[Dtb-talk] Question from a new subscriber: Anyone working withthePlextalk PTP1?

[Aman Singer]

Hello, Dave.
	May I ask which voice is being used to read Daisy text and other
formats which contain digital text alone?
	Thanks.
	Aman 

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Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 9:37 AM
To: Robert Jaquiss; Discussion of Digital Talking Books
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] Question from a new subscriber: Anyone working
withthePlextalk PTP1?

I have one.  I haven't used it that much yet, so don't want to say to
much.  Its performance, that is how quickly it responds to key strokes,
moves to pages, etc., seems to be somewhat slower then with the VR
Stream, tested on DAISY 2.02 books.  Its time scale modification, that
is speeding up reading without changing the pitch, isn't that good.  As
you increase the speed, the distortion increases.
 
It looks like the machine will be of real interest to peoele who want
to record in the DAISY format, and it is small and compact, but as a
reader I am not sure how well it will compete with the Stream.
 
More as I gain experience.
 
Dave
 
 
 
David Andrews
Chief Technology Officer
Minnesota State Services for the Blind
2200 University Ave. W., #240
St. Paul, MN  55114-1840
(651) 642-0513  Office
(612) 730-7931  Cell
(651) 649-5927  Fax


>>> "Robert Jaquiss" <rjaquiss at earthlink.net> 12/11/2008 11:10 PM >>>

Hello:

     Anyone have the Plextalk PTP1? I would be interested in your
thoughts.

Regards,

Robert Jaquiss
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