. Dectalk has always been one of the more expensive synthesizers around. Hope this helps. Jayson. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@nc.rr.com> To: "'Glenn Ervin at Home'" <GlennErvin@cableone.net>; "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 12:07 AM Subject: RE: A good synth? I really appreciate that...tell me, how are those prices? I mean...is that good? I'm afraid my experience with them as been so limited as to have a very weak grasp of the price market for these devices, other than to know how much the newest one costs. Also, that's nowhere near the latest decTalk right? Take care, Sina -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Glenn Ervin at Home Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:31 PM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Fw: A good synth? Here are 2 of the DecTalks at ebay for the price range. http://search.ebay.com/dectalk_W0QQsokeywordredirectZ1QQfromZR8 _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 22+ messages in thread
* RE: A good synth? ` Jayson Smith @ ` Sina Bahram ` Luke Davis 1 sibling, 0 replies; 22+ messages in thread From: Sina Bahram @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: 'Jayson Smith', 'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.' Thank you, that does help, and I learned a good bit too Take care, Sina -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Jayson Smith Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 12:50 AM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: A good synth? The Dectalk Express is a modern portable synthesizer which connects to a serial port. I don't know when they stopped making them, but Force Computers released firmware for the Express a few years ago, although I don't think it sounds near as good as the older Digital firmware. The DTC01 is, as far as I know, the first Dectalk speech synthesizer ever produced, and was produced around 1984. I don't know what a new DTC01 sold for when they were popular but I'd suspect several thousand dollars as those units also have the ability to interact with a user over the telephone. Several years back I think the Express units were selling new for around $1200 but I think I heard once that they'd gone up to around $3000 or so. Dectalk has always been one of the more expensive synthesizers around. Hope this helps. Jayson. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@nc.rr.com> To: "'Glenn Ervin at Home'" <GlennErvin@cableone.net>; "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 12:07 AM Subject: RE: A good synth? I really appreciate that...tell me, how are those prices? I mean...is that good? I'm afraid my experience with them as been so limited as to have a very weak grasp of the price market for these devices, other than to know how much the newest one costs. Also, that's nowhere near the latest decTalk right? Take care, Sina -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Glenn Ervin at Home Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:31 PM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Fw: A good synth? Here are 2 of the DecTalks at ebay for the price range. http://search.ebay.com/dectalk_W0QQsokeywordredirectZ1QQfromZR8 _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 22+ messages in thread
* Re: A good synth? ` Jayson Smith ` Sina Bahram @ ` Luke Davis 1 sibling, 0 replies; 22+ messages in thread From: Luke Davis @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Jayson Smith, Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Indeed. An older express, usually goes for four-five hundred, on the open market. The new DEC USB/serial expresses, go for about six fifty, I believe. On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Jayson Smith wrote: > The Dectalk Express is a modern portable synthesizer which connects to a > serial port. I don't know when they stopped making them, but Force > Computers released firmware for the Express a few years ago, although I > don't think it sounds near as good as the older Digital firmware. The DTC01 > is, as far as I know, the first Dectalk speech synthesizer ever produced, > and was produced around 1984. I don't know what a new DTC01 sold for when > they were popular but I'd suspect several thousand dollars as those units > also have the ability to interact with a user over the telephone. Several > years back I think the Express units were selling new for around $1200 but I > think I heard once that they'd gone up to around $3000 or so. Dectalk has > always been one of the more expensive synthesizers around. Hope this helps. > Jayson. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@nc.rr.com> > To: "'Glenn Ervin at Home'" <GlennErvin@cableone.net>; "'Speakup is a screen > review system for Linux.'" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 12:07 AM > Subject: RE: A good synth? > > > I really appreciate that...tell me, how are those prices? I mean...is that > good? I'm afraid my experience with them as been so limited as to have a > very weak grasp of the price market for these devices, other than to know > how much the newest one costs. Also, that's nowhere near the latest decTalk > right? > > Take care, > Sina > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Glenn Ervin at Home > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:31 PM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Fw: A good synth? > > > > > > Here are 2 of the DecTalks at ebay for the price range. > > http://search.ebay.com/dectalk_W0QQsokeywordredirectZ1QQfromZR8 > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 22+ messages in thread
