Hi John.
I still find the computer to be more responsive with the DEC Express, even
on a fast system. For one thing, you don't get indexing on a software
synthesizer, so when you hit CTRl to shut up JAWS, on a software
synthesizer it will keep chattering until the next time it needs to refresh
the speech buffer and at that point it will all of the sudden shut up. On
a hardware synthesizer that supports indexing, it gets the "shut up"
command much more quickly. It isn't usually very noticeable for most
desktop applications such as word processors, spreadsheet programs, e-mail
and the like because the programs are usually sending things to be spoken
in fairly small chunks. But, sometimes on certain web sites, the
difference can be very pronounced.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 09:36 PM 6/6/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>I haven't noticed a difference with my last few computers. My old ones I
>did, but these days, they run the same with software synth as hardware, at
>least the way I build them. I just hate the speech from the doubletalk,
>always have but with my old windows 3.1 box I need to program commercial
>radios, dos really, I need that doubletalk. I'd like a dectalk some day,
>that's a bit better. I'd probably never use it with XP though.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 8:21 PM
>Subject: Re: RFI problem.
>
>
> > Hi.
> >
> > I am still a big fan of hardware synthesizers, and the venerable DEC
> > Express actually works quite well with a Radio Shack USB to Serial
> > converter. The machine still behaves noticably better with a hardware
> > synthesizer, even on an Athelon processor and 512MB of RAM.
> >
> > By the way, does anyone know where to send a DEC Express for repair? I am
> > running on a borrowed one right now because mine called it quits.
> >
> > 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >
> >
> >
> > At 11:02 PM 6/5/2007 -0500, you wrote:
> >>Two sound cards can be a challenge to stability in some machines. It is
> >>still handy to have real speech at dos. You can dig yourself out of
> >>trouble
> >>if windows won't boot. You can run talking dos and dos programs from the
> >>desktop. You can take the extra load off the processor if things get
> >>tight.
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> > Louis Kim Kline
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