Hi, David: OK. I would do any combination of: 1.) Doubletalk units (including perhaps only the internal boards which you could breadboard) from the manufacturer: http://www.rcsys.com 2.) Finding used units via E-Bay (and similar) as previously suggested. 3.) Using software speech through multiple sound cards. Options include: http://www.cepstral.com http://www.fonix.com/page.cfm?name=product_dectalk_rt_for_linux&ID=15 I would suggest #3 may be the more interesting way to achieve what you want, because you could get a variety of voices (Festival/Flite, Mbrolla, JavaTTS) at no cost. Good luck! David Link writes: > Dear Janina, > > I understand that very well. I would also be interested to buy units for > a decent price (not the dectalk pricing :-). Any help is very welcome! > > Thanks, with best regards, > > David > > Janina Sajka wrote: > > >Actually, most of us who have equipment like this hold on to it for dear > >life. It's our interface to Linux, so we do our best to keep it working > >well. > > > >I know where you could buy units, but I think you're looking for > >donations? > > > >David Link writes: > > > > > >>Hello, > >> > >>for a concert project of FM Einheit (Hoerspielpreis der Kriegsblinden), > >>Jamie Lidell and David Link we are searching for English > >>speech-synthesizers, preferably as external module that can be driven > >>over the serial interface. Do you have such hardware in your cellar that > >>you could donate or sell to us? Do you have hints for us where to get > >>them, especially in Europe? I have a DecTalk ISA card and the DoubleTalk > >>evaluation board. Any help would be appreciated! > >> > >>Thanks, with best regards, > >> > >>David Link > >> > >>_______ > >> > >>Hallo, > >> > >>fuer ein Konzertprojekt von FM Einheit (Hoerspielpreis der > >>Kriegsblinden), Jamie Lidell und David Link suchen wir englisch > >>sprachige Sprach-Synthesizer, bevorzugt als externes Modul, das ueber > >>die serielle Schnittstelle angesteuert werden kann. Habt Ihr noch alte > >>Geraete im Keller, die Ihr uns ueberlassen / verkaufen koenntet? Habt > >>Ihr Hinweise auf solche Geraete? Europaeische Haendler? Ich habe bisher > >>eine DecTalk ISA Karte und das DoubleTalk Board. Jede Hilfe ist > >>willkommen! > >> > >>Vielen Dank und schoene Gruesse, > >> > >>David Link > >>___ > >>David Link > >>Alpha60 technologies > >>L?tticher Str. 34 > >>50674 K?ln > >>T: ++49 .173 .244 81 57 > >>E: david at khm.de > >>W: http://alpha60.de > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Speakup mailing list > >>Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > >>http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > -- > ___ > David Link > Alpha60 technologies > L?tticher Str. 34 > 50674 K?ln > T: ++49 .173 .244 81 57 > E: david at khm.de > W: http://alpha60.de > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Janina Sajka, Chair Accessibility Workgroup Free Standards Group (FSG) janina at freestandards.org Phone: +1 202.494.7040
