Wow, haven't thought about Doug Wakefield for many years. He provided a great service to the blindness community, not only from his tutorials but for his excellent Newsbits magazine. While it wouldn't be practical producing a monthly computer magazine due to the amount of podcasts and other programs available at no cost, it would be wonderful to see someone with his talents producing some modern-day tutorials. There are some out there, of course. Cathy Anne Murtha certainly comes to mind and she definitely knows her business but I believe there's room for more in that space.
David Goldfield, Assistive Technology Specialist Feel free to visit my Web site WWW.DavidGoldfield.Info On 10/19/2016 10:50 AM, Joseph Norton via Talk wrote: > Hi: > > The thing that made me come to that conclusion was a tape Doug made > for TSI (TeleSensory Systems, Inc.) about their screen-reader called > Vert Plus was called Valedictory Speech. In the tape, Doug had Vert > Plus (using the Prose 4000) speech synthesizer sounding as if he was > giving a valedictory speech in front of an audience. I couldn't help > feeling that Vert Plus sounded a little smug, as if to say, I'm > fantastic, and, if you don't have a lot of money, you can't afford my > excellent services. Just my feeling back then, as I knew I'd never be > able to afford that particular speech system. > > Actually, come to think of it, their is a Sapi 4 synth that sounds > just a little like the Prose. It's called TrueVoice. Maybe not quite > as good as the Prose, but, just reminds me of it a little. > > On 10/19/16, Larry Higgins <larryhiggin...@comcast.net> wrote: >> 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, > _______________________________________________ > 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/david.goldfield%40outlook.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