Somewhere barried amount my things, I have his tapes for learning dos and
Wordperfect. It sounds like he used Dektalk as a speech synthesizer.
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From: David Goldfield via Talk
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2016 6:27 PM
To: Larry Higgins ; Window-Eyes Discussion List
Subject: Re: Reminiscing about old Screen Readers and Synthesizers
I remember Doug's tapes but can't quite hear that voice clearly enough
to identify it. It would be quite cool if someone could digitize them,
if any exist but Doug may or may not have concerns about that. It is
remotely possible that I might have one of his tutorials, although it
was a Braille 'n Speak tutorial and so the synth he used on those tapes
was the Braille 'n Speak voice..
David Goldfield,
Assistive Technology Specialist
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On 10/19/2016 8:56 AM, Larry Higgins via Talk wrote:
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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