From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from rdsmtp.iglou.com ([192.107.41.63] ident=sendmail) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Bmb3J-0006fE-00 for ; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:31:45 -0400 Received: from [192.107.41.3] (helo=iglou1.iglou.com) by rdsmtp.iglou.com with esmtp (8.12.5/8.12.5) id 1Bmb3I-0000Zm-Pk for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:31:44 -0400 Received: from [192.107.41.17] (helo=shell1) by iglou1.iglou.com with esmtp (8.12.5/8.12.5) id 1Bmb3I-0007i9-Eg; Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:31:44 -0400 Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:31:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Will Smith X-X-Sender: wilsmith@shell1 To: sbahram@nc.rr.com, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <000501c46da9$b7d9a050$6801a8c0@Sina> Message-ID: References: <000501c46da9$b7d9a050$6801a8c0@Sina> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Originating-IP: 192.107.41.17 X-IgLou-Customer: verified Cc: Subject: RE: A good synth? X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 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: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 16:31:45 -0000 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" > To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" > > 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 >