Isn't that exagerating a bit? I mean when I observe the cpu usage on my 1.8 ghz running winXP Professional with JFW 5, it's almost minimal, or maybe close to a third if I have 8 to 10 applications open and some of those include mp3 player, messenger, and so forth. If I turn jaws off, I can see that the cpu usage is almost the exact same. So I don't think software synth really takes up that much power as people might think. Also, using a doubleTalk: I've really come to hate the voice *grin*. Also, the response time is about the same, if not a bit slower, than software. Take care, Sina No trees were destroyed in sending this message; however, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Janina Sajka Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 10:25 PM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: linux and speakup installation So true, Alex. And, another thing, software synths realy take up a lot of your computer's power. In other words, I'd rather have a 1 gigaherz CPU with a hardware synth than a 2 gigaherz CPU with a software synth. Alex Snow writes: > > I've also observed that hardware synths are faster and better quality > then software synths. _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup at braille.uwo.ca http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
