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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am new to this list so please go easy on
me. After reading some of the posts i feel like i have jumped into an
Olympic size swimming pool.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The reason why i joined this list is because i have
wanted to start using Linux for quite some time but other things have got in the
way. I think i would like to start with something fairly simple like
ZipSpeak as i am running windows 98. But i don't know much about hardware
synthiszers. I was thinking of going for the Double talk Lt, but after
reading the archives i belive some one said they had to flash the bios before it
would work with speak up.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am looking for something on the cheap side that
will work with Jaws too (if needed). The Dec talk express seems to crop up
a lot but like i said i really don't know much about hardware sythiszers or
where to get them.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also i Notice that when i get messages from this
list they are , (i think) being from the person and not,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="mailto:speakup@braille.uwo.ca">speakup@braille.uwo.ca</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks in advance,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nigel, (UK)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>