From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from befuddled.reisers.ca (befuddled.reisers.ca [206.248.184.127]) by hurricane.the-brannons.com (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 1168db44 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2023 03:25:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 2B09F38257D; Sun, 2 Jul 2023 23:25:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from befuddled.reisers.ca (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1512E382459 for ; Sun, 2 Jul 2023 23:25:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix, from userid 65534) id 0BA9E382462; Sun, 2 Jul 2023 23:25:49 -0400 (EDT) Received: from atlas.bondproducts.com (23-24-6-165-static.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [23.24.6.165]) by befuddled.reisers.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEF42382458 for ; Sun, 2 Jul 2023 23:25:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from users.shellworld.net (users.shellworld.net [50.116.47.71]) by atlas.bondproducts.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 672F740508; Sun, 2 Jul 2023 23:25:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: by users.shellworld.net (Postfix, from userid 1005) id 24DCF1000A0; Sun, 2 Jul 2023 23:25:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by users.shellworld.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22E7D10009F; Sun, 2 Jul 2023 23:25:47 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2023 23:25:47 -0400 (EDT) From: Karen Lewellen To: Gregory Nowak cc: Jason White , speakup@linux-speakup.org Subject: Re: ot: dectalk internal drivers? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <1486e800-a981-31bd-05da-86699f680285@pcdesk.net> <208a3964-66c6-35ed-028c-1126bd0da3bf@jasonjgw.net> X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org Precedence: list List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.5 Its interesting, I have owned a reading edge since 1993 / 94 or so. In that time I have needed to replace it only twice, perhaps on 3 occasions, once because a staffer with delta airlines ignored my instructions for its storage. I do keep a spare, would not mind having one of them passed on for parts to help someone else. speaking personally, hardware synthesizers have become apart of history largely because of factors outside of their benefit quality, or possible continued usefulness... but that is my personal opinion of course. Kare On Sun, 2 Jul 2023, Gregory Nowak wrote: > You're welcome. I also have a doubletalk LT / litetalk, which works > beautifully on a standard serial port, and well enough over a USB to > serial converter. I checked a couple of weeks ago out of interest, and > the RC systems page for the lt says they don't have any in stock, and > that it's retired. I seem to recall hearing the trippletalk is not > being sold anymore either. Hardware synthesizers seem to have become a > chapter in speech synthesis history. Let's keep the ones still working > we own running for as long as we can. It seems that once they break > down, they likely can't be fixed and certainly not replaced. > > Greg > > > On Sun, Jul 02, 2023 at 07:19:27PM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote: >> Greg, >> This gave me a deeply appreciated reason to smile. >> After all, for many the major major major drawback for Linux is the lack of >> clear quality speech resources. >> Kare > > > > -- > web site: http://www.gregn.net > gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. > > -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org > >