[bookport] Re: Book port Speech
- From: "Lou Kolb" <loukolb@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:03:19 -0400
I think everyone agrees that the doubletalk is not the best speech going. But
having said that, one of the reasons the BP is priced at under $400 is that it
has the synthesizer it does. Sure the Pac Mate has Ellequence but its ten
times the price. I think APH did the best they could given that afordability,
portability and technicalogical simplicity were among the criteria they used.
Given the rate at which technology is improving, I suspect that the next
iteration of the BP, whenever it arrives will be head and shoulders above this
one. Meanwhile, the first one continues to have a greater effect on my daily
life than any other piece of access technology with the possible exception of
the computer itself. Lou
----- Original Message -----
From: Milano Hyacinthe
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 11:47 AM
Subject: [bookport] Book port Speech
The Bookport is a great device but it doesn't have a great sounding voice
synthesizer. I think that's a pore design for a reading device. I think that
the APH engineers should work on a more realistic voice synth for the Bookport.
Due to the fact that realistic synths are not as expensive as before and are
more easier to implement. Almost all new devices that are develop now a days
contain some great sounding voice synth. For instance, the Eloquence voice
synth software and the ATT Real speak software are some great voice
synthesizers. I possess a Pacmate and a Voicemate and these devices contain
some nice sounding speech.
Milano Hyacinthe
University of Central Florida
Informaition Systems Technology
Site: http://mhtechguy.no-ip.info
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