I do hear those with my dectalk, on my laptop, attempting to install debian. At 05:47 PM 9/5/00 -0400, you wrote: >Well I use both of them. I like the dectalk for long reading but the >accent is much better for everyday quick reading. It is quite a bit >faster although you can crank the dectalk. Lots of folks say that the >dectalk can't get fast enough for them. This is not true. It can't get >extremely fast. The problem with it is that it mumbles when cranked up >above 500 words per minute. I can usually leave the accent cranked all >the way up most of the time. > >Another thing is that speakup currently works better with the accent then >the dectalk. This is because of the dectalks silly command set. This may >get fixed sometime but not any time soon. With ever serial synth speakup >bleads some of the control charactors through. So in the case of the >dectalk you will hear a lot of dv ap 100s. In the case of the accent you >will hear just a few p5s. > >HTH >FC > >On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Klarich, Terry wrote: > >> Hello all: >> >> Soon, I will be buying a new voice synthesizer. I would like an external >> serial device for it's flexibility. Presently, it is a toss up between the >> dectalk express and the acsent. If anyone has an opinion concerning serial >> voice synthesizers, I would like to hear it. >> >> I personally like the dectalk express; but, it doesn't seem very well made. >> And, DEC used those rj 45 connectors with the tab offset. I have no idea >> why DEC did this. This type of connecter is on most of their terminal >> servers, printers and other serial devices. DEC are the only one's who use >> this connector. I guess this is why they can charge $15 for a cable. >> >> Terry >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >
