[bookport] Re: Synthesizers

  • From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 14:58:15 -0400

There would be more of a RAM requirement.  The battery drain issue is
one that we still need to measure.


>>> maryotten@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Wednesday, April 13, 2005 2:41:29 PM >>>
Larry,
Of the synthesizers mentioned, I much prefer the doubletalk, and that
includes over keynote, which,  while phonemically accurate, sounds so
mechanical as to put me completely off. I have access to software
dectalk 
and to via voice and eloquence, but still prefer triple talk pci. Other
than the subjective quality, what are the other considerations? I've
always heard that the disadvantage to things like dectalk software or
eloquence 
is that they do require memory, whereas the speech chip, being self
contained, does not. I would think that the responsiveness of the bp
would be negatively affected with a software synthesizer. That is
certainly the 
case with my pc, which has plenty of ram and a 2.2ghz processor. And
what about battery drain? Would the present chip drain more or less from
the battery? 
Mary




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