By 'original' do you mean version 4.2 or the old, old DTC01? I've never seen one of those! Jayson. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Snow" <alex_snow@xxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 10:02 AM Subject: Re: The hideous Dectalk 5.0 > -----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----- > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