* Re: downloading current page in lynx the cat @ Cheryl Homiak ` A good synth? Sina Bahram 0 siblings, 1 reply; 22+ messages in thread From: Cheryl Homiak @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Hey, thanks. That's even maybe a little bit faster than bookmarking and downloading from the bookmark link; one less step in a way. -- Cheryl "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 22+ messages in thread
* A good synth? downloading current page in lynx the cat Cheryl Homiak @ ` Sina Bahram ` nick G ` (2 more replies) 0 siblings, 3 replies; 22+ messages in thread From: Sina Bahram @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: 'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.' Hi guys, I need a good hardware synth. My employer is willing to spend around 300 bucks or so....I need it to work with a variety of linux apps, like SpeakUP for sure, and possibly EmacSpeak as well. Also anything else that uses a hardware synth if that's possible. What's a good one people? In my opinion the DoubleTalk's quality is just *shutter* but if that's the best for that price range, I guess I'll have to go with that. Thank you all for any replies. Take care, Sina ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 22+ messages in thread
* Re: A good synth? ` A good synth? Sina Bahram @ ` nick G ` Sina Bahram ` Gregory Nowak ` Glenn Ervin at Home 2 siblings, 1 reply; 22+ messages in thread From: nick G @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: sbahram, Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. That's as good as it gets. Doubletalk is second only to dectalk in the hardware arena in my opinion. Thanks, Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@nc.rr.com> To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:05 AM Subject: A good synth? > Hi guys, > > I need a good hardware synth. My employer is willing to spend around 300 > bucks or so....I need it to work with a variety of linux apps, like SpeakUP > for sure, and possibly EmacSpeak as well. Also anything else that uses a > hardware synth if that's possible. > > What's a good one people? In my opinion the DoubleTalk's quality is just > *shutter* but if that's the best for that price range, I guess I'll have to > go with that. > > Thank you all for any replies. > > Take care, > Sina > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 22+ messages in thread
* RE: A good synth? ` nick G @ ` Sina Bahram ` Will Smith ` (2 more replies) 0 siblings, 3 replies; 22+ messages in thread From: Sina Bahram @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: 'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.' Are you serious? Wow, I thought DoubleTalk had to be the worst one ever....that's sad that hardware synths are so bad.... Thanks for your reply Take care, Sina -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of nick G Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:32 AM To: sbahram@nc.rr.com; Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: A good synth? That's as good as it gets. Doubletalk is second only to dectalk in the hardware arena in my opinion. Thanks, Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@nc.rr.com> To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:05 AM Subject: A good synth? > Hi guys, > > I need a good hardware synth. My employer is willing to spend around > 300 bucks or so....I need it to work with a variety of linux apps, > like SpeakUP > for sure, and possibly EmacSpeak as well. Also anything else that uses > a hardware synth if that's possible. > > What's a good one people? In my opinion the DoubleTalk's quality is > just > *shutter* but if that's the best for that price range, I guess I'll have to > go with that. > > Thank you all for any replies. > > Take care, > Sina > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 22+ messages in thread
* RE: A good synth? ` Sina Bahram @ ` Will Smith ` Sina Bahram ` Glenn Ervin at Home ` Gregory Nowak ` Steve Holmes 2 siblings, 2 replies; 22+ messages in thread From: Will Smith @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: sbahram, Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. All synthethic speech is subject to individual taste. For instance, contrary to your opinion, I find Dubltalk the most useful speech I've ever found for fast and clear reading. I use it over any and all other speech, including Dec talk in any version. There is not one rightspeech package for blind folks. It's subject to individual taste and one's actual practices, as for instance in my case reading fast and understanding everything. Will wilsmith@iglou.com On Mon, 19 Jul 2004, Sina Bahram wrote: > Are you serious? Wow, I thought DoubleTalk had to be the worst one > ever....that's sad that hardware synths are so bad.... > > Thanks for your reply > > Take care, > Sina > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of nick G > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:32 AM > To: sbahram@nc.rr.com; Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: A good synth? > > > That's as good as it gets. Doubletalk is second only to dectalk in the > hardware arena in my opinion. Thanks, Nick > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@nc.rr.com> > To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" > <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:05 AM > Subject: A good synth? > > >> Hi guys, >> >> I need a good hardware synth. My employer is willing to spend around >> 300 bucks or so....I need it to work with a variety of linux apps, >> like > SpeakUP >> for sure, and possibly EmacSpeak as well. Also anything else that uses >> a hardware synth if that's possible. >> >> What's a good one people? In my opinion the DoubleTalk's quality is >> just >> *shutter* but if that's the best for that price range, I guess I'll have > to >> go with that. >> >> Thank you all for any replies. >> >> Take care, >> Sina >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 22+ messages in thread
