-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 there's still nothing that sounds as good as the original dectalk...and I got mine for the same price you'd pay for the software. On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 09:12:43AM +1000, Luke Yelavich wrote: > On Sun, Aug 08, 2004 at 05:18:14AM EST, Adam Myrow wrote: > > Is it just me, or is the Dectalk software 5.0 the worst-sounding software > > synthesizer ever produced? I think between Fonix and Force Computing, > > they've absolutely ruined the Dectalk. This thing sounds like it's got > > tape over its mouth, and 4.61 sounded like it was intoxicated. Not only > > that, the installer bombs out with an "unexpected end-of-file" error. It > > still seems to work, however. I urge anybody who is considering this > > product to think again! I'd rather listen to Flite's monotonous voice. > > At least it's clear. It's not worth $50. It isn't worth $0.01! When I > > pay for software, I expect quality. I hope the USB Dectalk that everybody > > talks about won't sound like this. > > On the other hand, DECtalk 5 is much more responsive than 4.61 was, so on that > note, I would rather use 5. However I do agree that it certainly is not the > best sounding DECtalk I have heard. > > Luke > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup - -- If the future navigation system [for interactive networked services on the NII] looks like something from Microsoft, it will never work. -- Chairman of Walt Disney Television & Telecommunications -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBFjJx9XVrM3ri110RAtg9AJ49xK4dU4KxD+5c/8dY+dpxD69QLwCfQQaZ gggtFNqd7lRrruoyQm6lvhs= =PRiD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
