Actually I was going to ask you where you were going to get an accent. I know tha they are no longer being made. I am happy with the quality of both the dectalk and the accent. I am able to clean up the volume control on the dec myself. I have only had to open one of the two of them that I own to fix the volume nob's screw coming loose making it not work. Never have had any problems other then that. I would recomend the accent if you can find one. I like them both just fine though. Maybe you should look in to the usb version of the bripple talk? I know this is going to raise some discussion. By the way Reiser Janina said she was getting one. She was gong to get in touch with them to see about getting you one for writing a driver. Anybody else interested in writing the tripple talk driver. I think that all of us who know Kirk know that he hates writing drivers. Just some thoughts. FC On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Klarich, Terry wrote: > Hey Frank: > > Is the accent well made? I am not really happy with the quality of the > dectalk express. Do you know of a good dealer of the accent? > > Thanks > Terry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank J. Carmickle [mailto:frankiec at braille.uwo.ca] > Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 4:47 PM > To: 'speakup at braille.uwo.ca' > Subject: Re: Voice Synthesizers > > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
