Well, a lot of Windows users also think the same but to be sincere, I like how the eloquence sinthesizer sounds. That's why I also like how IBM Via Voice sounds. Teddy, orasnita at home.ro ----- Original Message ----- From: "Toby Fisher" <toby_fisher@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 3:25 PM Subject: Re: interesting experiment. > On Tue, 21 May 2002, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > > > In Windows I can have champaigne for free. <smile> > > In Linux I need to pay for a hardware sinth to be able to get champaigne. > > It was the same thing some years ago when I would need a hardware sinth for > > DOS. > > Hmmm, so tell me, which fully-featured screen reader are you using for > Windows that's free? Ok, so you're using a couple of demos, but that's > hardly Champagne, is it? I already had a copy of Jaws, but chose to pay > for a hardware synthesiser because I don't like cheap Champagne > masquerading as a top vintage. *smile* > > Cheers. > > -- > Toby Fisher Email: toby at g0ucu.freeserve.co.uk > Tel.: +44(0)1480 417272 Mobile: +44(0)7974 363239 > ICQ: #61744808 > Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >