[bookport] Re: new unit proposal

  • From: Bruce Toews <dogriver@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:04:50 -0500 (CDT)

I for one only use software speech at work because I have to. For me, it's the versatility, configurability, predictability and universality of hardware speech all the way.

Bruce

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On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Walt Smith wrote:

As computers have become more powerful, the degree to which software speech
takes resource away from the computer has become virtually nil. Only the
very oldest 300 MHz computers running Windows 98 require hardware
synthesizers any more.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Jones" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 10:55 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: new unit proposal


Hardware synthesizers will never outlive their usefulness for one
unescapable reason; software speech always takes resources away from the
computer, whereas hardware synths can do their own speech processing
internally.

-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Chris Hill
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 8:49 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: new unit proposal

I like the calculator idea.  I think the synthesizer idea has outlived
its usefulness with all the speech programs I know of installing their
own software speech these days.


On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 08:22:13 -0500, you wrote:

Think of how much more useful the unit could be. I know doubletalk would
probably charge money for the synth option, but it could all be done in
firmware, maybe there could be a special firmware users would have to pay
for if they wanted the synth.
The calculator I think should be more considered, it would hardly take any
extra space nor time to develop at least a simple one; and we all could use
a calculator now and then.


-----Original Message-----
From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of David Allen
Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 5:57 AM
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookport] Re: new unit proposal

Hi Kevin and list:

Yes, both have been thought of. Neither is justified in the context of a
portable device whose reason for being is to read books. If you still need
a 

USB synthesiser, it is available as the Tripple talk.

Cheers,
Dave








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