From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms-smtp-04-lbl.southeast.rr.com ([24.25.9.103] helo=ms-smtp-04-eri0.southeast.rr.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CpfFB-0006dD-00 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:08:57 -0500 Received: from geekspeak (clt74-98-208.carolina.rr.com [24.74.98.208]) by ms-smtp-04-eri0.southeast.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with SMTP id j0F48rCh007703 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:08:55 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <01f101c4fab7$f0f42db0$6601a8c0@geekspeak> From: "Laura Eaves" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <01d101c4faa0$0eb598b0$6601a8c0@geekspeak> <001d01c4faa1$73a9c100$4e31e444@tc.ph.cox.net> <00ce01c4faa7$53b4d960$6401a8c0@DJTWWQ41> Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:08:59 -0500 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 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: Re: The New DecTalk USB External Synthesizer X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 04:08:57 -0000 Hey, I don't mean to advertize, but I bought my new dectalk for $650 from jerry@chirpingbat.com (it is an introductory price, he says, and may go up eventually, but it is the same as the $695 model.) Go to the chirpingbat.com site and see what else he's offering. I bought a wireless keyboard, but in truth, I have gone back to a wired version for various reasons -- it does work, but I don't need that kind of range, and I live where there's interference, and also I don't like the idea of my passwords and stuff being picked up by the people next door -- not that they'd care, or know when or how to retrieve it, but since I know this thing transmits 30 feet (he has another one with a 100 foot range) I figure anything is possible... Take care. --le ----- Original Message ----- From: "John McCann" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 9:10 PM Subject: The New DecTalk USB External Synthesizer Hi Ned: Yes, indeed, the DecTalk has been resurrected in a sleeker, mmore up-to-date iteration; supporting both USB and serial connections, which makes it fully backwards compatible. Prior to december 31, 2004, Innovation Rehabilitation Technologies, Inc., (I R T I), was offering it for $645. The current street price (on blind street,