On 24/04/2023 00.14, Karen Lewellen wrote:
actually, I am on the dectalk mailing list
Ah, thought you might be - so you're way ahead of me.
its called the dectalk USB, sells for about $800, and can run under, systems for which there are drivers, windows for example. No one has written quality dectalk drivers for Linux that use the tool though.
Oof, the disability tax is well in evidence there. Considering that this will be based on the same Epson DECTalk chip that used to appear on hobbyist boarsd costing $100, someone's doing not badly off that. The drivers have been the hard part: the EMIC-2 DECTalk board I have has the crudest serial connection I've ever used. It's great for tiny phrases, but reading long texts is painful. It also features a loud pop every time it finishes a reading as it turns off its amplifier. DECTalk seems to collect stories of loss. The article on TropeTrainer — https://www.inverse.com/input/features/tropetrainer-thomas-buchler-torah-sof... — a Torah recital package that went silent after its developer passed away, is quite touching. Stewart