Sorry about the incorrect information. I was remembering the bad old days of using my BN as a hardware synth and having to use KeyNote SSIL drivers. Now I will go away and hide before I get a nice little off-list note telling me to butt out. (Smile)
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris G Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 11:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re[2]: [Braillenote] Eloquence no it's not. the keynote gold that is in the braillenote is keynote gold maulti media. they have it running under windows ce. i'd love to have keynote gold mm running under windows xp. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 7/21/2004 at 11:55 AM Sarah Cranston wrote: >Another thing to consider is that the BN is equipped with a hardware >speech synth, namely KeyNote Gold. Eloquence, on the other hand, is what >is called a software synth. Such software synths use massive amounts of >not only user memory but also a lot of disk storage space. As it stands, >the BN just doesn't have either the processor speed or the storage to >handle software speech. But, in the words of the Beach Boys, "wouldn't it >be nice!" > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Richard Ring >Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 11:47 AM >To: Braillenote List >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] Eloquence > > >Well, I cannot imagine that being an option. >A Braillenote is a PDA, not a full-fledged computer. Accordingly, its >resources are limited. None of the other PDAs currently on the market >offer two speech synthesizers, and I believe resources and cost >effectiveness are the issue here. >I believe that in a previous message you mentioned voice recognition. >This particular activity requires a fast processor and a good deal of >system memory in order to function correctly. >I believe that it is currently beyond any PDA. Certain functions might >be included, in other words, a PDA might be able to recognize an >extremely limited set of phrases, however something like J-Say or Dragon >Naturally Speaking simply isn't in the cards. >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of beth >Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 11:41 AM >To: Braillenote List >Subject: [Braillenote] Eloquence > > >Hi to all. I suggest in the future having a choice to purchase the BN >with >the voice as is or with Eloquence. Thanks. Beth > > >___ >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 > > > >___ >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
