Not too many choices these days in hardware, doubletalk or trippletalk would be good -- check it out, they may have a return policy.
Rick Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi david: software speech is plenty fast, faster than I can type and I type > pretty fast. > I would imagine hardware would be faster but if you get the right combo of > synth and reader you wouldn't need hardware me thinks. > That said, what hardware do you use and what are the costs and how do you > evaluate a hardware product before you buy it. > Rick usa > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, March 5, 2015 7:12 AM > To: David; Window-Eyes Discussion List > Cc: Rick Thomas; 'Chris Grabowski' > Subject: Re: Say Cap Doesnt Work for individual letters > > Also, you might want to set your keyboard interrupt to only control, so > you don't lose the cap word if you chose to go that way, but software > speech is always slower -- this is why I use hardware. > > David via Talk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Just wondering, why do you not use the CapBeeper app, from App > > Central? Sorry if you have told earlier, but haven't followed the > > thread so closely. > > > > When comes to testing voices, I am afraid you will have to either get > > in touch with someone who owns the actual voice, and have them record > > a sound sample for you. Or, you would have to pay for the individual > > voice. I do know, a few of the manufacturers do supply you a chance to > > perform an interactive online testing of their products. Yet, my > > experience with these services, is that they are of limited > > benefit. They usually only allow you to type one or two lines of text, > > and have it read out. It often does give you little idea as to what > > the synth will sound over time. And it will not give you any idea of > > the Cap issue. > > > > Not all synths supports pitch changing, and even the ones that do, may > > vary in quality of the pitching. Far as I know, all the Vocalizer > > series should support pitch adjustment, Eloquence does, and I thought > > Dectalk as well. Also the ESpeak voices do support pitching somehow, > > but they are not very nice for long-termed usage. In general, the SAPI > > voices from Nuance (Scansoft) do NOT support pitching, so you may want > > to steer clear of them. > > > > Personally, I did use the CapBeeper app from App Central, on an > > earlier machine, with a voice that did not support pitching. It did > > give a tiny beep, on any Caps you arrowed through. > > > > Hth, > > > > David > > > > On 3/5/2015 9:49 AM, Rick Thomas via Talk wrote: > > > Hi Chris: After a couple of days of using the word "cap" to indicate > capital > > > letters I am ready to jump out of my skin with the delay waiting for the > > > word cap to complete and not hearing the letter I type but only the word > > > "cap" unless I pause after typing every letter that I capitalize for > some > > > time. > > > I know you are likely not a professional programmer but that "cap" > indicator > > > is a real pain trying to type computer code at any speed.. > > > I do programming and in the world of pros we use camel casing for allot > of > > > words like: > > > StockMetrixTableClass and dbDDLClass. Typing the capitals requires > stopping > > > and listening to the word cap until it is done then I can type the next > > > letter with confidence but in programming there are hundereds if not > > > thousands of caps that need to be typed and often in sequence making the > > > word cap real hassle versus a pitch change and slowing things down. > > > I want to evaluate some synths to see which one would work decently with > my > > > computer and WindowEyes. > > > How do I evaluate them to see how changing voicing, pitch, speed and > other > > > WE settings impact reading of selected material as I type, reading of > caps > > > as I type, latency and lag times as well as just listening to a sample > voice > > > reading something. > > > I want to know which synths work properly with WindowEyes and which ones > > > have weaknesses or problems for the type of high speed work I do before > > > throwing money at one of them. > > > Note typeing the letters U S A below read nothing but cap cap cap unless > I > > > wait until the word cap was completey spoken for each letter. > > > Rick USA > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the > author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > > > > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/trailerdavid%4 > 0hotmail.com. > > > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the > author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/covici%40ccs.c > ovici.com. > > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > -- > Your life is like a penny. 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