[Reader-users] Still Trying To Decide On The Upgrade

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mobilespeak dropped support of eloquence due to competitive strategies by 
scansoft way back when that made eloquence work well with talks but not 
mobilespeak -- originally it did use eloquence -- but the benefit of 
mobilespeak if you are multilingual is that it supports a variety of 
alternative synths and many languages.
Since I haven't used talks I can't make a completely informed comparison, 
but the basic functionality I hear is pretty much the same as talks --  
apples and oranges -- and I'm still puzzled about the web surfing -- I 
haven't done much web surfing with my phone, but have been able to arrow 
through pages and follow links with mobilespeak.  There must be something 
else mobilespeak needs to do to make it equivalent to talks.
Cheers.
--le

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Jones" <kevin at kevinrj.net>
To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list" 
<reader-users at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 10:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Still Trying To Decide On The Upgrade


What about other major differences between talks and mobilespeak, I know
talks uses eloquance so that may sound better, any other things?


J.J. Meddaugh wrote:
> Randy,
>
> The latest I've heard from Code Factory is that web access should be 
> coming
> in the next released version, which will hopefully be soon.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
> J.J.
> www.BlindBargains.com
> Deals, news, and resources for the blind and visually impaired
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "RandyZ. Pierce" <alaric02 at sprynet.com>
> To: "Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Reader user list"
> <reader-users at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 8:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Reader-users] Still Trying To Decide On The Upgrade
>
>
> Hello Jonathan and others,
>
> This tidbit caught my ear:
> ?>Note that web surfing is only possible with talks at this
> time, not with Mobile Speak.
>
> That's a pretty big note that I hadn't caught in reviwing things 
> previously.
> I'm right on the cusp of purchasing my reader and should do that this 
> week.
> As such I'm concerned that I hadn't caught that tidbit.  I'm definitely
> putting a reader on it and had elected Mobile speak but now have some
> reservations.
>
> I did join your list moments ago for blind symbian users but thought this
> list an appropriate one to understand what other key difference may exist
> between talks or Mobile Speak for this particular phone/product?
>
> Is the web access close?
>
> Are either thinking about adding the coding to allow reading of the new 
> NLS
> formats which would truly make this device an all in one for the blind 
> user?
>
> Thanks for any and all opinions or information - particularly on the 
> screen
> reader variances and shortcomings on this phone/product.
>
> Randy
> & the Mighty Quinn
>
>
>
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