Damnation! That's more money than I paid for 14 credit hours this semester. So it will work with a laptop on a serial port for 1H if running it on battery? I'd heard the dec talk long ago with Jaws and windows 98 and it was a very solid voice quality. Does the good quality remains in case of Linux as well? Sorry for being this inquisitive, but it seams to me more profitable to buy a software synth for Linux if one is available. But I will have to buy this one if no other solution is found Many thanks for the responses! Ned It's an expensive business being blind. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Eaves" <leaves1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 9:08 PM Subject: Re: The New DecTalk USB External Synthesizer > Hey, I don't mean to advertize, but I bought my new dectalk for $650 from > jerry at chirpingbat.com (it is an introductory price, he says, and may go up > eventually, but it is the same as the $695 model.) > Go to the chirpingbat.com site and see what else he's offering. I bought a > wireless keyboard, but in truth, I have gone back to a wired version for > various reasons -- it does work, but I don't need that kind of range, and I > live where there's interference, and also I don't like the idea of my > passwords and stuff being picked up by the people next door -- not that > they'd care, or know when or how to retrieve it, but since I know this thing > transmits 30 feet (he has another one with a 100 foot range) I figure > anything is possible... > Take care. > --le > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John McCann" <lists at jamsite.us> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 9:10 PM > Subject: The New DecTalk USB External Synthesizer > > > Hi Ned: > > Yes, indeed, the DecTalk has been resurrected in a sleeker, mmore up-to-date > iteration; supporting both USB and serial connections, which makes it fully > backwards compatible. > > Prior to december 31, 2004, Innovation Rehabilitation Technologies, Inc., (I > R T I), was offering it for $645. The current street price (on blind > street, <smile.), is $695. > > I recently purchased one, and, while you can't use it in USB mode under > linux (at least not at the current time), it works fine under linux when > using the serial cable. Even when using it in serial mode (as you > necessarily will do when using linux), you will be able to use the USB cable > to provide power to the unit, which obviates the need to rely on the > user-replaceable standard 9-volt battery (which only gives you about an hour > anyway) or worse yet, the stereotypically obnoxious and cumbersome wall > wart. > > For what it's worth, feel free to access my previous list post on this > subject, posted December 8th, 2004, 3:08 pm EDT. > > John > > > > > Hi Laura, > > So a brand new dec talk hardware synth is available from the company (DEC) > itself? How much money, if you don't mind? > I have identical problem. At school they are not sure how to deal with > accessible Linux for me so they were wondering do I have a laptop (I don't) > but I was eager to buy one if it is up to the task. > I'll be watching very closely answers on this one! > > thanks for raising the question. > Ned > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
