cathy your external dec talk is called an express, and they also work with
windows n t,
so you are in good shape.
bill
At 08:03 AM 1/22/99 +0000, you wrote:
>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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