Part of the problem with teh whole speech synthesis debate is that what
sounds good is incredibly subjective. Currently, at least to my knowledge,
the Double Talk, Triple Talk and DecTalk are the only three hardware
synths out there. I may well be wrong on this one.
Bruce
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On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, James Nuttall wrote:
Hello Bruce:
Since you guys seem to know something about technology perhaps you can answer some of my concerns. Over the life of the Double Talk synthesizer has it gone through some upgrades in voice quality? Are other people developing text-to-speech on a chip? I have found very limited information on the internet. The Double Talk is often listed as about the only product out there. When I compare for example the Double Talk to the old DecTalk of my Kurzweil system it sounds a lot better than the DecTalk. I'm just trying to gage the development to text-to-speech on a chip. Someday I hope we will have also great speech-to-text on a chip.
Jim -- Michigan
Bruce Toews <dogriver@xxxxxxxx> wrote: I honestly fail to understand people's assertions that the suggestions I made, or that even just the addition of more firmware space, would turn the BP into a PDA or computer. I honestly believe that if people would look at some of these suggestions they would see them for what they are, extension of existing functionality. Newer technology tends to be more battery-efficient, not less, and more firmware space would not require the building in of fans into the system. I respect your cautionary approach when it comes to updating the technology, and when I say that the BP uses very old technology it is not at all a put-down. As I have said, I am a huge fan of the Book Port, and am only interested in seeing a good thing get better. Bruce
