Hi Sarai, What should I get a demo unit of? I already have a Braillenote.
Lindsay > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Sarai D. Bucciarelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected] >Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 22:29:06 -0500 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Keynote Spanish >Its not like eloquence, its not as pronounced. You won't have a problem with >it. Go to the web site of human ware and see about getting a demo unit to >try out. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Lindsay Yazzolino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "blind-spanish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Braillenote" ><[email protected] >Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 10:08 PM >Subject: [Braillenote] Keynote Spanish >Hi Everybody, >Sorry about the cross-posting. I am curious about the Spanish speech on the >BrailleNote for any of you who use it. I understand that it speaks >Castilian Spanish, however, is it very noticeable to you that the KeyNote >speech pronounces the Z and soft C like a th? The reason I ask is that I >heard Eloquence speak Castilian Spanish and noticed how it pronounced these >sounds like th's. After listening to the Braillenote, I have not noticed it >doing the same thing. I have had a very hard time noticing it pronouncing >these sounds the way I have heard Eloquence pronounce them (they sound more >like S's to me on the Braillenote). Although certain aspects of the >Castilian Spanish speech annoy me (probably because I have never learned >using this dialect), and I am glad that they sound like S's instead of th's >to me, is the speech just not very clear or is it that I have just gotten >used to it over time--either that or I just have a really bad ear? I talked >to a very fluent Spanish speaker in Braillenote technical support and she >said that she has really noticed the th pronunciation with KeyNote. >Eloquence's th's are very noticeable to me and I'm wondering if any of you >think that it sounds more noticeable than those of KeyNote. I'm running >4.01 in case that matters. Just curious about what you guys think. Just >let me know if you need any more clarification of what I am talking about. >Thanks. >Lindsay >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
