A speech synthesizer is the device that creates the synthetic speech you listen to. So, with your JAWS on Windows you're probably using the Eloquence software speech synthesizer. This means that the device is rendered fully in software. But, before we had software speech synthesizers, we had hardware ones. That's what you still have to use with Speakup--and that isn't a bad thing, but I'm not going to explain that just now. Suffice it to say that this hardware device is attached to your computer via a serial port, or on an internal card slot. Unfortunately, the kinds of internal slots that Speakup can use are now almost impossible to find on new computers. Site Resources writes: > From: "Site Resources" <siteresources at floodcity.net> > > hi, > > > I am very new to all of this; and I have not yet installed these things. I've been reading some of the documentation on speakup though, and on the installation, and I have a few questions, actually only one concerning speakup. > > What does it mean by a speech synthesizer? I'm not quite sure what it means there; sorry if I sound kind of silly with that. > > Actually currently, I'm running windows, with jaws. > > > Brandon > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka Email: janina at rednote.net Phone: +1 (202) 408-8175 Director, Technology Research and Development American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) http://www.afb.org Chair, Accessibility Work Group Free Standards Group http://a11y.org
