Voice Synthesizers

[Frank J. Carmickle]

Well I use both of them.  I like the dectalk for long reading but the
accent is much better for everyday quick reading.  It is quite a bit
faster although you can crank the dectalk.  Lots of folks say that the
dectalk can't get fast enough for them.  This is not true.  It can't get
extremely fast.  The problem with it is that it mumbles when cranked up
above 500 words per minute.  I can usually leave the accent cranked all
the way up most of the time.  

Another thing is that speakup currently works better with the accent then
the dectalk.  This is because of the dectalks silly command set.  This may
get fixed sometime but not any time soon.  With ever serial synth speakup
bleads some of the control charactors through.  So in the case of the
dectalk you will hear a lot of dv ap 100s.  In the case of the accent you
will hear just a few p5s.

HTH
FC

On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Klarich, Terry wrote:

> 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
> 
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