[vicsireland] Re: Nokia Text To Speech
- From: "Tony Sweeney" <tonysweeney1@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:38:56 +0100
Darragh,
I would have outlined what you just described in accessing Nokia TTS in the
Installations folder with Talks in an earlier post to this list!
I was then and now wondering if Nokia TTS can be heard without having Talks
installed?
Surely Nokia TTS is separate from Talks!
One would think that they are separate and indeed competitors!
I also wrote that I would only want Nokia TTS (without Talks) for my second
phone which is on a different price plan and that would really be a spare or
maybe only used on occasion and maybe mainly for incoming calls or text
messages.
I have Talks on my main phone and it is great but for me to get Talks on my
second phone the cost to me would be ?199 minus the ATAG!
The phone in question was only ?160!
I really would like to hear back from Stuart or anyone who uses the Nokia
TTS with the E51.
There is also 'voice aid and 'message Reader which aren't much of a help
(certainly to me)!
Now perhaps that Nuance Talks are in league with Nokia so if one has to have
Talks installed to get TTS then it is a non-runner for me at any rate!
Tony.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Darragh Ó Héiligh" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 2:34 PM
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Nokia Text To Speech
> Tony,
>
> a tts i.e, text to speech synthesizer doesn't speak unless an
> application directs it to do so. That's where talks comes in. Talks
> can either use Elequents or this Nokia text to speech synthesizer on a
> number of Nokia third generation phones. There are also some Nokia
> phones that include a very basic and cut down screen reader but it
> wouldn't be a patch on the functionality provided by Talks. A
> similarity could be drawn between the Narator in Windows and the basic
> Nokia software.
>
> Nokia's application for reading selected data on your phone is from
> what I gather to be used by people looking for an eyes free way of
> reading messages / caller ID's. I don't think they would ever
> consider it an alternative to a full screen reader.
>
> I don't have an E51 so cant comment as to the availability of an
> application that would utilize the Nokia TTS synthesizer out of the
> box but eitherway, if you depend on a screen reader to use your
> mobile, you have two choices: Talks or mobile speak.
>
> Hope that clarifies things.
>
>
> Darragh
> www.digitaldarragh.com
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