Hi:
I am still not getting what you are saying. The way I see it now,is my
Dec-talk which is an external one will not work after a few years, and you
are saying to get the soft ware one. I guess, what I am trying to say, is
what exactly is going to be lmore useful to get?
Cathy and guide dog Tilly, Black Lab:
-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, January 22, 1999 12:36 AM
Subject: RE: Which internal synthesizer work well with Jfw? -Reply
>Hi,
>
>I will answer your two questions in the quoted message below. My
>comments are preceded by SM:.
>
>>>> "Tim Culhane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 21/January/1999 10:40pm >>>
>What is the reason for this?
>SM: If you mean why internal synths will have a short life spand in
>computerrs, the answer is very simple. NT at this point of time does
>not have any ssill drivers. Until Arkenstone brings out NT drivers,
>you wil not get your Internal synths to work. Yes, you could sya that
>JFW or any other screen reader should develop their own drivers. But
>they will not do so because new computers will not have any ISA slots
>in them. ISA slots are being phased out. Also software synthesizers
>are becoming more common and cost less. Using Australian prices, the
>cost of a Dectalk PC or Express is around the $1500 and the Dectalk
>Access 32 is about $400 and if you buy a cheap sound card, you are
>looking about $100. A total of $500, which means I save $1000. In
>other words, the main stream market is seeing the advantages of
>software speech and this will completely change the way that synths
>are sold.
>
>Will there be an alternative?
>SM: Software synths are the replacement.
>
>Regards
>Sean.
>-
>Visit the jfw ml web page: http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~nallan/jfw
>
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