* RE: A good synth? ` Will Smith @ ` Sina Bahram ` Gregory Nowak ` Erik Heil ` Glenn Ervin at Home 1 sibling, 2 replies; 22+ messages in thread From: Sina Bahram @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: 'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.' Hi Will, This is weird...I have received your message and also Gregorie's twice....is there something with SpeakUP list or me? Take care, Sina -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Will Smith Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 12:32 PM To: sbahram@nc.rr.com; Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: RE: A good synth? All synthethic speech is subject to individual taste. For instance, contrary to your opinion, I find Dubltalk the most useful speech I've ever found for fast and clear reading. I use it over any and all other speech, including Dec talk in any version. There is not one rightspeech package for blind folks. It's subject to individual taste and one's actual practices, as for instance in my case reading fast and understanding everything. Will wilsmith@iglou.com On Mon, 19 Jul 2004, Sina Bahram wrote: > Are you serious? Wow, I thought DoubleTalk had to be the worst one > ever....that's sad that hardware synths are so bad.... > > Thanks for your reply > > Take care, > Sina > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca > [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of nick G > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:32 AM > To: sbahram@nc.rr.com; Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: A good synth? > > > That's as good as it gets. Doubletalk is second only to dectalk in > the hardware arena in my opinion. Thanks, Nick > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@nc.rr.com> > To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" > <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:05 AM > Subject: A good synth? > > >> Hi guys, >> >> I need a good hardware synth. My employer is willing to spend around >> 300 bucks or so....I need it to work with a variety of linux apps, >> like > SpeakUP >> for sure, and possibly EmacSpeak as well. Also anything else that >> uses a hardware synth if that's possible. >> >> What's a good one people? In my opinion the DoubleTalk's quality is >> just >> *shutter* but if that's the best for that price range, I guess I'll >> have > to >> go with that. >> >> Thank you all for any replies. >> >> Take care, >> Sina >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 22+ messages in thread
* Re: A good synth? ` Sina Bahram @ ` Gregory Nowak ` Glenn Ervin at Home ` Erik Heil 1 sibling, 1 reply; 22+ messages in thread From: Gregory Nowak @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: sbahram, Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The way your reply to field seems to be set, is that when somebody replies to you, they reply both to you and to the list. So, you're probably getting 2 replies, because one comes to you, and the other comes to the list, which you also get. Greg On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 01:06:54PM -0400, Sina Bahram wrote: > Hi Will, > > This is weird...I have received your message and also Gregorie's twice....is > there something with SpeakUP list or me? > > Take care, > Sina > - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA/Abc7s9z/XlyUyARAn2xAKDDxPvUmxbw6JAuQl0IdtyayNHZSQCguOp9 ljySm5ueIJ+81YPDhAFFCuQ= =sU/T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 22+ messages in thread
* Re: A good synth? ` Gregory Nowak @ ` Glenn Ervin at Home 0 siblings, 0 replies; 22+ messages in thread From: Glenn Ervin at Home @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. I don't think so, because I got 2 of Will's messages too. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@romuald.net.eu.org> To: <sbahram@nc.rr.com>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 12:37 PM Subject: Re: A good synth? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The way your reply to field seems to be set, is that when somebody replies to you, they reply both to you and to the list. So, you're probably getting 2 replies, because one comes to you, and the other comes to the list, which you also get. Greg On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 01:06:54PM -0400, Sina Bahram wrote: > Hi Will, > > This is weird...I have received your message and also Gregorie's twice....is > there something with SpeakUP list or me? > > Take care, > Sina > - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA/Abc7s9z/XlyUyARAn2xAKDDxPvUmxbw6JAuQl0IdtyayNHZSQCguOp9 ljySm5ueIJ+81YPDhAFFCuQ= =sU/T -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 22+ messages in thread
