[nabs-l] Braille N Speak

Fri Feb 10 19:16:08 UTC 2012

I'm having difficulty playing my cartridges, so they should keep both formats.
That way, those of us, who are used to one, can stay with that one format.
Blessings, Joshua

On 2/10/12, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
> Because they are better in many ways. Do I need to qualify that?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joshua Lester" <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
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> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 12:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Braille N Speak
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>
> 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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