[GTALUG] bell home hub 3000?

2023-04-25 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Hi wise folks, in the latest chapter of troubleshooting the situation with Internet here, my landlord and I have a question. well, I have a question, my landlord freely owns he knows absolutely nothing about the workings of his technology. which is why I am seeking a manual for the bell

Re: [GTALUG] DECTalk TTS in source for Linux

2023-04-25 Thread Karen Lewellen via talk
Hi Stewart, only speaking to your disability tax idea. Fully understanding that likely few here have much direct experience with these tools, there is a profound serious and expansive difference between a synthesizer, and a tts engine. for example, I believe? your hobbyists board used the

Re: [GTALUG] Cheap small computers [was Re: DECTalk TTS in source for Linux]

2023-04-25 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
| From: Ansar Mohammed via talk | | Most Thin Clients are SFF x64/x86 PCs. Used Dells/HPs are the most | prevalent and quite inexpensive. | The "modern" ones i.e. the ones that have been manufactured over the last | 10 years come with 1080p and premium sound. | Parkytowers is a pretty good

Re: [GTALUG] Cheap small computers [was Re: DECTalk TTS in source for Linux]

2023-04-25 Thread Ansar Mohammed via talk
Most Thin Clients are SFF x64/x86 PCs. Used Dells/HPs are the most prevalent and quite inexpensive. The "modern" ones i.e. the ones that have been manufactured over the last 10 years come with 1080p and premium sound. Parkytowers is a pretty good repository

Re: [GTALUG] Cheap small computers [was Re: DECTalk TTS in source for Linux]

2023-04-25 Thread Alex Kink via talk
By "thin client" do you mean the ultra small form factor (USFF) PC or an actual client (such as Dell Wyse, which is basically a RDP/Citrix/VNC client and not a stand alone computer)? I hope this is not against the mailing list rules, but I've been using these guys out of Burlington for years

Re: [GTALUG] Cheap small computers [was Re: DECTalk TTS in source for Linux]

2023-04-25 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
| From: Ansar Mohammed via talk | Get a used Dell Thin client. Amazing tiny boxes. Do you have a link to an offer that you think is worthy? I'd be interested to see what they are. Are they "Wyse" branded? (I see several apparently bad choices when I search for "dell thin client" with

Re: [GTALUG] Cheap small computers [was Re: DECTalk TTS in source for Linux]

2023-04-25 Thread Ansar Mohammed via talk
Get a used Dell Thin client. Amazing tiny boxes. On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 2:35 AM D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: > | From: Stewart C. Russell via talk > > | * availability of hardware: small Linux computers are in very short > supply > | right now; and > | > | * sound quality: the built-in

Re: [GTALUG] Cheap small computers [was Re: DECTalk TTS in source for Linux]

2023-04-25 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk
| From: Stewart C. Russell via talk | On 24/04/2023 02.35, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote: | > There are a lot of used Lenovo ThinkCentre M93p Tiny computers | > available, starting at $100. | These are neat, but I was thinking of a portable device like the later DECTalk | boxes. Still,