Indeed. An older express, usually goes for four-five hundred, on the open market. The new DEC USB/serial expresses, go for about six fifty, I believe. On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, Jayson Smith wrote: > The Dectalk Express is a modern portable synthesizer which connects to a > serial port. I don't know when they stopped making them, but Force > Computers released firmware for the Express a few years ago, although I > don't think it sounds near as good as the older Digital firmware. The DTC01 > is, as far as I know, the first Dectalk speech synthesizer ever produced, > and was produced around 1984. I don't know what a new DTC01 sold for when > they were popular but I'd suspect several thousand dollars as those units > also have the ability to interact with a user over the telephone. Several > years back I think the Express units were selling new for around $1200 but I > think I heard once that they'd gone up to around $3000 or so. Dectalk has > always been one of the more expensive synthesizers around. Hope this helps. > Jayson. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sina Bahram" <sbahram at nc.rr.com> > To: "'Glenn Ervin at Home'" <GlennErvin at cableone.net>; "'Speakup is a screen > review system for Linux.'" <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 12:07 AM > Subject: RE: A good synth? > > > I really appreciate that...tell me, how are those prices? I mean...is that > good? I'm afraid my experience with them as been so limited as to have a > very weak grasp of the price market for these devices, other than to know > how much the newest one costs. Also, that's nowhere near the latest decTalk > right? > > Take care, > Sina > > -----Original Message----- > From: speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca [mailto:speakup-bounces at braille.uwo.ca] > On Behalf Of Glenn Ervin at Home > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:31 PM > To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. > Subject: Fw: A good synth? > > > > > > Here are 2 of the DecTalks at ebay for the price range. > > http://search.ebay.com/dectalk_W0QQsokeywordredirectZ1QQfromZR8 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
