[bookport] Re: synthesizers
- From: Sandy Licht <slicht@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 10:56:05 -0500
Larry, every time this list gets quiet, you come up with something to liven
things up!
The truth is, for the ability to read, I can get used to any synthesizer
out there!
At 09:20 AM 4/13/2005, you wrote:
>larry, my vote is for the appollo 2 synths and the doubletalk. I like
>doubletalk, mainly because I think its a good synth, and the voices are
>pretty cool
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Aman Singer" <aman@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 6:55 AM
>Subject: [bookport] Re: Synthesizers
>
>
> > Hi, Larry and all.
> > I'd be happy with retaining Doubletalk, or using Eloquence, but
> > would be overjoyed to have Dectalk on the BP. I use Dectalk for all my
> > reading in Kurzweil, and would love to have it as a portable option.
> > I have two suggestions, if I may make them. First, I would ask that
> > very human-sounding synthesizers, like AT&T Natural Voices and Neospeech
> > be
> > avoided, not only because they need resources, but because they would make
> > really fast reading on the BP somewhat difficult. This is probably an
> > idiosyncrasy of how I use the machine (I'm a student and want to get
> > through
> > as much material as possible in as short a time as possible with as much
> > comprehension as possible), but I also think it might apply to anyone who
> > uses the BP to read material where speed and comprehension are key. In my
> > experience, the faster an almost human voice goes, the worse it is.
> > Secondly, would it be possible to have several synthesizers for the
> > BP? Perhaps people could specify the one they want at the time of ordering
> > or, and I would imagine this would be more difficult than it might be
> > worth,
> > people could flash synthesizers as they now flash firmware.
> > Aman
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of LARRY SKUTCHAN
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 9:08 AM
> > To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [bookport] Synthesizers
> >
> > While we are talking about synthesizers, let me ask a question or two:
> >
> > What do you think of DEC-Talk?
> >
> > I will say that AT&T Natural Voices requires far too much in the way of
> > resources than we are able to put on a low power-consumption device.
> >
> > It looks like the top contenders are
> >
> >
> > DoubleTalk
> > Eloquence
> > DEC-Talk
> >
> > What are your thoughts?
> >
> > Do you know of others?
> >
> >
> >
> >
Sandy Licht
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