improvements in the Dectalk USB

[jim grimsby]

Hi, as soon as my order was approved the download page displayed my
serial number.  I just bought five . Zero but I saw a press relece
announcing dectalk 4.63 releced on march fifth.  This version of dectalk
has classic reading mode witch sounds like the older dectalk voices
effectively giving the user 18 voices to choose from.  I wonder if this
means that owner of the dectalk 5.0 will get these new features also.
Thanks. 

-----Original Message-----
From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca
[mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Adam Myrow
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 5:47 PM
To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.
Subject: RE: improvements in the Dectalk USB


Well, it's just that the software Dectalk seems rather unprofessional. 
For example, at least when I've installed it, the installer bombs out at

the end with an error about an unexpected end of file.  You can get
around 
this by manually running ldconfig, but it seems to be something that one

would expect to have been caught in beta testing.  Also, the software
has 
some strange issues with compound words containing the word "fire."  For

example, try a sentence like "I use a firewall to protect my computer." 
As soon as the software Dectalk encounters "firewall," it starts
speaking 
gibberish for the rest of the line.  This, again, is something that
should 
have been caught in beta testing.  From this evidence, I've come to the 
conclusion that Fonix really doesn't care about the quality of their
Linux 
products.  Their speech engine is in the Dectalk USB, but it doesn't 
display these glitches.  The Dectalk USB has some issues, but it looks 
like they are being resolved.  Also, I can't remember if it was you or 
somebody else who bought the Dectalk software and has yet to receive a 
serial number despite being charged *twice* for it.



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