Yes!, that is exactly how it sounded, though I never really thought of
it that way until you suggested it <g>.
Thank you so much,
Larry
On 10/19/2016 9:17 AM, Joseph Norton wrote:
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.
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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
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