Janina,
Glad to find you here on this list!
On your advice, I'm going to start looking into hardware synths. I
gather that the DoubleTalk is a good synth, from your post. Are there any
other recommendations or synths I should avoid?
Thanks,
Tink
----- Original Message -----
From: "Janina Sajka" <janina@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: Getting started.
> Hi, Tink:
>
> Welcome to the Blinux list.
>
> I strongly, strongly, strongly recommend you get a hardware speech
> synthesizer. You're not going to be satisfied with software speech in
> the Linux console, imho. A read through the last few weeks of this list
> may illustrate this point.
>
> I would make this a priority. I have seen external Doubletalk synths for
> as low as $150 U.S. They list at just below $300 U.S. For that price and
> the heavy performance boost you'll get out of it, you'll be very happy
> you picked one up once the pain of paying for it has been forgotten.
>
> Léonie Watson writes:
> > From: Léonie Watson <lw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I hope I have the correct list for a posting such as this. If not,
> > please would someone point me in the right direction? Thanks.
> >
> > I'm exploring the options for installing Linux, for the first time
as a
> > VI user. Online research has thrown up several implementations of Linux,
> > including Debian, Knoppex, RedHat and Suse. I've also come across DTE's
such
> > as Gnome and KDE, along with screen readers such as Gnopernicus and
Speakup.
> >
> > I'm now hoping for any advice as to which is the most VI friendly
> > implementation and what combination of hardware and software is best. At
> > present, I don't have access to a hardware synth, so as I understand it,
> > access to Speakup isn't possible, but beyond that my options are open.
> >
> > I realise this topic must come up fairly often, so if there is a
good
> > resource other than the Speakup and Blinux FAQs which are recommended,
I'd
> > be most interested. Please reply off list if you feel that a public
reply
> > would unnescessarily clutter the list.
> >
> > Otherwise, I look forward to hearing your suggestions and making the
> > most of the obvious wisdom I've noticed whilst lurking on the list.
Smile.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tink
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