[bookport] Re: In defense of Double Talk
- From: "Bruce Toews" <dogriver@xxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:28:10 -0500
All we need to do now is get Book Share available to non-Americans so we
can all read instead of being barred by politics.
Bruce
On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 15:15:47 -0400, "Fred Wurtzel"
<f.wurtzel@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> Hello,
>
> I, also have a similar history. I started with a Texas Instruments
> TI-994a
> computer with speech then went to an Apple II plus. What we have now is
> amazing and a blessing. The computer and Bookport along with Bookshare
> is
> an unbelievable combination to provide access to printed material. I
> can't
> imagine what a difference this would have made for me in college in the
> early 70's just after the invention of the cassette tape.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Cy Selfridge
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 2:50 PM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookport] Re: In defense of Double Talk
>
> Hi folks,
> Well, I gues I'll throw in my couple of cents worth here.
> I concur with William and Crystal as I also have been around this
> synthetic
> speech game for a considerable amount of years.
> A long time ago about the only thing which talked was some of the DEC
> terminals which would hook up to some IBM mainframes. They did have very
> good speech with a German accent and they also cost around $8,000.
> My wife and I were elated to find the Voltrax Type and Talk synthesizer
> for
> the old Apple II+ because it was only $350 or so. While it was *very*
> limited it was better than nothing.
> Next I migrated up to an IBM compatible micro which was, I think, a 286
> processor with a fantastic speed of about 4Khz.
> On this wonderful piece of equipment I had a Symphonics 215 speech board
> and
> it was, at best, miserable but it also was a lot better than nothing.
> What we have today with Eloquence, Double and Triple Talk along with the
> SAPI voicesis a true blessing.
> I use the USB Triple Talk on my 3GHZ XP Home computer because I can
> listen
> to JAWS and music independently of each other. When I request a "Read
> All"
> command I get the new SAPI voice through the computer's speakers. Now,
> how
> can you complain about this?
> Cy, the Ancient Okie...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of William Stephan
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 12:34 PM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookport] Re: In defense of Double Talk
>
> Crystal's right!
>
> Some of us who've been doing this for a while can still remember when
> synthetic speech sounded about like someone reading through a kazoo.
>
> Since folks can apparently designate whatever speech engine they want to
> use
> on a file-by-file basis, I'm not sure why which synthesizer is used is
> particularly significant in any case.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> .From: "Crystal French"<raincrow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> .Sent: 3/15/07 9:25:01 AM
> .To: "bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"<bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> .Subject: [bookport] In defense of Double Talk .
> .For my two cents, I have no problem with Eloquence, or Double Talk.
> .
> .I have lived enough years to remember only too well a time when access
> to
> .printed material was very limited.
> .
> .So, Eloquence and Double Talk sound like normal people to me.
> .
> .In fact, Perfect Paul and I have a very nice relationship, thank you
> very
> .much, and I am happy to hear that he will be continued in BP II.
> .
> .Crystal
> .
> .
> .
> .
>
>
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