Thanks and I will investigte the utility of it for me. -- Charlie. At 08:16 AM 04/21/2004 -0500, you wrote: >Yes to both questions. The Dectalk software synthesizer can be used in any >flavor of Linux, either in a text console or graphical environment, so >long as there is software written which supports it. More and more is >being made available, and some people, including myself, are able to use >both the console and Gnome exclusively with software speech. Really beats >having to carr a Braille Lite and a long serial cable weighed down with >adapters. > > >*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** > >On 4/21/2004 at 8:25 AM Charles Crawford wrote: > > >Sorry to ask, but what is this synth for? Internal speech in > >text mode or X-windows? Sorry that I have not paid much attention to > >this subject. > > > >On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Jacob Schmude wrote: > > > >> Hi > >> I definitely notice the muddy voice quality, however I have heard worse. > >> I notice the clicking, as well, but I had that with 4.61 also. While I'm > >> not overly impressed with the new voices, the responsiveness does impress > >> me a great deal. All those delays before talking are gone. > >> > >> On Tue, 20 Apr > >> 2004, Keith Watson wrote: > >> > >> > Just upgraded to the latest version of the dectalk soft synth and > >> > was wondering if anyone else had noticed a distinct clicking > >> > sound and that the voices although better are kind of muddy? > >> > > >> > > >> > -- > >> > Keith Watson > >> > kwatson at smed.yi.org > >> > > >> > Among the major impediments to discovery are not the ignorant > >> > but those with illusions of knowledge. - B. Alan Wallace > >> > > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > 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 > >> > > > >-- > >-- Charlie Crawford > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Speakup mailing list > >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > >Stephen Clower, that guy from the south. >You can reach me by any of the following: >E-Mail: steve at steve-audio.net >MSN: steve at steve-audio.net >AIM: AudioRabbit03 > >You can also check out my little home on the web by visiting >http://www.steve-audio.net > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
