The obvious answer is cost. Software speech such as eloquent and dectalk access 32 come packaged with window eyes. The next answer is availability. As far as I know there are only two hardware synthesizers on the market also with computing power being what it is today. Software speech does not create a negligible performance hit. Also if you have multiple computers using a software synthesizer is just easier. Because there is no box to carry from place to place. Start your screen reader and it comes up talking with a software synthesizer of your choice. -----Original Message----- From: Alan R. Downing [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 3:19 PM To: jim grimsby Jr.; 'Carl Martin' Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: When Reed is about to die...
I'm a bit curious as to why folks use Eloquence at all, in light of the fact that hardware synthesizers are so available. There must be a good reason, I just can't think of what it might be at the moment <smile>. Alan If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
