The first voice would've been windows bridge for me, although in terms of portability it was the braille lite 18. I loved it, and stil do today- I stil read books on it, in fact.
Tyler ----- Original Message ----- From: "shaun everiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 2:59 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Views On Games was Out of the games dimension > the first voice I had was the keynote gold, i did hear a pc pluss and it > sounded like a robot chewing gum. > I then got a dolphin gemini and then orpheus. > At 01:57 p.m. 28/01/2008, you wrote: >>I don't know, I just hated the BNS voice. Maybe it's because the Echo was >>the first synthe I ever heard, so I've got a soft spot for it. But the >>BNS' >>voice just irritated the heck out of me. Come to think of it so does the >>Keynote voice, wich is one reason I don't use the Braille Note. I >>particularly hated it when playing some of the games you could get for the >>BNS. I remember there was a Chess game and a Blackjack game, but I hated >>them because of the voice. Granted it was sort of cool at first but after >>a >>while it just got on my nerves. >>Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> >>Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 5:44 PM >>Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Views On Games was Out of the games dimension >> >> >>> Hi Bryan, >>> Are you kidding? I hated the Echo's voice. I would take Braille N Speak >>> voice over Echo any day. Though, my opinion might be based on the fact I >>> spent a lot of time after going blind using a Braille N Speak. It was >>> like a part of me all through school and college. >>> You see, when I first started losing my vision the teachers first put me >>> on the braille writer. I expressed almost from the beginning I wanted to >>> use a computer instead of this clunky, metal, old contraption. They of >>> course told me I needed to use it to learn braille and become a braille >>> user. Yada, yada, yada. >>> Well, finally I managed to get my way and the school provided me with a >>> new device called a braille and Speak from Blazie Engineering. I used >>> the school's for a while, and got my local Lion's club to see how >>> wonderful a device it was so they baught me one for school and hopefully >>> college. After I got my own BNS it went everywhere with me. On the bus, >>> to school, to the store, on vacations, you name it. It was almost like >>> borg implanted to my person, and I didn't give it up until I managed to >>> get a laptop with JFW and Eloquence on it around 1998 or so. >>> >>> Bryan wrote: >>>> The Echo was also my first synthe Then came JFD with a Braille 'N Speak >>>> providing speech. The BNS was probably even worse than the Echo in >>>> terms >>>> of >>>> speech quality. >>>> Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> >>> >>> >>> --- >>> Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>> list, >>> please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> >> >>--- >>Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] >>If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >>list, >>please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.14/1247 - Release Date: > 28/01/2008 10:59 AM > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
