While it may be true that the keynote speechc is phonemicaly more accurate than many, its also one of the most mechanical sounding out there. I was not arguing for a change, but for a choice, if possible. There are as many opinions on the best speech as there are speech options. Since its a matter of personal taste, there is no best. Mary
On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 12:32:50 -0400, Mike Welty wrote: >How can you reject the speech of the BN? It is better than most products I >have seen. Try other notakers' voices before saying the BN's voice must >change. >Mike the star trek guy >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mary Otten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 11:50 PM >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Future of BrailleNote hardware >> The problem with telling people who want modern hardware to get a PK is >> that there is no voice only equivalent to the pk. Many people don't have >> the serious money it will cost to buy a pk. Plus, there is also no >> qwerty variant, probably because the unit is too small to house a decent >> qwerty keyboard. I feel that the critique of the outdated port compliment >> of the bn./vn is right on point, as is the critique of the slow processor. >> People who have gotten the pk have all commented on how much faster the >> gps application runs on the pk as compared with the bn/vn. I appreciate >> Pulse Data/Humanware's commitment to customers in trying to >> squeeze every bit of useful life out of the old hardware before moving on. >> But in this case, I as someone who would seriously consider the product, >> but for its age and the fact that there is no voice only equivalent in >> the more modern product, feel that its time for a new, modern replacement >> for the venerable bn/vn platform. I can't afford to lay out several >> thousands of dollars for the braille display part of this technology. mUch >> as I >> acknowledge that it would be good to have, its quite simply too expensive >> for me to justify that purchase. I'd also like to see an alternative to >> the keynote speech offered in a future version, but only if such an >> offering >> didn't introduce sluggishness into the unit's operation. >> Mary >> >> >> >> ___ >> To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >> http://list.pulsedata.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.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
