[bookport] Re: Neo speech
- From: "Rik James" <d28rik@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 14:58:55 -0600
This is what I wondered. Thanks.
Will I be challenged with only 512 MB of RAM?
Richard
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On Behalf Of DAVID DE NOTARIS
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 1:32 PM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: Neo speech
I use Neospeech in K1000 and like it, but it is a memory hog.
DD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rik James" <d28rik@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 12:49 PM
Subject: [bookport] Neo speech
> I'm not real up to date on voices in a technical sort of way.
> But has anyone heard of something called Neo Speech?
> I recently purchased the new version of Kurzweil scanning software.
> Someone
> mentioned that it had 2 new Neo speech voices, Kate and Paul. I'm not
> buying it for that reason, and I'm looking forward to its arrival soon. I
> just wondered if anyone knows about the neo speech. However I do not wish
> to suggest any changes in the speech of the Book Port at this time. I
> just
> love how it responds and works fine for my needs. And if it ain't broke...
>
> Richard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Russ & Valerie
> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 9:08 AM
> To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bookport] Re: Sending Text Files as Audio
>
> I agree; that's why I went with AT&T.
>
> I'm considering expanding my collection of voices. Slowly.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sandy Licht" <slicht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, 08 October, 2006 23 43
> Subject: [bookport] Re: Sending Text Files as Audio
>
>
>> To each his own, I suppose, but quality is in the ears of the
>> listener. I like the AT&T voices as well as Eloquence, but the
>> Microsoft voices are extremely inferior, at least to me.
>>
>> At 11:39 PM 10/7/2006, Peter Torpey wrote:
>>
>>>I using the Bookport feature to send a book in text format to the
>>>Bookport as an audio file so that the Bookport can read the book in
>>>a high-quality SAPI5 voice.
>>>
>>>This is taking a long, long time (as might be expected). Not only
>>>does this tie up the Bookport for quite some time, but I know that
>>>the Bookport batteries drain when it is connected to the USB port.
>>>
>>>Is there a way of using the Bookport queuing system to pre-process
>>>the text-formatted book into an audio format before connecting the
>>>Bookport? In this way I would only have to tie up my comuter for
>>>the transfer time and not the entire processing time to transform
>>>the book from text to audio.
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>>
>>>-- Pete (still waiting after 1 hour on a 2.6 GHz machine!)
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