[DECtalk] dectalk external question

[Tony Baechler]

Hi.  To further add to this, that's what NFB Newsline uses.  It's a 
little weird hearing the newspaper read by DEC-Talk over the 
phone.  I think they use Express because I read an article about them 
using an external speech synth.  It isn't as customizable as it would 
be with a computer obviously but it allows one to read the newspaper 
that way.  I think it is custom software.

At 12:58 AM 3/1/2006, you wrote:
>Hi,
>jacks, as I understand it, are not used for connection to a computer.  These
>old DECtalk units could interface with a phone line to give callers spoken
>information, provided you had or could write the appropriate software.  I
>think they could even do menu-based stuff, E.G. "For the song of the day
>press 1, for the DECtalk demo review of the day press 2, for your current
>account balance press 3, to use a time machine to make it so that Digital
>would never have even thought of selling DECtalk press 4, etc."  Thus,
>probably the reason that DECtalk versions to this day have touchtone dialing
>commands.
>Jayson.