[bookport] Re: Upgrades: Hardware and Firmware
- From: "Mike Arrigo" <n0oxy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 21:20:13 -0500
I like the doubletalk particularly for reading instruction books. He gives
the instructions a nice serious tone that I like.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joni Colver" <july77@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 7:27 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Upgrades: Hardware and Firmware
> Larry these future possible features sound quite exciting. I would
welcome
> a stable platform for Braille input.
>
> My faithful and tireless reader is beginning to get an inferiority complex
> after hearing all of the negative Double Talk comments this week. Smile!
I
> know that synthesizer taste is definitely quite subjective so I can
> understand people who don't like Double Talk, but I do truly love it for
> some reason. I think the Precise Pete speech is crisp and clear and I
have
> listened to hours and hours of it. Even his little mispronunciations have
> become somewhat endearing to me. I never liked the Braille 'n Speak voice
> though so I know what it feels like to not be able to understand a
> particular synthesizer.
>
> My ultimate hope would be the possibility, as Larry mentioned, of having
> Double Talk with an optional software synthesizer for those who prefer
that.
> As others have said, no one choice will ever satisfy 100% of the users.
> Even two options won't satisfy everyone, but it will satisfy more people
> than just having one synthesizer. Don't know how feasible it would be to
> have a choice but that would be my ultimate vote if it is.
>
> Joni
>
>
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