speakup wierdness

[tyler spivey]

yeah this may sound stupid, but until my dad can scrap together the money 
he needs, what would make a nice speech emulator? all i have availibel is a 
dectalk ll pc  running on
a 386 and a null modem cable on
16450s , 2 pcs running windows.
i want to use one of those win boxes as a zipspeak box.
what synthasizer can i use that doesn't use handshaking? and that doesn't 
use control characters if possible.
sorry for the extra l's but my l key sticks .
i have tried serial terminals buut they weren't my thing .
i want to try speakup and see what i can do with it.
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