[bookport] Re: Book port Speech
- From: "Hope Hein" <hmhein@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:51:05 -0400
Good point!
Smile.
Hope
-----Original Message-----
.From: "Walt Smith"<walt@xxxxxxxxxx>
.Sent: 9/14/06 11:59:15 AM
.To: "bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"<bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
.Subject: [bookport] Re: Book port Speech
.
.The present synth (which, after a relatively brief period of adjustment, I
.find perfectly adequate) has two very distinct advantages:
.
.* It is small, allowing for installation in a device with relatively limited
.software and hardware space.
.
.* I strongly suspect that it's also inexpensive, helping keep the cost down.
.
.Almost any of the newer software-only synthesizers will violate both of
.these requirements. The AT&T synthesizer is out because of the huge amount
.of space it takes up. Eloquence doesn't use quite as much, but I suspect
.that the licensing costs would be prohibitive. I very seriously doubt that
.there are a fraction as many Book Ports out there as copies of JAWS.
.
.Arguing over synthesizers is nothing but a religious discussion. No
.synthesizer is superior or inferior--it's only superior or inferior to the
.person listening to it. By spending some time with the voice, rate, pitch,
.and frequency settings, I've been able to find a voice that is perfectly
.acceptable to me. Over the years, I've also learned that a lot of
.dissatisfaction with a given synthesizer is based on the fact that the user
.has never varied the settings that are defaulted to and this is a serious
.mistake. I don't know how many people I've heard on the various JAWS-related
.lists cry and whine about how incredibly bad Eloquence is only to have them
.admit that they've _never_ made any attempt at all to change the pitch or
.rate that are set by JAWS by default.
.
.----- Original Message -----
.From: "Milano Hyacinthe" <nicemilano@xxxxxxx>
.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
.
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