From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.gmx.de ([213.165.64.20] helo=mail.gmx.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with smtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17AIQ7-0001k8-00 for ; Tue, 21 May 2002 18:47:55 -0400 Received: (qmail 18616 invoked by uid 0); 21 May 2002 22:47:26 -0000 Received: from dhcp250-10-151-24.nt01-c5.cpe.charter-ne.com (HELO computer) (24.151.10.250) by mail.gmx.net (mp011-rz3) with SMTP; 21 May 2002 22:47:26 -0000 Message-ID: <000d01c20119$664b0d40$fa0a9718@nt.charterne.com> From: "Alex Snow" To: References: <000d01c20112$c838cd00$02263e18@mycomputer> <20020521174214.A26763@romualt.dhs.org> Subject: Re: OLD DAYS Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 18:46:51 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.9 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Reply-To: "Alex Snow" List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Thats what What I thought. The newer bns and blt units have improved pronounciation over the echo, but the same sounding voice. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Nowak" To: Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 6:42 PM Subject: Re: OLD DAYS > The legacy bns (that's what FS likes to call them now) and the echo speech synth sound the same because they share the same speech chip. > Greg > > > On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 05:27:28PM -0500, Adam Myrow wrote: > > If you can understand the Braille 'N Speak, you can understand the Echo. > > At least to me, they sound very similar. > > > > Yes, I remember BEX. It had those cryptic commands like " $$c " to center > > text. You absolutely had to put the spaces around them or they wouldn't > > work. I used it with an embosser called an Ohtsuki. Obviously made in > > Japan. It was a really slow embosser that could produce both Braille and > > print, but neither was very sharp. The Braille felt like the paper had > > been stepped on, and everybody said that the print was very faint like it > > needed a new ribbon even when it had a brand new one. It wasn't a ribbon, > > but a little rubber wheel and it had holes at the end of each page to > > detect the end of the page. Weird! > > > > I even used a shell account from an Apple IIGS and that was my first > > experience with Pine. That's why I still use Pine even though some say > > Mutt is better. It's hard to change when you've been using Pine that > > long. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >