I've noticed that the talking voting machines in our county act the same
way. that is, the pitch increases with the speed. I suppose it doesn't
help that these features are usually designed by folks who will not be using
them personally. I'm certainly no expert on these things but a couple of
possibilities. Could it be that' it takes too much processing power and/or
circuitry to adjust for pitch as well as change the speed? Remember the
early attempts at this such as the GE handi-cassette were rather choppy. As
processors got better, things got much smoother so now we have the Victor
Stream and the NLS player which both have very smooth, pitch-compensated
speed-increase. And both are designed specifically for use by those of us
who are blind or partially blind. Lou
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: VGS-1 Mystery
> Steve:
>
> I didn't notice too much of a change in speed when I played around with it
> earlier today, but I did so in a hurry.
>
> Will check it out more thoroughly tomorrow.
>
> At any rate, it's not what I expected either, and really kind of threw me
> for a loop for a while too.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 7:20 PM
> Subject: Re: VGS-1 Mystery
>
>
>> Tom,
>>
>> The speed also increases, so it's not a translation problem.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 16:54
>> Subject: Re: VGS-1 Mystery
>>
>>
>>> Hey Steve:
>>>
>>> The change of speed with the VGS1 = change of pitch.
>>>
>>> That caught me by surprise with my TS590 as well, but the higher the
>>> number,
>>> the higher the pitch.
>>>
>>>
>>> I think it is a translation problem, as you say.
>>>
>>> For whatever it's worth, I have mine set at 1.
>>>
>>> I think it is the same for my TMV71A's.
>>>
>>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2012 3:09 PM
>>> Subject: VGS-1 Mystery
>>>
>>>
>>>> BlankOk, got my TS-590 all installed.
>>>>
>>>> With the VGS-1, supposedly Menu 7 is supposed to change the announce
>>>> speed.
>>>> It varies from 1 to 4.
>>>>
>>>> However, on my unit, it changes pitch. Do I have a defect, or is
>>>> announce
>>>> speed one of those things that's lost in the translation?
>>>>
>>>> Steve, K8SP
>>>> Lansing, MI
>>>>
>>>
>>
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