[bookport] Re: Upgrades: Hardware and Firmware
- From: "Mike Arrigo" <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 21:46:44 -0500
Remember too that if you must have another synthesizer read your text, you
can use a product like text aloud, or kurzweil 1000 to convert the text in
to an mp3 file, then listen to that file on the unit, so there is what I
would consider a decent work around to the synth issue.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Otten" <maryotten@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 9:33 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Upgrades: Hardware and Firmware
> Lary,
> Your statement below is a very powerful argument for not changing
synthesizers. Surely, the cost would have to be passed along to purchasers
of the new units. There was considerable discussion on here not long
> ago about the possible addition of a speaker. One of the arguments against
it was that it would add to the price of the unit. Anyone worried about the
increase in price caused by a tiny speaker should really take
> notice of the additional cost mentioned here. It represents over 10% of
the cost of today's unit and, at least for some, represents a step
backwards, one which, unlike a speaker or other optionally used additional
> features, would be the only choice offered. Its too bad you guys can't do
what the people at Kesi did with respect to this issue. Offer the unit with
the speech chip and, as an extra cost item, offer additional software
> synthesizers. That's what they did with Dec Access a few years back, and
it seemed to work well enough.
> Mary
>
> On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:15:35 -0400, LARRY SKUTCHAN wrote:
>
> >I doubt we can offer Eloquence for $50, since it looks like we will be
> >paying around that on a per unit license, even before doing any hardware
> >and software modifications.
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