Voice Synthesizers

[Klarich, Terry]

Hello all:

Soon, I will be buying a new voice synthesizer.  I would like an external
serial device for it's flexibility.  Presently, it is a toss up between the
dectalk express and the acsent.  If anyone has an opinion concerning serial
voice synthesizers, I would like to hear it.

I personally like the dectalk express; but, it doesn't seem very well made.
And, DEC used those rj 45 connectors with the tab offset.  I have no idea
why DEC did this.  This type of connecter is on most of their terminal
servers, printers and other serial devices.  DEC are the only one's who use
this connector.  I guess this is why they can charge $15 for a cable.

Terry