Re: [Braillenote] hi.

[Rachael Warke]

Those of us fortunate enough to have a Bookport or a Book Courier are well 
used to the doubletalk. From what I understand, it's a relatively 
cost-effective synth. And, only in my opinion, it would be a vast 
improvement over the current speech in the BN. I have a classic, dating back 
to 2000, and not upgraded since then, <guilty grin>, and have just gotten an 
MPower. The improvements are staggering! But the speech remains the same. I 
think that, if you don't count those times when I made it drive itself 
crazy, draining the battery, I've used speech for less than an hour in the 
whole five years. If there were an alternative, I'm sure I'd make use of it! 
Although, even with a PC and eloquence, which I like a lot, I used a Braille 
display almost as much as speech when I had one. I imagine I'd still mostly 
use the braille display on the BN, no matter what speech there is. Still, 
I'd like to weigh in on the side of having an alternative synth!

Rachael