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From: Grant.Downey@p0.f9.n381.z1.fidonet.org (Grant Downey)
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Subject: Re: artic vs vocalize
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

You bring out some very good points that I've really not
considered before.  If you have a chance, Mary, perhaps you
should contact your Humanware representative to get a look at
the Mastertouch Demonstration program.  It is revolutionary in
that it 1. is able to read from programs written directly to the
screen,and 2. because it uses a certain ammount of artificial
intelegence to determine what the user needs to know.
Unfortunately I've only seen it in demonstration and have not
gotten to sit down let's say for a week or two and sink my teeth
into it.  However it has some potential.  It's speech quality is
not what I expected and I think it has a long way to go as far
as development is concerned.  However I suspect it is going to
be a big player in the market once it is out.
As far as Vocal-Eyes is concerned, to me it is no more difficult
to set up configuerations with windows than any of the others,
vert, Artic, Jaws, ETC.  Each has their own format, and I just
happen to like the way Vocal-Eyes works.  However Vocal-Eyes
gives the user total control over key definitions, and other
settings and in combination with the Soundingboard I feel it is
the most feature packed system for the price and even not for
the price in some cases because there is no other speech system
that has as many features as the Soundingboard.  Vert or Pros
boards, Artic boards, and others are just talkers per say where
as the Soundingboard offers muchmore. Grant

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