The newer units use a doubletalk chip. They don't use its full potential either. Greg On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 06:46:51PM -0400, Alex Snow wrote: > Thats what What I thought. The newer bns and blt units have improved > pronounciation over the echo, but the same sounding voice. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gregory Nowak" <greg at romualt.dhs.org> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 6:42 PM > Subject: Re: OLD DAYS > > > > The legacy bns (that's what FS likes to call them now) and the echo speech > synth sound the same because they share the same speech chip. > > Greg > > > > > > On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 05:27:28PM -0500, Adam Myrow wrote: > > > If you can understand the Braille 'N Speak, you can understand the Echo. > > > At least to me, they sound very similar. > > > > > > Yes, I remember BEX. It had those cryptic commands like " $$c " to > center > > > text. You absolutely had to put the spaces around them or they wouldn't > > > work. I used it with an embosser called an Ohtsuki. Obviously made in > > > Japan. It was a really slow embosser that could produce both Braille > and > > > print, but neither was very sharp. The Braille felt like the paper had > > > been stepped on, and everybody said that the print was very faint like > it > > > needed a new ribbon even when it had a brand new one. It wasn't a > ribbon, > > > but a little rubber wheel and it had holes at the end of each page to > > > detect the end of the page. Weird! > > > > > > I even used a shell account from an Apple IIGS and that was my first > > > experience with Pine. That's why I still use Pine even though some say > > > Mutt is better. It's hard to change when you've been using Pine that > > > long. > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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
