I like the double talk speech too. I usually leave it on the Precise Pete voice, and it doesn't bother me at all. At first, I thought it would, but now, I prefer it to audio books. Shannon Are you a fan of women's music? If so, and you're interested in hearing the latest edition of "The Eclectic Collection: A Celebration of Women In Music", feel free to send a message to: solsticesinger25@xxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Erichsen" <pianoman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 7:43 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: bp2, doubletalk etc. I have to agree. I will be getting a hardware speech synth soon. However, on my laptop I do like the convenience of software speech to not have to carry an extra device around with me. -----Original Message----- From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gary Lee Sent: Thursday, 15 March 2007 11:13 AM To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookport] bp2, doubletalk etc. Frankly, I'm eagerly awaiting the first six months of the bp2 before I purchase. AS to doubletalk, bring it on. I wish more blindness specific devices, i.e. icon, braillenote, pacmate, etc. would use it. This is hardware speech, and as Larry so correctly pointed out, draws less from the batteries. Also, it doesn't use the precious cpu cycles of our devices; saving them for either more poroductive work, or allowing the processor to idle, saving still more battery. Long live hardware speech. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.10/720 - Release Date: 3/12/2007 7:19 PM