Oh, I believe it could be done, I simply don't believe that it is a
priority, especially since the majority of BN users like Keynote.

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Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 3:13 PM
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Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Eloquence


Hi,

Just to put in another side of this, I am currently running a version of

eloquence on my cell phone. So, possibly eloquence could be made to run
on 
devices with the horse power of the BrailleNote.

Robert Carter
At 11:55 AM 7/21/2004, you wrote:
>Another thing to consider is that the BN is equipped with a hardware 
>speech synth, namely KeyNote Gold.  Eloquence, on the other hand, is
what 
>is called a software synth.  Such software synths use massive amounts
of 
>not only user memory but also a lot of disk storage space.  As it
stands, 
>the BN just doesn't have either the processor speed or the storage to 
>handle software speech.  But, in the words of the Beach Boys, "wouldn't
it 
>be nice!"
>
>
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>Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 11:47 AM
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>Well, I cannot imagine that being an option.
>A Braillenote is a PDA, not a full-fledged computer.  Accordingly, its
>resources are limited.  None of the other PDAs currently on the market
>offer two speech synthesizers, and I believe resources and cost
>effectiveness are the issue here.
>I believe that in a previous message you mentioned voice recognition.
>This particular activity requires a fast processor and a good deal of
>system memory in order to function correctly.
>I believe that it is currently beyond any PDA.  Certain functions might
>be included, in other words, a PDA might be able to recognize an
>extremely limited set of phrases, however something like J-Say or
Dragon
>Naturally Speaking simply isn't in the cards.
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>Hi to all.  I suggest in the future having a choice to purchase the BN
>with
>the voice as is or with Eloquence.  Thanks.  Beth
>
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