From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from vegeta.city-net.com ([198.144.32.8]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1COzUZ-0001IB-00 for ; Tue, 02 Nov 2004 09:18:35 -0500 Received: from vegeta.city-net.com (localhost.city-net.com [127.0.0.1]) by vegeta.city-net.com (8.12.6p3/8.12.6) with ESMTP id iA2EJRK3042059 for ; Tue, 2 Nov 2004 09:19:27 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from ddunfee@city-net.com) Received: from localhost (ddunfee@localhost) by vegeta.city-net.com (8.12.6p3/8.12.6/Submit) with ESMTP id iA2EJRPa042056 for ; Tue, 2 Nov 2004 09:19:27 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: vegeta.city-net.com: ddunfee owned process doing -bs Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 09:19:27 -0500 (EST) From: ".dan." To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: DoubleTalk stil going strong 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: Tue, 02 Nov 2004 14:18:40 -0000 Regarding dectalk and doubletalk speech, some of us prefer the latter. I have used both and like the performance and speech of doubletalk over the other. To modify the sound quality, but not the nature of the speech itself, I have found that placing a folded thick cloth over the speaker on the doubltalk lt. shapes the sound output in a more natural way, filtering out some of the extrainious higher frequences above approximately4 kh. This is the range above which the telephone cuts off speech also for best intelligibility. The sound some find objectionable is in my experience a matter of extrainious sounds created by the speaker in the synth. box, very cheap junck, and not the text to speech chip itself. Using a combination of cloth filtering and the sound controls of the speech software, one can greatly modify the sound quality and intelligibility to one's preference. I would imagine this approach works also with the internal doubletalk and it's external speaker. xv ic|xc