Oh no, I am going to have to insist that he definitely wasn't using
DecTalk, because DT was the one synthesizer I was coveting at the time.
I was also familiar with it because I had also had exposure to the old
Kirzweil stand alone reading machine, the one made back in the mid 80s,
and it used Perfect Paul as it's default voice, though I'm not at all
sure that it was specifically referred to as that at the time. Heck, I
don't even remember if you could choose between voices on that thing or
not. But anyway, not to ramble too much, I'm once again quite certain
that Doug wasn't using DecTalk on those particular tutorial tapes.
On 10/22/2016 8:37 AM, Russ Kiehne via Talk wrote:
Somewhere barried amount my things, I have his tapes for learning
dos and Wordperfect. It sounds like he used Dektalk as a speech
synthesizer.
-----Original Message----- 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
Feel free to visit my Web site WWW.DavidGoldfield.Info
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
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