Voice Synthesizers

[Klarich, Terry]

Hey Frank:

Is the accent well made?  I am not really happy with the quality of the
dectalk express.  Do you know of a good dealer of the accent?

Thanks
Terry

-----Original Message-----
From: Frank J. Carmickle [mailto:frankiec at braille.uwo.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 4:47 PM
To: 'speakup at braille.uwo.ca'
Subject: Re: Voice Synthesizers


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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