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From: Mary.Otten@p0.f1055.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Mary Otten)
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Subject: Re: artic vs vocalize
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Date: 19 Apr 91 20:22:02 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

Well, Grant, I"m certainly not in aposition to cpmpare the 2 programs,
since I've never even seen vocalize. It sounds like the new versnion of
Artic has a lot of the features you were talking about that vocalize
already has, with the exception of changing rate volume, etc on the fly.
I guess my big argument at this time is the one artivficial intelligence
versus configuration type programs that I adressed in an earlier
message. I"d like to know how the configuration users know how to set up
their config files if they're having trouble figuring out a program in
the first place. I don't like the idea of having to understand a
program, that is an application program, inside out before you can set
up an intelligent configuration file to deal with it. How do you do that
with no sighted help when the application in question isn't working well
in the first place? Oh well. Off my soapbox. I know I've made that point
before. I wish more of you config guys would get over on Genie and enter
into dialog with Larry of microtali, author of the asap, artifiacial
intalligence based program. Thanks. I love this interchange of ideas.
Keep it going.

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