I'll vouch for the greatness of the DecTalk USB. I really love it. There is still one bug in the JFW drivers, but I have found Acess Solutions incredibly willing to listen and work on problems as I report them. I can't say enough for this unit. Bruce -- Bruce Toews E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: water_drinker@xxxxxxxx Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net For information on my weekly radio show visit http://radioclassics.ogts.net On Sat, 12 Feb 2005, Jerry Richer wrote: > Chevelle! I don't know what DEC-Talk is more responsive but I do know > that the guys who developed the DEC-Talk USB are both blind and at least one > of them has used every DEC-Talk ever made and that a lot of effort went into > the DEC-Talk USB project with respect to responsiveness and quality of > speech. The DEC-Talk USB speech is the closest thing to version 4.2 speech, > except of course for 4.2. Unfortunately the 4.2 specs have been lost but > between Access Solutions and Phonix many people feel that the DEC-Talk USB > speech is faithful to 4.2. A good thing about the DEC-Talk USB is that the > speech can be updated as corrections are made to the speech. > Shipping anywhere in the United States is included in the $650.00 > price. > > Chirp|Chirp|Chirp: It's the Bat, Chirping Bat .Com > > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the > way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the > list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx