[DECtalk] dial phone services using synthetic speech

[Blake Roberts]

Hi everyone,

I'm writing this on behalf of list member Snoopi. He's currently in the 
hospital bored out of his mind.

Does anyone know of U.S.-based dial services where you can call to hear 
information through text-to-speech? Snoopi and I already know about/use 
NewsLine which uses Eloquence and NeoSpeech voices. Today I told Snoopi 
about Free Weather Call which I have known about for the past decade. 
The service still functions: 757-WEATHER (932-8437). Free Weather Call 
uses a mixture of recorded speech and the William TTS voice developed by 
Cepstral.


Does anyone know of any other touch-tone dial services which use TTS? By 
touch-tone, I mean the need to press numbers to make a selection. 
Speaking menu choices is not an option for Snoopi because his speech is 
dificult to understand. U.S. phone numbers only please. Snoopi's exact 
words to me while I was talking to him earlier this afternoon were: "I 
want something to dial!"



Blake