[vicsireland] Re: Nokia Text To Speech
- From: "Darragh Ó Héiligh" <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 16:01:51 +0100
2008/10/1 Tony Sweeney <tonysweeney1@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> 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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