Have you ever heard neospeech? Like the stream, the book sense gives you
the choice of a male or female voice.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: down loaded QST
> My issue with the stream synthesizer is mainly inflection. Samantha
> doesn't
> have much but the biggest problem is that her inflection after a comma is
> the same as it is after a period. Tom's voice does somewhat better but it
> seems to me with today's technology, they ought to be able to do better
> than
> that. Guess it's a matter of keeping the price reasonable. Anyway, I
> know
> it's a very subjective thing. Lou
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 10:47 AM
> Subject: Re: down loaded QST
>
>
>> The Book sense uses neospeech as it's synthesizer. It's better than the
>> one
>> in the stream. The book sense also has a clock and alarm I like very
>> much.
>> And for those of you who are a member of Itunes, the book sense will
>> directly play those files.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 2:34 PM
>> Subject: Re: down loaded QST
>>
>>
>>> Russ,
>>>
>>> I'd be especially interested in your thoughts in general concerning the
>>> differences between the 2. I have a stream and don't really forsee
>>> switching unless there's a really compelling reason to do so. I'd
>>> especially like to hear your thoughts on the synthesizer in the book
>>> sense
>>> as compared with the one in the stream. Lou
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 11:19 AM
>>> Subject: Re: down loaded QST
>>>
>>>
>>>> When you get it, I'd be interested in your impressions. I'm
>>>> particularly interested to know if the book sense is louder on its
>>>> internal speaker than the stream.
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> 73
>>>> Butch Bussen
>>>> wa0vjr
>>>> open Node 3148
>>>> Las Vegas
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 10 Jul 2009, Russ Kiehne wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It sounds like you are really enjoying your Stream. I sold my Icom
>>>>> r75
>>>>> to
>>>>> buy a Book Sense. I'll have it today. I'll now have both a Stream
>>>>> and
>>>>> book
>>>>> sense.
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Bill Deatherage" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 2:50 PM
>>>>> Subject: down loaded QST
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello every one,
>>>>>> It has been a while since I had any thing worth writing about. Not a
>>>>>> =
>>>>>> lot has been going on with me in the radio field. But I have
>>>>>> purchased
>>>>>> =
>>>>>> a Victor Stream and am now signed up for talking books. The first
>>>>>> thing
>>>>>> =
>>>>>> I down loaded was the QST. I checked the stream and it is on there.
>>>>>> Thank you to every on on the list who told me about the stream and
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> =
>>>>>> this was possible. when I heard that I could down load the QST and
>>>>>> read
>>>>>> =
>>>>>> the articles I wanted and skip the ones That didn't interest me I
>>>>>> then
>>>>>> =
>>>>>> decided that I wanted to get that technology. So thanks to every one
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> =
>>>>>> the list.
>>>>>> Bill
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>
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