[DECtalk] old synthesizers and baud rate?

[Brandon Misch]

I used the echo synthesizers for apple computers but that was for
talking typer for the apple computers. I was only around 5-6 back in
91/92. I did see a braille 'n speak around 92. I used my first one in
94 but it was the classic with the august 13 1993 revision. I did use
an acdcent synthesizer around 97/98 but that was for pc typer for
windows. I mostly had software speech like access 32 with jaws 3.0 in
1998 and have been using software speech ever since. I did have an
express that I got sometime in 2002-2003 but lost the cables and i
don't know if they even work anymore. These days, I do have a DECtalk
usb that I got from access solutions in 2012 that still works. that's
my history with hardware and software synthesizers. sorry for the long
message but you asked for it lol.


On 1/27/23, joshknnd1982 at gmail.com <joshknnd1982 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Brandon, did you use old hardware synths in 1990 1992 or so? If so which
> ones?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dectalk <dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com> On Behalf Of Brandon
> Misch
> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2023 19:53
> To: DECtalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] old synthesizers and baud rate?
>
> probably had to do more with printing or embossing when it comes to the
> braille 'n speak and other products.
>
> On 1/27/23, joshknnd1982 at gmail.com <joshknnd1982 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> You know I wonder why one or two old hardware synthesizers had such
>> high baud rates? The old Keynote SA I had, used baud rate 38400. All
>> the others, my braille 'n speak and braille lite used baud rate 9600.
>> Such a high baud rate of 38400 would give no advantage to screen
>> reader or speech synthesizer. Unless they didn't want people copying
>> text directly to the synthesizer through the serial port so they chose
>> a very high baud rate? I think even decTalk only needed 9600 baud.
>>
>>
>>
>> Josh
>>
>>
>>
>>
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