[bookport] Re: BP's speech and deleting folders
- From: "Darrell Shandrow" <nu7i@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 08:14:09 -0700
Hi Dave,
Yes, indeed, and I certainly got used to that good old Echo! I really
thought I had something back then.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Allen" <wd8ldy@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 4:49 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: BP's speech and deleting folders
> Hi Darrell and list:
>
> Good to see you on this list, Darrell. I believe you are right about the
> processing power needed for a software synth such as Eloquence. I got used
> to Double talk speech years ago and don't mind it. But I still prefer true
> audio when possible. For that reason, I tend to use primarily books that I
> can get in appropriate audio formats as my first choice. When that isn't
> possible, then I will read it in other applicable formats. This means I
> don't use the built-in synthesiser in the Bookport for much beyond
> manipulating the settings and moving between files. But even if that's all
> I
> do with it, I consider it to be more accessible than anything else, which
> is
> why I support it's development any way that I can. While the built-in
> synthesiser is not of the quality of a good software synthesiser, it is
> far
> above things that came before it. Does anyone remember the pathetic Echo
> series or the Votrax? If you don't, I'd urge you to seek out examples of
> those before you are quick to dismiss the synthesiser in the bp.
>
> Cheers and 73,
> Dave
>
>
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