This may be of interest to those using speech on their computers.  There
is a contact address near the end.  I did a little editing of the
forwards. It was originally posted on the gw micro list, but is not gw
micro specific.

Steve

>Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2001 16:23:12 -0700
>From: Gene and Princess <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Mike of Access Solutions is going to do a USB/PCI Dectalk next!!!
>To: gw-info list <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask]
>X-VMS-To: IN%"[log in to unmask]"  "gw-info list",
>  IN%"[log in to unmask]"
>
>Hi All,
>
>I know this message is not GW or Freedom Scientific specific but it could be
>relivant in the near future.  I talked to Mike of Access Solutions the other
>day and he said he is going to do Dectalk in a PCI and USB version after he
>is done with the TrippleTalk USB unit, which he hopes to start shipping this
>month.  He feels that there is a good chance that Force Computing will
>license his company the rights to use the Dectalk chip set for production of
>a USB and PCI version of this synthesizer.  He is also considering a PCMCIA
>version of both Tripple Talk and Dectalk if people show enough interest.  He
>said now that Access Solutions has done all the leg work on the Tripple Talk
>that development of Dectalk should not take all that long.  Probably a year
>or so.  Also he said that Tripple Talk will look like the Double Talk LT and
>he is going to base the Dectalk on that same design.  One other thing that
>is nice about the Tripple talk is that it has both a serial and USB
>connector and the cables can be removed from the unit.  Finally he said to
>email him if you are interested in a Dectalk product so he can get a sense
>of what people want.  The email address is:  [log in to unmask]
>
>Gene and Princess
>


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