Karen, I might be able to put you in touch with someone who's selling one if you'd like. I'll contact him and see if he's still got it. He was asking $85 for it. Mark Peveto Registered Linux user number 600552 Everything happens after coffee! On Thu, 25 May 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > The dec-talk voices, constructed as I understand it first to simulate speech > for service members who lost their voices due to injury, are some of the > best ever invented. > I am therefore profoundly surprised no one has made an effort to keep patent > so that indeed the voices can be carried over to more graphical situations. > My own hardware synthesizer, using dec-talk voices, the reading edge, > likewise has no connection to Linux at all, not even in the command line, > Glad you found an express. would buy one myself if the price is right smiles. > Seriously, who owns the patent for the dec-talk voices? > > Karen > > > On Thu, 25 May 2017, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > > > As I sit here working in the console using my dectalk express that I just > > purchased, I find myself wishing it were possible to use it in the GUI as > > well. > > It's so much easier for me to hear than espeak. I wish someone would takte > > the time and write a module for speech-dispatcher so orca could use it. > > Ok, I'm done venting. > > > > > > Mark Peveto > > Registered Linux user number 600552 > > Everything happens after coffee! > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list