Dectalk 5

[Charles Crawford]

Thanks and I will investigte the utility of it for me.

-- Charlie.
At 08:16 AM 04/21/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Yes to both questions. The Dectalk software synthesizer can be used in any 
>flavor of Linux, either in a text console or graphical environment, so 
>long as there is software written which supports it. More and more is 
>being made available, and some people, including myself, are able to use 
>both the console and Gnome exclusively with software speech. Really beats 
>having to carr a Braille Lite and a long serial cable weighed down with 
>adapters.
>
>
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>On 4/21/2004 at 8:25 AM Charles Crawford wrote:
>
> >Sorry to ask, but what is this synth for?  Internal speech in
> >text mode or X-windows?  Sorry that I have not paid much attention to
> >this subject.
> >
> >On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Jacob Schmude wrote:
> >
> >> Hi
> >> I definitely notice the muddy voice quality, however I have heard worse.
> >> I notice the clicking, as well, but I had that with 4.61 also. While I'm
> >> not overly impressed with the new voices, the responsiveness does impress
> >> me a great deal. All those delays before talking are gone.
> >>
> >> On Tue, 20 Apr
> >> 2004, Keith Watson wrote:
> >>
> >> > Just upgraded to the latest version of the dectalk soft synth and
> >> > was wondering if anyone else had noticed a distinct clicking
> >> > sound and that the voices although better are kind of muddy?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Keith Watson
> >> > kwatson at smed.yi.org
> >> >
> >> > Among the major impediments to discovery are not the ignorant
> >> > but those with illusions of knowledge.    - B. Alan Wallace
> >> >
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> >-- Charlie Crawford
> >
> >
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