[bookshare-discuss] Re: Book Port
- From: "Tiffany H. Jessen" <tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 13:08:30 -0500
I have heard of all of these, but don't believe I've heard them speak. I
didn't come into computers until 1998, and at that point I had and still use
Eloquence. I do have a Software version of Doubletalk and an external
Doubletalk LT for my rare uses of DOS, but I too don't like DOS, so to deal
with both it and the doubletalk at the same time I'm ready to go insane. I
guess I can understand the doubletalk fine enough, but it has to be slowed
to at least a third, if not a quarter of the speed I use eloquence. That
alone drives me nutso.
I don't know how to convert JAWS's speech rate to words per minute, but I
know I use it at 95% of it's capabilities. With Kurzweil I do sometimes use
Dectalk, but mostly I prefer the IBM Via Voice or TTS thing. If I'm just
reading, most of the time I have Kurzweil pumping words out around 720 WPM,
but if I'm editing something I slow it down to around 600.
Even if the doubletalk were able to pump out speeds like that, I would have
no chance of understanding it because I know I can't understand it at the
speeds it does do.
Tiff
----- Original Message -----
From: <talmage@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 12:10 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Book Port
> Hi Tiff,
>
> As with anything, I guess it is all just a matter of preference.
> I am a bit ashamed to admit that the DoubleTalk is my favorite
> synthesizer. After dealing with a Vert, Echo, Slotbuster, Apollo, and
> DecTalk, I have grown very accustomed to the Doubletalk and fortunately
> tend to prefer it.
>
> Dave
>
> At 11:31 AM 1/24/2005, you wrote:
> >I have one and enjoy it very much. Once set of double A batteries last
more
> >than sixty hours. It also supports brf daisy two, rtf and a few other
> >mainstreamed formats. The only thing I don't like is the doubletalk
speech,
> >which I find one of the worst synthesizers made, but the competitor
products
> >use the same synth, so that is not a matter of comparison between them.
> >If you have any particular questions you can email me at
> >tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Also, there is a listserve where people are very helpful. If you would
like
> >it's subscribing info I'll look it up.
> >Tiff
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Scott Duck" <sduck@xxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 10:21 AM
> >Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Book Port
> >
> >
> > > I am thinking about getting a Book Port. This is a portable device,
> >available from APH, for reading txt, html, daisy, Word, wav, mp3, and
some
> >other file formats. Do any of you have a Book Port and what kind of
> >experience have you had with it? Thanks in advance for the feed back.
>
>
>
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