From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lakermmtao07.cox.net ([68.230.240.32]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1CphJY-0007sA-00 for ; Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:21:36 -0500 Received: from NICK2 ([68.105.63.216]) by lakermmtao07.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.03.04 201-2131-111-106-20040729) with ESMTP id <20050115062105.TKFU20686.lakermmtao07.cox.net@NICK2> for ; Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:21:05 -0500 From: "W. Nick Dotson" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 00:22:20 -0600 Priority: Normal X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Standard (2.20.2717) For Windows 2000 (5.1.2600;2) In-Reply-To: <01f101c4fab7$f0f42db0$6601a8c0@geekspeak> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <20050115062105.TKFU20686.lakermmtao07.cox.net@NICK2> Subject: Re: The New DecTalk USB External Synthesizer X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "W. Nick Dotson" , "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 06:21:37 -0000 Right! Me too. And he'll keep you apprised about drivers and such, usually having neat links on his site Etc., and will even be an ombudsman for you with maker of stuff you buy from him if you get stuck. Nick On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 23:08:59 -0500, Laura Eaves wrote: 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,