A good synth?

[Luke Davis]

Indeed.  An older express, usually goes for four-five hundred, on the open 
market.  The new DEC USB/serial expresses, go for about six fifty, I 
believe.
  On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Jayson Smith wrote:

> The Dectalk Express is a modern portable synthesizer which connects to a
> serial port.  I don't know when they stopped making them, but Force
> Computers released firmware for the Express a few years ago, although I
> don't think it sounds near as good as the older Digital firmware.  The DTC01
> is, as far as I know, the first Dectalk speech synthesizer ever produced,
> and was produced around 1984.  I don't know what a new DTC01 sold for when
> they were popular but I'd suspect several thousand dollars as those units
> also have the ability to interact with a user over the telephone.  Several
> years back I think the Express units were selling new for around $1200 but I
> think I heard once that they'd gone up to around $3000 or so.  Dectalk has
> always been one of the more expensive synthesizers around.  Hope this helps.
> Jayson.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram at nc.rr.com>
> To: "'Glenn Ervin at Home'" <GlennErvin at cableone.net>; "'Speakup is a screen
> review system for Linux.'" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 12:07 AM
> Subject: RE: A good synth?
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> I really appreciate that...tell me, how are those prices? I mean...is that
> good? I'm afraid my experience with them as been so limited as to have a
> very weak grasp of the price market for these devices, other than to know
> how much the newest one costs. Also, that's nowhere near the latest decTalk
> right?
>
> Take care,
> Sina
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca]
> On Behalf Of Glenn Ervin at Home
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:31 PM
> To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
> Subject: Fw: A good synth?
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> Here are 2 of the DecTalks at ebay for the price range.
>
> http://search.ebay.com/dectalk_W0QQsokeywordredirectZ1QQfromZR8
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