* RE: A good synth? ` Sina Bahram ` Gregory Nowak @ ` Erik Heil 1 sibling, 0 replies; 22+ messages in thread From: Erik Heil @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: sbahram, Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. No, its not weird. This is because he sent a CC to your e-mail address. -- Erik Heil <eheil@va3duk.serveftp.com> Phone: (865) 673-0542 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 22+ messages in thread
* Re: A good synth? ` Will Smith ` Sina Bahram @ ` Glenn Ervin at Home 1 sibling, 0 replies; 22+ messages in thread From: Glenn Ervin at Home @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. I have heard that some people with a hearing loss prefer the Braille & Speak for their computer's synth. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Will Smith" <wilsmith@iglou.com> To: <sbahram@nc.rr.com>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:31 AM Subject: RE: A good synth? All synthethic speech is subject to individual taste. For instance, contrary to your opinion, I find Dubltalk the most useful speech I've ever found for fast and clear reading. I use it over any and all other speech, including Dec talk in any version. There is not one rightspeech package for blind folks. It's subject to individual taste and one's actual practices, as for instance in my case reading fast and understanding everything. Will wilsmith@iglou.com On Mon, 19 Jul 2004, Sina Bahram wrote: > Are you serious? Wow, I thought DoubleTalk had to be the worst one > ever....that's sad that hardware synths are so bad.... > > Thanks for your reply > > Take care, > Sina > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of nick G > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:32 AM > To: sbahram@nc.rr.com; Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: A good synth? > > > That's as good as it gets. Doubletalk is second only to dectalk in the > hardware arena in my opinion. Thanks, Nick > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@nc.rr.com> > To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" > <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:05 AM > Subject: A good synth? > > >> Hi guys, >> >> I need a good hardware synth. My employer is willing to spend around >> 300 bucks or so....I need it to work with a variety of linux apps, >> like > SpeakUP >> for sure, and possibly EmacSpeak as well. Also anything else that uses >> a hardware synth if that's possible. >> >> What's a good one people? In my opinion the DoubleTalk's quality is >> just >> *shutter* but if that's the best for that price range, I guess I'll have > to >> go with that. >> >> Thank you all for any replies. >> >> Take care, >> Sina >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 22+ messages in thread
* Re: A good synth? ` Sina Bahram ` Will Smith @ ` Gregory Nowak ` nick G ` Steve Holmes 2 siblings, 1 reply; 22+ messages in thread From: Gregory Nowak @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: sbahram, Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have to agree with Nick here. I think the doubletalk is the best synth I've heard to date. I even think it sounds better then the dectalk, though that maybe because I've used a doubletalk for about 6 years now, compared to infrequently working with a dectalk, for an hour or less at a time, and there weren't many of those times. Greg On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 12:01:57PM -0400, Sina Bahram wrote: > Are you serious? Wow, I thought DoubleTalk had to be the worst one > ever....that's sad that hardware synths are so bad.... > > Thanks for your reply > > Take care, > Sina > - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA+/t57s9z/XlyUyARAnQzAKDE/VPd2lxj/ZoERzqljUyxV1yLRwCfUGLv OR8tSoC+5NvB0JIr6FmMDyk= =sN1O -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 22+ messages in thread
* Re: A good synth? ` Gregory Nowak @ ` nick G 0 siblings, 0 replies; 22+ messages in thread From: nick G @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Just wish I could own one...hahahaha. I use an Accent SA with speakup. Thanks, Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg@romuald.net.eu.org> To: <sbahram@nc.rr.com>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 12:48 PM Subject: Re: A good synth? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have to agree with Nick here. I think the doubletalk is the best > synth I've heard to date. I even think it sounds better then the > dectalk, though that maybe because I've used a doubletalk for about 6 > years now, compared to infrequently working with a dectalk, for an > hour or less at a time, and there weren't many of those times. > > Greg > > > On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 12:01:57PM -0400, Sina Bahram wrote: > > Are you serious? Wow, I thought DoubleTalk had to be the worst one > > ever....that's sad that hardware synths are so bad.... > > > > Thanks for your reply > > > > Take care, > > Sina > > > > - -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFA+/t57s9z/XlyUyARAnQzAKDE/VPd2lxj/ZoERzqljUyxV1yLRwCfUGLv > OR8tSoC+5NvB0JIr6FmMDyk= > =sN1O > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 22+ messages in thread
