Voice Synthesizers

[Brent Harding]

I do hear those with my dectalk, on my laptop, attempting to install debian.
At 05:47 PM 9/5/00 -0400, you wrote:
>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:
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>> 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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