Which hardware synthesizer to buy?

[Nick Stockton]

If you want a new hardware synth, your choices are: the DoubleTalk LT for 
$200, the TrippleTalk USB for $500 or the DecTalk USB for $700.
The DoubleTalk and TrippleTalk both use the same RC8650 chipset and they 
should sound like your LiteTalk.
Since speakup doesn't support USB connections to the synth, if you get a 
TrippleTalk USB or DecTalk USB you will need to run the synth in serial mode 
and connect it to the computer using a serial cable.
I wouldn't go with the DecTalk USB unless you really like DecTalk speech. 
The DecTalk is very pricy and the DoubleTalk and TrippleTalk synths are more 
responsive and tend to be better supported by speakup.
Kerk will have to comment here but I think I remember him saying he was 
using a TrippleTalk.

Nick Stockton
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gaijin" <gaijin at clearwire.net>
To: "SpeakUP Mailing List" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 2:25 PM
Subject: Which hardware synthesizer to buy?


> So, which synthesizer works with speakup these days.  It sounds
> like my LiteTalk serial and Mike's Apollo are no longer viable, and the
> DecTalk still requires special software to work.  Which model out there
> still works without a hitch, or which synthesizer is Kirk using?  I
> figure if something crops up with Kirk's synthesizer, I figure it'll be
> the first one to get the "Oops!  Better not do that," treatment.  Anyone
> know which squeaky wheels are getting the grease, or is speakup
> gradually losing it's "from power-up to shutdown" capability with the
> software synth?  I have enough set aside to get another synthesizer, and
> would rather drop the LiteTalk.  Maybe then I can work with the newer
> kernels.  How about it, Kirk?  Which hardware synthesizer do you use?
>
> Michael
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