* Re: A good synth? ` Sina Bahram ` Will Smith ` Gregory Nowak @ ` Steve Holmes ` Jayson Smith ` Glenn Ervin at Home 2 siblings, 2 replies; 22+ messages in thread From: Steve Holmes @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: speakup -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hey no! I don't personally own a Double Talk but when I've heard them in the past, they began to grow on me. Personally, I use a Speakout from GW Micro but first of all and very unfortunately they have stopped production as with so many hardware synths and second, when they were sold, they went for something like $695 or so. It is/was a very fast and pretty easy to understand at those high speeds and best of all, it does *NOT* force abbreviations down your throat like so many of the software synths do. I want to hear it say "M N" not Minisota!!!"; ever heard of Sunday Micro Systems:)? The worst synth I think I ever heard was a Type & Talk or possibly a votrax and the old Echo from Street Electronics was another bad one. At least the Echo was dirt cheap - something like $100. I think the Accents sound pretty good and you can wind them up to be pretty fast and you can still understand them once you're used to its speech quality. Again, they aren't made any more either. I one an Accent PC and it still works good but the SA model I also have just up and died for no reason last year. I hadn't had it for any more than a year before it just up and quit so I wonder about the quality of Acent synths in general. My Speakout has been used a lot for something like 7 years now and I've carried it around places, replaced the internal battery twice and I only had one incident of breakage in that whole period. I sure wish more hardware synths would be built. Thank God the Double Talk is still around. The Tripple Talk is another option but I don't think progress has been made yet concerning the driver for Speakup to talk to it. This would present another hardware synth option. I still feel that hardware synths are far more responsive than any software thingy out there Software synths are nice for portability and possibly economy but that's about it. On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 12:01:57PM -0400, Sina Bahram wrote: > Are you serious? Wow, I thought DoubleTalk had to be the worst one > ever....that's sad that hardware synths are so bad.... > > Thanks for your reply > > Take care, > Sina > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of nick G > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:32 AM > To: sbahram@nc.rr.com; Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: A good synth? > > > That's as good as it gets. Doubletalk is second only to dectalk in the > hardware arena in my opinion. Thanks, Nick > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@nc.rr.com> > To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" > <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:05 AM > Subject: A good synth? > > > > Hi guys, > > > > I need a good hardware synth. My employer is willing to spend around > > 300 bucks or so....I need it to work with a variety of linux apps, > > like > SpeakUP > > for sure, and possibly EmacSpeak as well. Also anything else that uses > > a hardware synth if that's possible. > > > > What's a good one people? In my opinion the DoubleTalk's quality is > > just > > *shutter* but if that's the best for that price range, I guess I'll have > to > > go with that. > > > > Thank you all for any replies. > > > > Take care, > > Sina > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://ld.net/?holmesgrown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA/EAVWSjv55S0LfERAvL4AKCkn/e3nje8iLaR8Y/mw05Se6aSFwCg84Fe uhttL2TLOBk2zEctLPbh2TE= =fjD7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 22+ messages in thread
* Re: A good synth? ` Steve Holmes @ ` Jayson Smith ` Glenn Ervin at Home 1 sibling, 0 replies; 22+ messages in thread From: Jayson Smith @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Heh. I have a soft spot in my heart for the Echo, simply because that was what I used on our old Apple computers for so many years! So I got pretty used to the sound. Jayson. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Holmes" <steve@holmesgrown.com> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 5:41 PM Subject: Re: A good synth? > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hey no! I don't personally own a Double Talk but when I've heard them > in the past, they began to grow on me. Personally, I use a Speakout > from GW Micro but first of all and very unfortunately they have > stopped production as with so many hardware synths and second, when > they were sold, they went for something like $695 or so. It is/was a > very fast and pretty easy to understand at those high speeds and best > of all, it does *NOT* force abbreviations down your throat like so > many of the software synths do. I want to hear it say "M N" not > Minisota!!!"; ever heard of Sunday Micro Systems:)? > > The worst synth I think I ever heard was a Type & Talk or possibly a > votrax and the old Echo from Street Electronics was another bad one. > At least the Echo was dirt cheap - something like $100. > > I think the Accents sound pretty good and you can wind them up to be > pretty fast and you can still understand them once you're used to its > speech quality. Again, they aren't made any more either. I one an > Accent PC and it still works good but the SA model I also have just up > and died for no reason last year. I hadn't had it for any more than a > year before it just up and quit so I wonder about the quality of