Main advantages of SBL over Speakup

[Gaijin]

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:00:42AM -0600, John G. Heim wrote:
> I don't understand why its so important to you to
> have hardware speech on your desktop.

	For me, it's because I want a backup synthesizer when software 
speech fails, and if like me, you run Debian "Testing," the software 
synthesizer can fail after any upgrade.  With software TTS, you have 3 
or 7 different things that could easily break, where with a hardware 
synthesizer, you only have one.  Fewer parts and less complexity means 
more stability.  Since I'm surrounded by the computer illidiot, sighted 
assistance isn't an option, and a backup system is a must.

				Michael