I just found this fascinating documentary on Youtube. It's called Klat's Last Tapes: a History of Speech Synthesis. It's amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=097K1uMIPyQ David Goldfield, Assistive Technology Specialist Feel free to visit my Web site WWW.DavidGoldfield.Info On 10/21/2016 9:24 PM, David Goldfield via Talk wrote: > Ah, you answered a question I just asked. So, Fred is a Klat variant, so > to speak? > > David Goldfield, > Assistive Technology Specialist > > Feel free to visit my Web site > WWW.DavidGoldfield.Info > > On 10/19/2016 8:57 AM, Chris Grabowski via Talk wrote: >> You can, sort of, its name is Fred. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Talk >> [mailto:talk-bounces+cgrabowski=aisquared....@lists.window-eyes.com] On >> Behalf Of Kevin Barry via Talk >> Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 4:15 AM >> To: CJ &AA MAY <chrisalis...@gmail.com>; Window-Eyes Discussion List >> <talk@lists.window-eyes.com> >> Subject: Re: speech synthesizers >> >> As do I. >> There are many newer ones which say they are human sounding, they are not, >> and in my opinion they are not as clear as easy to understand as the >> venerable DecTalk I wish I could get it on my iPhone. >> >> On Wednesday, October 19, 2016, CJ &AA MAY via Talk < >> talk@lists.window-eyes.com> wrote: >> >>> I originally used Dectalk Express and despite the wide choice of much >>> more human voices, I still prefer to use Dectalk Access 32. >>> >>> Alison >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/krbarry%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 >>> >> -- >> Sent from Kevin's iPhone. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/cgrabowski%40aisquared.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/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/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