Acent > synths in general. My Speakout has been used a lot for something like > 7 years now and I've carried it around places, replaced the internal > battery twice and I only had one incident of breakage in that whole > period. I sure wish more hardware synths would be built. Thank God > the Double Talk is still around. The Tripple Talk is another option > but I don't think progress has been made yet concerning the driver for > Speakup to talk to it. This would present another hardware synth > option. I still feel that hardware synths are far more responsive > than any software thingy out there Software synths are nice for > portability and possibly economy but that's about it. > > On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 12:01:57PM -0400, Sina Bahram wrote: > > Are you serious? Wow, I thought DoubleTalk had to be the worst one > > ever....that's sad that hardware synths are so bad.... > > > > Thanks for your reply > > > > Take care, > > Sina > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] > > On Behalf Of nick G > > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:32 AM > > To: sbahram@nc.rr.com; Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > > Subject: Re: A good synth? > > > > > > That's as good as it gets. Doubletalk is second only to dectalk in the > > hardware arena in my opinion. Thanks, Nick > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@nc.rr.com> > > To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" > > <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:05 AM > > Subject: A good synth? > > > > > > > Hi guys, > > > > > > I need a good hardware synth. My employer is willing to spend around > > > 300 bucks or so....I need it to work with a variety of linux apps, > > > like > > SpeakUP > > > for sure, and possibly EmacSpeak as well. Also anything else that uses > > > a hardware synth if that's possible. > > > > > > What's a good one people? In my opinion the DoubleTalk's quality is > > > just > > > *shutter* but if that's the best for that price range, I guess I'll have > > to > > > go with that. > > > > > > Thank you all for any replies. > > > > > > Take care, > > > Sina > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > - -- > HolmesGrown Solutions > The best solutions for the best price! > http://ld.net/?holmesgrown > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFA/EAVWSjv55S0LfERAvL4AKCkn/e3nje8iLaR8Y/mw05Se6aSFwCg84Fe > uhttL2TLOBk2zEctLPbh2TE= > =fjD7 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 22+ messages in thread
* Re: A good synth? ` Steve Holmes ` Jayson Smith @ ` Glenn Ervin at Home 1 sibling, 0 replies; 22+ messages in thread From: Glenn Ervin at Home @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. I use a Double Talk once a while at work, when none other is around, but I think it is pretty bad. It does enunciate well, but the sound just bugs me. Actually, I prefer an Artic, or external artic notetaker better than double talk. But most people like the DecTalk best. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Holmes" <steve@holmesgrown.com> To: <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 4:41 PM Subject: Re: A good synth? -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hey no! I don't personally own a Double Talk but when I've heard them in the past, they began to grow on me. Personally, I use a Speakout from GW Micro but first of all and very unfortunately they have stopped production as with so many hardware synths and second, when they were sold, they went for something like $695 or so. It is/was a very fast and pretty easy to understand at those high speeds and best of all, it does *NOT* force abbreviations down your throat like so many of the software synths do. I want to hear it say "M N" not Minisota!!!"; ever heard of Sunday Micro Systems:)? The worst synth I think I ever heard was a Type & Talk or possibly a votrax and the old Echo from Street Electronics was another bad one. At least the Echo was dirt cheap - something like $100. I think the Accents sound pretty good and you can wind them up to be pretty fast and you can still understand them once you're used to its speech quality. Again, they aren't made any more either. I one an Accent PC and it still works good but the SA model I also have just up and died for no reason last year. I hadn't had it for any more than a year before it just up and quit so I wonder about the quality of Acent synths in general. My Speakout has been used a lot for something like 7 years now and I've carried it around places, replaced the internal battery twice and I only had one incident of breakage in that whole period. I sure wish more hardware synths would be built. Thank God the Double Talk is still around. The Tripple Talk is another option but I don't think progress has been made yet concerning the driver for Speakup to talk to it. This would present another hardware synth option. I still feel that hardware synths are far more responsive than any software thingy out there Software synths are nice for portability and possibly economy but that's about it. On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 12:01:57PM -0400, Sina Bahram wrote: > Are you serious? Wow, I thought DoubleTalk had to be the worst one > ever....that's sad that hardware synths are so bad.... > > Thanks for your reply > > Take care, > Sina > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of nick G > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:32 AM > To: sbahram@nc.rr.com; Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Re: A good synth? > > > That's as good as it gets. Doubletalk is second only to dectalk in the > hardware arena in my opinion. Thanks, Nick > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@nc.rr.com> > To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" > <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:05 AM > Subject: A good synth? > > > > Hi guys, > > > > I need a good hardware synth. My employer is willing to spend around > > 300 bucks or so....I need it to work with a variety of linux apps, > > like > SpeakUP > > for sure, and possibly EmacSpeak as well. Also anything else that uses > > a hardware synth if that's possible. > > > > What's a good one people? In my opinion the DoubleTalk's quality is > > just > > *shutter* but if that's the best for that price range, I guess I'll have > to > > go with that. > > > > Thank you all for any replies. > > > > Take care, > > Sina > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > - -- HolmesGrown Solutions The best solutions for the best price! http://ld.net/?holmesgrown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA/EAVWSjv55S0LfERAvL4AKCkn/e3nje8iLaR8Y/mw05Se6aSFwCg84Fe uhttL2TLOBk2zEctLPbh2TE= =fjD7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 22+ messages in thread
* Re: A good synth? ` A good synth? Sina Bahram ` nick G @ ` Gregory Nowak ` Glenn Ervin at Home 2 siblings, 0 replies; 22+ messages in thread From: Gregory Nowak @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: sbahram, Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I believe the only thing available for that kind of money is the doubletalk, of course, you might be able to get something else that's used for that price. Greg On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 11:05:09AM -0400, Sina Bahram wrote: > Hi guys, > > I need a good hardware synth. My employer is willing to spend around 300 > bucks or so....I need it to work with a variety of linux apps, like SpeakUP > for sure, and possibly EmacSpeak as well. Also anything else that uses a > hardware synth if that's possible. > > What's a good one people? In my opinion the DoubleTalk's quality is just > *shutter* but if that's the best for that price range, I guess I'll have to > go with that. > > Thank you all for any replies. > > Take care, > Sina > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > !DSPAM:40fbe88216896101734977! > > - -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFA++5w7s9z/XlyUyARAtJ2AJ9kpDEcq5zYBM6yjA8x4/auMVAp1ACgzPR7 /hhJ8BlT1p0UNZ1lo84Cc5Q= =Cc0c -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 22+ messages in thread
* Re: A good synth? ` A good synth? Sina Bahram ` nick G ` Gregory Nowak @ ` Glenn Ervin at Home ` Jayson Smith 2 siblings, 1 reply; 22+ messages in thread From: Glenn Ervin at Home @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: sbahram, Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. If it were me, I would buy a used DecTalk. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@nc.rr.com> To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 10:05 AM Subject: A good synth? Hi guys, I need a good hardware synth. My employer is willing to spend around 300 bucks or so....I need it to work with a variety of linux apps, like SpeakUP for sure, and possibly EmacSpeak as well. Also anything else that uses a hardware synth if that's possible. What's a good one people? In my opinion the DoubleTalk's quality is just *shutter* but if that's the best for that price range, I guess I'll have to go with that. Thank you all for any replies. Take care, Sina _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 22+ messages in thread
* Re: A good synth? ` Glenn Ervin at Home @ ` Jayson Smith 0 siblings, 0 replies; 22+ messages in thread From: Jayson Smith @ UTC (permalink / raw) To: Glenn Ervin at Home, Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. I totally agree. On Ebay these days, you can sometimes find good deals on Dectalk Expresses. And sometimes you can even find an old DTC01 for $5 or $10, but they are usually untested, or the person doesn't know how to use it and says that it powers up okay but is otherwise untested. Jayson. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenn Ervin at Home" <GlennErvin@cableone.net> To: <sbahram@nc.rr.com>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 9:51 PM Subject: Re: A good synth? > If it were me, I would buy a used DecTalk. > Glenn > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram@nc.rr.com> > To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" > <speakup@braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 10:05 AM > Subject: A good synth? > > > Hi guys, > > I need a good hardware synth. My employer is willing to spend around 300 > bucks or so....I need it to work with a variety of linux apps, like SpeakUP > for sure, and possibly EmacSpeak as well. Also anything else that uses a > hardware synth if that's possible. > > What's a good one people? In my opinion the DoubleTalk's quality is just > *shutter* but if that's the best for that price range, I guess I'll have to > go with that. > > Thank you all for any replies. > > Take care, > Sina > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 22+ messages in thread
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