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From: William.Wilson@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (William Wilson)
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Subject: Re: decktalk
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Date: 24 Apr 91 22:46:32 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 MO> were so impressed with the speech. Only later did we realize
 MO> that they were clunky, wouldn't shut up and wouldn't even work
 MO> with the best speech program available at the time.

Mary,
    Excuse me?  What, pray tell, was this "best speech program of the
time" that didn't support DecTalk?  About the only speech program I know
of that doesn't support the Dectalk is Artic, and they don't support
anything but Artic!  Actually, I heard that Artic had a version for the
DecTalk, and although I never saw it, that does make sense that they
would support it if only one other synthesizer.
      By the way, although the Dec is sluggish compared to an internal
board like the Symphonix, you really do have to use one with Flipper or
Vocal-Eyes to see it at its best.  In particular, both those programs
make the shut up feature quite acceptable, at least as far as I am
concerned.

     Speaking of Dectalk, I got a call today from a gentleman named Don
Swartz in California who is looking for a Dec to go with his Arkenstone,
and he wants it now!  He has been in contact with the people at that
Boston hospital who is supposedly handling the internal Dectalk, but
apparantly they are putting him off beyond his ability to wait.
     Phil or Les, you out there?  Where did you guys get your portable
Dectalks, and was there much of a wait?

      In order to save Don as much time as possible with exchange of any
information he may be able to use, he asked me to post his home phone
number here, so it is 415-538-0671, so if you can help him out, I'm sure
a call to him there would be greatly appreciated.
                                                        Willie

... BlinkTalk, Dr. Deb and Silver in Pittsburgh!

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