The hideous Dectalk 5.0

[Alex Snow]

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there's still nothing that sounds as good as the original 
dectalk...and I got mine for the same price you'd pay for the 
software.
On 
Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 09:12:43AM +1000, Luke Yelavich wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 05:18:14AM EST, Adam Myrow wrote:
> > Is it just me, or is the Dectalk software 5.0 the worst-sounding software 
> > synthesizer ever produced?  I think between Fonix and Force Computing, 
> > they've absolutely ruined the Dectalk.  This thing sounds like it's got 
> > tape over its mouth, and 4.61 sounded like it was intoxicated.  Not only 
> > that, the installer bombs out with an "unexpected end-of-file" error.  It 
> > still seems to work, however.  I urge anybody who is considering this 
> > product to think again!  I'd rather listen to Flite's monotonous voice. 
> > At least it's clear.  It's not worth $50.  It isn't worth $0.01!  When I 
> > pay for software, I expect quality.  I hope the USB Dectalk that everybody 
> > talks about won't sound like this.
> 
> On the other hand, DECtalk 5 is much more responsive than 4.61 was, so on that
> note, I would rather use 5. However I do agree that it certainly is not the
> best sounding DECtalk I have heard.
> 
> Luke
> 
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