plan for software dectalk?

Ryan Mann rmann at rmisp.net
Fri Jun 13 01:42:02 EDT 2003


What is the difference between the Demo and the product that you pay for?


On Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Kenny Hitt wrote:

> The Linux demo works fine here.  I have it working with emacspeak and
> gnopernicus.  It's the best software synth I've found so far in Linux.
> $50 for a Linux version beats the $300 I payed for the Windows version
> in 1998.
>
>           Kenny
>
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 12:54:58PM -0700, Tyler Spivey wrote:
> > most of us can't afford software dectalk. $50 is a lot, and in canada it's
> > doubled since it's probably in american dollars.
> > the linux demo doesn't work, so i don't have any good way to try it.
> > the windows demo is... so-so, but very limiting.
> > i hate having to load windows. i only use it for games, and maybe the
> > occasional test of a new screen reader  that i find - which is not very
> > good.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <jacobs at surferie.net>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:22 PM
> > Subject: plan for software dectalk?
> >
> >
> > > Hi speakup developers:
> > > Just wondering if there are plans for speakup to support the linux version
> > > of software dectalk, or whether it's even possible. It's really the only
> > > good software synth for linux as far as voice quality goes, imho, unless
> > by
> > > some miracle festival develops a sudden improvement. Are there plans to
> > > support it at all? Is it even possible, given the way speakup is designed?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
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