Do you have any idea of how much this will cost when it's built? Cheers, On Wed, 2007-02-07 at 05:22 -0500, Doug Sutherland wrote: > The hardware is doubletalk rc8660 > There is info on the rcsys site > http://www.rcsys.com/ > > It could be done in software, but I have worked > with this hardware and am pleased with the sound. > Also, I want to keep the processor free of using > many cycles for speech synth, this is not a PC and > it will operate at 180Mhz top speed. It will add to > the cost but I think it is worth the trade-off. > > Software is linux cross development toolchain, > the entire toolchain is already done and avail > on processor manufacturers web site, along > with buildroot for flash file system, u-boot > bootloader etc. C, C++, assembly, all of the > traditional tools will be avail. > > Processor for first version is AT91RM9200. > Later version will move towards EP9315 to > take advantage of PCMCIA (will map that to > CF format for wifi modem) and IDE (will be > set up to support toshiba 1.8" hard drives, > same as in iPod. > > -- Doug > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Chris Norman. <!-- cnorman at rnibncw.ac.uk -->
