There seems to be a bit of a misunderstanding here. The remote synth option enables the BN or VN to act as a speech synthesizer for the screen reader. It's kind of like the screen reader's mouth. The screen reader itself, on the other hand, is a very complex piece of software that interacts with the video card in the computer and takes what's being sent to the video card, mainly text, and passes it through to the speech synthesizer. A computer with a speech synthesizer but no screen reader is like a person with a mouth to speak with but no brain with which to think.
I hope this analogy helps to clear things up. Most screen readers these days come bundled with a software synth, such as Eloquence or Dectalk Access. The BN provides an additional voice with which the screen reader can speak, but that's all it is, a voice. HTH Sarah -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of project one Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 1:50 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Remote synthesizer? So does this mean that all speech will be heard via the voicenote or braillenote unit? If you answer in the affirmative, then why is it required that we even have a screen reader at all? Perhaps there's lots about all of this that I have yet to learn, but like the person that initiated this question, I'm interested in learning how to use this feature on the voicenote. Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions. Isaih > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Sarah Cranston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Matt Lyles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"Braillenote List" ><[email protected] >Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 11:39:55 -0500 >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Remote synthesizer? >If you want your BN to speak instead of using your sound card, then use remote >synth mode. >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matt Lyles >Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 11:31 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Braillenote] Remote synthesizer? >Hello. >Thanks to Sarah, I got the Braille terminal working. >Now my question about the remote synthesizer. I don't understand it's >usefulness, given it requires a screenreader program to work with. Why use >the remote synthesizer mode at all then? >Thanks, >Matt >___ >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 ___ 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
