volvo has been bought by fiat a few years ago and if their poor quality is anything to go by and high part prices then I would go for a VW at least their component - parts quality is among the best in the automotive world I would say in my experience better than Japanesse hope this helps ----- Original Message ----- From: robert moore To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 1:37 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] speech chip update
I am not an expert on either car but depending who you talk to I think it is about a toss up. They are both very good cars and I don't think you are going to be any happier with the replacement cost of parts on the VW than you are now with the Volvo. In my humble opinion what I would do is shop around for both and just pick the one that you like the best. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of mardal urwin Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 5:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] speech chip update excuse me does anyone know about volvos and vw whats the best for a car i have a volvo and i know parts cost a lot of money but i dont know about volks wagons i had a volks wagon in '87 and i loved it so can i get some info on it and whats the best to do Don < [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:n5gbi%40yahoo.com> > wrote: Really good info, Keep us posted on this. regards ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Fowle To: [email protected] <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 3:07 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] speech chip update Just FYI, I've been in touch with folks at local epson sales office. they are just comming out with what amounts to a dec talk on a single chip for about $10.00. Only minor problem is it is in a very strange package so we'll have to see how we can make it possible for small manufacturers and individuals to work with it. They are going to be selling them through a known supplier in small quantities, unlike some big companies who will only sell you thousands. This looks most promising. We'll be getting a demo and access to an engineer in the next few weeks. I'll report back when I know more. If this works out, when yo ask companies to make there stuff talk you will be able to give them a part number. with speech synthesis available for ten bucks, fancy pre-recorded digitized speech will be a thing of the past, except for talking books of course. This can't be me, I'm actually sounding optomistic, something will go wrong. Tom [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------- Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
