Never having heard these tapes, though Doug Wakefield sure did make some great tapes, I can hazard a guess. At that time, the only synth comparable to the DecTalk was the Prose 4000. It was about the same price range, but, had a pleasant, maybe even smug-sounding voice. For the price, it could afford to sound a little smug.
-----Original Message----- From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Larry Higgins via Talk Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 8:57 AM To: Don H <[email protected]>; Window-Eyes Discussion List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Reminiscing about old Screen Readers and Synthesizers OK folks, this question strays slightly off the precise topic a smidgen, but here goes. Some of you may have been acquainted with the intro to DOS tapes made by Doug Wakefield. I thought these presentations were quite good at the time. But what I would like to know to this day is just what synthesizer he was using on those tapes. I thought it sounded a bit more pleasant than even DEC Talk. These must have been made in the late 80s or early 90s. I do remember back in the day thinking that I would never get used to the sound of the Artic Synphonic (spelling), and was aiming for a DT, but ultimately had to settle for the Artic. Anyway, if anybody knows the answer to my question, I would really like to know, even after all these many years On 10/19/2016 7:37 AM, Don H via Talk wrote: > My first screen reader was called Enable Reader and my syn was a > Votrax PSS if I remember right. I also remember paying $500 for a 20 > Meg internal hard drive so I did not have to use 5 1/4 floppy disks to > run the machine. Of course that was a DOS machine > _______________________________________________ > 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/larryhiggins22 %40comcast.net. > > 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/joseph.norton% 40gmail.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/archive%40mail-archive.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
