Denny, the only problem is that the outboard version uses up one of the ports on your computer. Secondly, the head phone jack on the Express is one of the weak points in the design. After relatively light use, it loosens up to the point where it doesn't function any more. The DecTalk Express employs a cable which has proprietary connectors, found rarely in any other unit. If the cable does break, you will play hand ball in hell finding another one. Finally, the pronunciation dictionaries on the DecTalk Express are somewhat dated. I thought, as many people did, that the DecTalk was the Cadillac of speech synthesizers. At one time, it was. But then, who needs a 1990 Cadillac in 2007? The DecTalk 32, a software version of the same unit is very good, much better than its hardware counterpart. Which brings me to a question I would like to ask a computer geek like you. What about dual sound cards? Can they work in an ordinary PC environment? How difficult are they to set up so that your Jaws uses one and the rest of the PC uses another? Perhaps this should be an independent question. But if someone is using a DecTalk 32, that might be a very useful piece of information.
John Justice But it doesn't offer the same flexibility as the independent outboard unit. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denny Huff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2007 4:36 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] dec talk > Some people use Dec Talk while recording so as not to have their speech > interfere with the sound card. Others just prefer the Dec Talk voice. > Dec Talk express runs around $900.00 new, but you can find some good used > ones for less than $200.00. > > > > WEB TEXT READER > Find news, sports, stock quotes, phone listings, encyclopedias, > dictionaries, TV listings and more, fast and easily with Web Text Reader. > For a 14 day free trial, go to: > www.WebTextReader.Com > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Linda > Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 10:53 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] dec talk > > What is the reason people are still using DECtalk when there are voices > already in jaws 8? Does anyone know how much these are selling for these > days? > Linda > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or > body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following > address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
