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Subject: Re: Text to Speech on PCs
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Date: Wed, 4-Feb-87 20:02:56 EST
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> I am looking for a good Text to Speech peripheral (< $1000) for an ibm
> pc compatible (att 6300 plus) running under either DOS or UNIX.  It can
> be either a board or even better a stand alone rs232 device.  Quality is
> important although my price limitation is < $1K.  Any suggestions out there?
Both  Amiga and Macintosh computers can do this at no extra cost. Both
Amiga and Macintosh computers are available, second hand, for under $1k. 

The Macintosh MacInTalk software, available for free from users groups,
(with which I am more familiar) comes with an Exceptions editor for
extending its default text to speech algorithm.  If it makes any
difference, I will place in the public domain, within 3 working days
after I recieve news that you've bought a Mac for speech synthesis, a
program for speaking data recieved over the serial port.

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