[misc.handicap] That Is Correct

David.Tanner@f210.n273.z1.fidonet.org (David Tanner) (06/28/91)

Index Number: 16560

[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

     Thanks to the flexability of the Soundingboard softward you can
actually get a bit better results with ASAP with the Soundingboard than
with Sonix or many of the other synthesisors.

     Now, let's hope works on clearing up some of those little nagging
problems that the Soundingboard has to take care of for him: all
punctuation or no punctuation for example.

     Although the software seems to show promise there are some major
problems that have to be solved before I would buy it for myself.  One of
the big problems is it is an absolute pain to use on any laptop computer.
There must be a way to alternate between use of the numeric keypad and
some other set of reading keys for those of us who spend 70% or more of
our time working on laptop computers, and yester year keyboard option
isn't the answer.

     Another problem is lack of ability to set pitch and tone of supported
synthesisors. And, having to set windows etc. from the command line is
really an extreemly poor way of doing it compaired to config or set files.

     Maybe the basic idea is good, and it certainly makes a lot more
software talk automaticly, but it has a long way to go to get to the magor
leagues with Vocal-eyes, Jaws2, or even Artic 3.03.
                    D. T.

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