Listen to the Bookport long enough, and you will actually begin to
like the Doubletalk. Perhaps there is a new Bookport in the
designing stage. We don't know what the plans are. Don't be too
critical. The Bookport doesn't cost a lot of money like the Packmate
does. Also remember, both Elloquence and the AT&T voices are memory
hogs. By the way, do you own a Bookport? I don't mean to be
critical, but if you did, I'm not so sure you would complain so
strenuously. For the money, the BP is the best piece of assistive
technology out there.
I love the fact I can carry my library around with me wherever I
go.At 10:47 AM 9/14/2006, Milano Hyacinthe wrote:
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.
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