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From: Al.Hoffman@p0.f143.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Al Hoffman)
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Subject: Re: Synthesizer interfacing
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Date: 21 Sep 90 15:14:47 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Yay Dave:
     Talk with IBM---they are the most forward in the OS/2 market for 
voice as far as I know.  Sure, the program is in formative "testing," 
stages, but the concepts set forth with the Screen Reader apply to the 
OS/2 version.  Its a huge step forward, and when dealing with the OS/2 
stuff, right now you have to have a 386 at least, and around 10MB 
memory!  Yes tthats memory.  As for Unix, using simple ports to do the 
access is pretty good, but you are darned right, why isn't there some 
better Unix voice modules?  Maybe because there are so many Unix's. 
Pos-ix compatibility will be a boon for us, the government is supporting 
the Pos-ix compatible platform, so Unixisms will become more 
standardized.
     My roommate is messing around with Minix, a cheap clone or 
alternative of Unix.  It comes with source code, and good explanation 
material designed to teach Operating systems, Implementation and Design. 
 Its a promising pathway because the next version of Minix is touted to 
be Pos-ix compatible.
     What about Windows 3.0, its taking over now and haven't heard a 
word yet.

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