A good synth?

[Sina Bahram]

Hi guys,

I need a good hardware synth. My employer is willing to spend around 300
bucks or so....I need it to work with a variety of linux apps, like SpeakUP
for sure, and possibly EmacSpeak as well. Also anything else that uses a
hardware synth if that's possible.

What's a good one people? In my opinion the DoubleTalk's quality is just
*shutter* but if that's the best for that price range, I guess I'll have to
go with that.

Thank you all for any replies.

Take care,
Sina