I do think the doubletalk speech is one of the best available though, it provides a good compromise between great responsiveness, and good speech quality. The only speech engine I can think of that I might like better for reading for a long time is the eloquence speech. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lou Kolb" <loukolb@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 7:51 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: Any New Hardware Revision Plans? > I think those are double talk pronunciation issues. Certainly the Still > instead of saint is. it would be great to have a pronunciation dictionary > available to fix those things and I believe that's been mentioned here > before. Lou > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Massey" <micmey@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 8:12 PM > Subject: [bookport] Any New Hardware Revision Plans? > > > > Hi. What great suggestions have been made in fun!!! I like Robert's > > suggestion of an invisible book port to carry around when at a boring > > meeting. Lol. Anyway, seriously, I wonder if we need to contact NLS > > regarding the translation of braille magazines. I have been reading > Popular > > Mechanics and have come across several instances in which if measurements > > are given for something such as a shed, the measurements are read as 20 > fort > > high and nine fort wide rather than feet. I also have noticed that when > it > > comes to living in Missouri, the big city with the RAms and Cardinals is > > pronounced Still Louis, smile. I get a chuckle every time I hear those > > particular mispronunciations. > > > > Oh yeah, book port should pay our bills but not from our accounts, smile. > > I'm glad we're allowed a bit of latitude on this list. > > > > Mike > > > > > >