If you have any problem with hearing, make sure you get a braille display. I have some hearing loss and I love my braille display, whether it be with the Bt or with Jaws. Good luck in your choice. I, most likely am going to transplant to an m power. Terry Powers
-----Original Message----- From: VIRGIE UNDERWOOD [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 10:07 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] question about speach. Hi list members, I am considering buying either the PK or the empower. My only hesitation is the speech. I have a hearing problem and have trouble understanding Keysoft speech. Virgie Underwood ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 9:24 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] question about speach. > Hi Jonathan, I, too, have difficulty understanding the Braillenote speech > moreso that I expected to. There are letters like b and p that I hve to > hear several times to be certain of, and the final consonents would be > more easily distinguished for me if they were not so softly concluded. For > me the best speech thus far has been the external Doubletalk with flextalk > a close second once I set it up to my liking. What I find interesting is > that back when I was a rehab counselor, my deaf/blind clients who were > able to use synthetic speech at all preferred the Keynote Gold External. > Memory fails me, but I don't believe my Voicenote has that same voice, or > does it. In any case, I don't understand it rather often. If not for that > nice word spelling feature I'd be lost. > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote > ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
