[bookport] Re: Time to eat crow
- From: "James Jolley" <james.jolley1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:02:24 +0100
Hi,
I agree actually. I use a DECTalk USB synthesizer hear at home and would
never dream of reading with it. It has some funny ideas on internation
though that may be JAWS/Window-eyes related.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neal Ewers" <ewers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Bookport" <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 2:29 PM
Subject: [bookport] Time to eat crow
> Well now, if you all remember several months ago when we were talking
> about synthesizers to be used on the Book Port, I came out as a
> staunch Eloquence supporter. In the last months, I have read many
> books using the double talk speech already in the book port. Perhaps
> it's just that I have gotten used to it, but I actually think there is
> more.
>
> My guess is that Larry, Rob, and company have tweaked the double talk
> speech to make it much better than it is in other computer settings.
> I find that when I go back and read some of the same books with
> Eloquence, I don't like them nearly as much. The double talk comes
> closer to the intonation of human speech to my ear than does the
> Eloquence. Of course, that's a personal taste thing, and I am sure
> that others will disagree and rightly so.
>
> Secondly, I use Eloquence all day long at Trace to do my work. Thus,
> using it for pleasure sounds exactly like reading things I read at
> work. It's nice to have a separate synthesizer for work and another
> one for reading such things as I read on the book port.
>
> So, Now that I have that off my chest, I just want to say thanks to
> all who have worked on this for giving us a great product. I now hope
> that the double talk will remain a part of the book port family even
> if the choice of other synthesizers is still there.
>
> By the way, Crow tastes quite good.
> Neal
>
>
>
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