[access-uk] Re: PURE'S VOICE TECHNOLOGY
- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 20:26:47 -0000
MessageHi Ian,
I have to say in all honesty, that there is very little in terms of weakness
with this radio. I like the touch handle, I like the fact that it spells
out all scrolling text, and it can spell out station names that are unknown
to it. I would say that one of the down sides is one of its defaults. The
option to spell out unknown stations is off by default. I feel this would
have been better turned on by default, especially as we have full speech by
default in every other respect, but this is very minor, as you can turn it
on. If it is off, it just says unknown station, which is of little use, so
on would have been a better default option.
I just hope that as you mentioned earlier, they will do a talking version
with features like The Bug. I would also like to see a talking hi-fi
version, in other words, a talking tuner as a hi-fi separate as well as
portables.
Finally, I have to say, I bought mine from Simply Radios, direct link
http://www.talking radios.co.uk. I ordered it on Friday, and got it
yesterday, Monday. Now I can't argue with that one at all, that was
excellent service. I understand that Tape Sense are evaluating it, but as I
said earlier, I couldn't wait that long.
By the way, for those interested, they have an excellent audio guide to the
radio on an audio CD that comes with it. It is a mixed mode CD, as it also
contains the manual in .PDF format, plus the PDF reader itself.
All in all, good work Pure!
All the best
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-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
Ian Macrae
Sent: 01 March 2005 09:19
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: PURE'S VOICE TECHNOLOGY
Hi Ray,
It's my understanding that In Touch is planning a feature. In the
meantime, I'm talking to Pure and passing on information garnered from this
list and from elsewhere to their top marketing banana.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Ray's Home
Sent: 01 March 2005 09:15
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: PURE'S VOICE TECHNOLOGY
Steve. Maybe you could do a mini review of the new Pure talking DAB
radio yourself? It would be interesting to hear what strengths and
weaknesses it has. I hope feedback will reach Pure on this.
Ray
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----- Original Message -----
From: Steve Nutt
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 8:49 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: PURE'S VOICE TECHNOLOGY
Hi Ray,
I now have the radio in my house. I have to say that it is really
good, and even spells out the scrolling text that DAB displays. It's only a
very minor shame that they didn't use a text to speech engine, because it
can only spell out unknown words and channels, but overall, it is very good,
and would be well worth an In Touch feature.
All the best
--
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-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Ray's Home
Sent: 28 February 2005 10:59
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: PURE'S VOICE TECHNOLOGY
This is great news Ian. Look forward to an In Touch feature.
Certainly hope it may find its way into the HI-Fi tuners they make.
Ray
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----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Macrae
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 10:47 AM
Subject: [access-uk] PURE'S VOICE TECHNOLOGY
Hi all,
Since the announcement of the release of the Sonus1XT with Ivox
speech from Pure, I've asked them whether other DAB products could be
upgraded to incorporate the voice. The Bug, for example can have its
software upgraded via a PC and USB connection. The answer is that the
speech requires a certain amount of extra flash memory which isn't available
on other sets currently, however, they are looking at its wider application
across their product range.
Cheers now.
Ian
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