[DECtalk] reading edge with dectalk 1992

[Karen Lewellen]

Speaking personally?
Because I use Doctor Dennis every day, it is the standard I measure other 
synthesizers by.
Have yet to find anything  that comes close sadly enough.
Kare



On Fri, 27 Jan 2023, Blake Roberts via Dectalk wrote:

> I never used a Reading Edge. However, this subject brings back my first 
> memory of hearing DECTalk speak.
>
>
> In elementary school, I and other blind students went to the house of a 
> gentleman who had a Kurzweil reading machine with DECTalk in it. I don't 
> remember much about that experience several decades later except being amazed 
> by how realistic the DECTalk voice sounded. I think the gentleman was using 
> Perfect Paul or Beautiful Betty. When I first used a DECTalk 4.3 speak window 
> early in the 21st century, my first thought was: "This is the voice I heard 
> on that guy's Kurzweil reading machine when I was in elementary school."
>
>
> It has been fun for me to share tonight with everyone on-list about my TTS 
> memories.
>
> Blake
>
>
> On 1/27/2023 9:17 PM, Brandon Misch wrote:
>>  I never had one but used one at my school years ago around 2002-2003.
>>  I saw one at a convention around 1996. They were great for their time.
>>
>>  On 1/27/23, Mike <underthetoaster at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >  Jeeze that's a lot. Somehow my school got one for me at that time and
>> >  it was almost completely useless anyway because the OCR was horrible.
>> > 
>> >  On 1/27/23, joshknnd1982 at gmail.com <joshknnd1982 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >  I was right? The reading edge with decTalk made in 1992 was around 
>> > >  $6000.
>> > > 
>> > > 
>> > > 
>> > > 
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