software speech for speakup

[Shaun Oliver]

Janina makes an interesting point here.
Why not make a pcmcia speech synthesiser? I suppose there's always the
problem of only having 1 such slot on a laptop but if you aren't going to
use it for modem or networking who cares?


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On Thu, 17 May 2001, Janina Sajka wrote:

> Well, I suppose I could velcros it to the lid. And, I would do that if
> the dimensions work out well. In fact, I was hoping the TripleTalk USB
> would let me do exactly that--but Mike seems to have a burr up his ***
> about open source drivers. Grrr.
> 
> Guess I'll just have to wait for someone to make a killer PCMCIA card
> that supports Speakup. Or software speech ...
> 
> 
> On Thu, 17 May 2001, Kirk Wood wrote:
> 
> > Actually though the USB offers a chance to make a hardware synth that
> > would be no more intrusive then a set of headphones. Already the bigest thing
> > about most synths is packaging and the speaker. And I would hope that you
> > would be looking to use headphones while on a flight.
> >
> > All the same, software synth is a good idea and would serve many people
> > well.
> >
> > =======
> > Kirk Wood
> > Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net
> >
> > Nothing is hard if you know the answer or are used to doing it.
> >
> >
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