well with sight village next week in the Uk,at times a fs bigwig comes to talk big words about fs,maybe eric damery or that other fellow,maybe he will be made to defend the product in the hall,cannot recal the name of another of your fs team, incidentally I heard today someone mention something called Cobra, that worked well but the website was in german,your mention of Python reminded me, if you are following your own convention in dalass,you may know more than we do in Uk. The person who toldme he was flying there on July 4th had the same name as the maker of cobra. I think it means tree in german dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Durber To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 12:15 PM Subject: Re: JAWS continuing to talk Ted: I could not agree with you more. Who ever programmed the British English voice for Eloquence, should be shot, then, hung, drawn and quartered, for coming up with such an abomination as to how British people pronounce words. Sincerely: Dave Durber ----- Original Message ----- From: Lisle, Ted (CHFS DMS) To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 4:11 PM Subject: RE: JAWS continuing to talk At least the British and Australian Real Speak samples sound plausible. The British JFW has got to be the worst I've ever heard-it's a really bad joke. If the idea was to make UK citizens feel comfortable, that poor mush-mouthed attempt fell way short of the mark-BBC it ain't! Ted From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dorothy Ingram-Gorban Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 3:26 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: JAWS continuing to talk i was joking a little I use eloquence for ease of use but I did use daniel for a while in the ocr and as I said one had no control I do not know the old speech engine you mention decktalk, it was xp when I started,and I thought I would never get used to artificial speech, I think the other voices are bits of human speech, I cannot find the right words perhaps digitised human speech, daniel was a real thug however dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: Lisle, Ted (CHFS DMS) To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 7:12 PM Subject: RE: JAWS continuing to talk I just used the burn example to show one possible use. As I said, it's nothing but a storage area, any kind of storage area. Yes, I'm familiar with Brother Daniel. I play with the Real Speak voices from time to time as alternates, but rely primarily on Eloquence for speed and accuracy. Artificial though they are, I can really fly with the stock voices, whereas I have to pay much closer attention in order to comprehend Real Speak. The best artificial speech I ever heard was the old hardware-based DecTalk. I think NOAA, New York Weather radio, and other automated services still use something like it, although it may be software based now. Ted From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dorothy Ingram-Gorban Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 12:42 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: JAWS continuing to talk well ted the person who told me was very clever he made his own computers,it was not burning to cd he meant at all,or the buffet you mention is that G and Tonic?,I was at the time not able to stop jaws reading at all,and I think the buffer was perhaps to do with available ram? I am really grasping at straws. However an example if moderator permits, in my ocr I had at that time a voice called daniel 22 hertz,now daniel did the same trick,wouldnot be paused just went on like a steam roller,so the vi friend tried to explain it like I have, not letting something out at one end before adding to it,Oh sounds not very nice but you know what I mean.Jaws does that ,and you have to let it or force off dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: Lisle, Ted (CHFS DMS) To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 5:18 PM Subject: RE: JAWS continuing to talk A buffer is merely a storage area. I frankly don't know what practical use it serves here, but that the short answer. In the early days of CD burning, it was vital to insure the flow of information was never interrupted, unless you wanted a pretty new drink coaster, because that's all you'd have if a burn was interrupted. Now there's a practical use for a buffer. Ted From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dorothy Ingram-Gorban Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 9:36 AM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: JAWS continuing to talk just a reminder, as mentioned I do not have anytechnical knowledge, but a vi friend once tried to explain about the buffer not emptying being a cause,and my desperate key strokes trying to stop jaws adding matterinto the funnel,wwhich could not empty,so if this means anything to you do try to explain to me, the implication is of course to let Jaws just go on speaking until it runs out of steam! Of course if it is determined to read the whole computer contents ,you are in for a long haul Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: Lisle, Ted (CHFS DMS) To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 1:52 PM Subject: RE: JAWS continuing to talk Thanks for the heads up, guys. I've flirted with the idea of bringing 11 in on this office machine, precisely because of Outlook's quirky behavior (Regulars may recall I had earlier surmised swapping out the video card cured my problem; it made it better, but it didn't cure it.). Well, your problems sound worse than mine, so I think I'll leave well enough alone. Ted From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dave Carlson Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 11:09 AM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: JAWS continuing to talk Yes, I've had them with JAWS 11, XP Pro, 32-bit, usually when using Outlook 2007. Only resolution is to kill JAWS and reload. Very annoying. Bites me about once a week, on average. It does seem to be more prevalent when I'm using other applications simultaneously, such as Adobe, Excel,IE7. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Cy Selfridge To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 06:58 Subject: JAWS continuing to talk Hi All, With JAWS 11, W7 64 bit, Outlook 2007 good old JAWS will, upon occasion, continue to talk when reading an email regardless of attempts to shut it up. Nothing I do seems to cause JAWS to stop until it has exhausted the entire email. Next thing which usually happens is that JAWS goes away and I need to fire it back up again. Anyone else have these problems? Cy, The Anasazi ---------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.829 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2936 - Release Date: 06/13/10 20:45:00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. 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