William.Wilson@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (William Wilson) (09/20/90)
Index Number: 10502
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
Ok, here's the scoop...
A couple of messages back I stated that Flipper had the fastest
response time with the Dectalk, or at least it was the quickest
according to an article in Newsbits and from what I could tell.
Vocal-Eyes, however, did seem to have a higher speech rate overall..
Well, Doug posted that he was working on a new driver for the Dec
which should give it a faster response, I got a copy of it just last
night, and...
Yep, there's a new top gun for the Dectalk! Using the new driver,
the keyboard response is at least as fast as Flipper now with
Vocal-Eyes, and add to this the higher speech rate, and you really got
something! The one complaint everybody has always had with the Dectalk
is its slowness, and honestly, I find this to no longer be the case!
Sure, it can't respond and put out the speech rate of a Soundingboard or
one of the other really fast synthesizers, but it ain't too shabby
anymore when running Vocal-Eyes, and lets face it, it sounds pretty
good!
If you're running a Dectalk, or have a Dectalk available to you, I
highly recommend you give Vocal-Eyes a look.
Amazing the difference a little thing like a driver can make!
Willie
... BlinkTalk, Dr. Deb and Silver in Pittsburgh!
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Internet: William.Wilson@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.orgWilliam.Wilson@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (William Wilson) (10/02/90)
Index Number: 10745
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
TW> petersburg. some time I will send you a grunchy tape with some
TW> speech with the audapter unless you already saw it at the
TW> convention.
Tandy,
No, the only experience I have had with the Audapter is via demo
tapes, as I missed it at the convention this year. I do like all I've
heard about it though, and in particular I think Noel Runyan is a good
guy, so the support ought to be something like GWMicros, without the
ability to grab him here, that is! Actually, he has logged on here as a
user in the past, and we have spoken since then, as Noel is aware of us,
but I don't think the BBS bug has bitten him yet.
You know, the new portable Dec sounds like it will be a great
addition to the synthesizer market as well! This I did see at the
convention, and although at the time I hear it had a few qwirks, I am
assuming these have been resolved in the meantime. Unlike the full size
DecTalk with a top speed of 350 words, as I learned from Breda, the
portable is capable of 550! If the response time is likewise better,
and the original price I heard of $1500 is still intact, it most
definately is something worth looking at! If nothing else, it ought to
have an affect on the price of the other few external synthesizers, and
this could do nothing but help us all!
Willie
... BlinkTalk, Dr. Deb and Silver in Pittsburgh!
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Internet: William.Wilson@p0.f89.n129.z1.fidonet.orgDoug.Geoffray@f8.n369.z1.fidonet.org (Doug Geoffray) (10/02/90)
Index Number: 10750
[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]
DM> How's the new version of VocalEyes coming along?
DM> Would be great if you could give us a preview on Newsbits!
DM> I understand Doug is interviewing Artic on the
DM> as-yet-unavailable Version
DM> 3.0 of Vision. Please, Doug, whet our appetites!
Daveed,
I really hate to mention the new features too early. Especially with
all this talk about vaporware. ha ha. Actually as time goes on I will
be talking more and more about them. Can't give the competion too much
warning you know. (grin). All I can say now is I have lots of things done,
lots of thing to do and lots of good help with beta testing. Will stay
in touch.
Regards,
Doug
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