[nabs-l] Braille N Speak

[Joshua Lester]

That's like turning the pitch, and the speed up on the NLS tape player.
Why did NLS move to cartridges?
Leave the cassettes alone!
Blessings, Joshua

On 2/10/12, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
> Oh, let's see...
> Hangman
> Simon
> Bongo
> Solitaire
> Logic (a game for guessing the string of characters based on telling you how
> many correct, but not which ones)
> Dino
> Chess
> Blackjack
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Desiree Oudinot" <turtlepower17 at gmail.com>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 11:15 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille N Speak
>
>
> I was comparing the games on the Blazie note-takers to those of the
> Braille Note. Yeah, Bongo was great. So was Simon. I'm trying to
> remember what other ones there were now. And even though the voice on
> the Braille Lite was pretty bad, you could change the frequency in
> speech parameters which made it sound neat. I'm not even sure how to
> describe what it did. Maybe someone else can think of a way? Anyway,
> there was a specific pitch, if you set it high enough, and then set
> the frequency as high as it would go, and it sounded hilarious! If
> only I could get the Braille Lite to work again, I would make a
> recording of it.
>
> On 2/10/12, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
>> Hahaha. Okay, maybe that is not funny, but I always find trying to make
>> fake
>> voices sound right amusing.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ignasi Cambra Díaz" <ignasicambra at gmail.com>
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:08 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille N Speak
>>
>>
>>>I had the 2000. It was pretty good at the time! I remember we bought it
>>>straight from the US because buying it in Spain took lots of time. They
>>>even sent it to me with both Spanish and French languages, but the truth
>>>is
>>>
>>>that no matter what it spoke it always had this thick english accent.
>>> On Feb 9, 2012, at 10:37 PM, <frandi.galindo at gmail.com>
>>> <frandi.galindo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>   Wow, now that takes me back.  Remember the classic?
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Joshua Lester
>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:14 PM
>>>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>>>> Subject: [nabs-l] Braille N Speak
>>>>
>>>> Hi, it's Joshua Lester.
>>>> Ashley brought back memories, on the bullying thread, by bringing up
>>>> the Braille N Speak!
>>>> I had one, in Elementary school, but I don't have it anymore.
>>>> I was just wondering.
>>>> Does anyone still have a Braille N Speak?
>>>> I'm interested in owning one, just for collecting value.
>>>> I'd be interested in purchasing one, if possible.
>>>> Thanks, Joshua
>>>>
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