ART TAIT wrote to JAMES BRADLEY, "Speech" on 07-13-05 10:28

 AT> Jim, I posted in the memories echo asking about the lady and the
 AT> software that she used. The end here lists a few places that you might
 AT> check.  I did look at the site given locally   Man that stuff is
 AT> expensive!

I have to trek to the library to I-Net. If it was all the accoutremet
associated with A-D, D-A, I would tend toward those head mics, and a
$25 PCI Sand Blaster. Mic breaks, replace it for $5. Speech
Recognition software *could* run it without too much overhead I'm
sure. 

If you build it to military/hospital spec, you should be able to
 drop it off a building and still use it.

 AT> Hay, I see Calgary in your line.  Been there done that  long story (G)
 AT> We had always hoped to be in a position to return. Great place!!

YAHOO ART!

Who, what, where, when... We'll move back to memoirs. 
(Kept here to finalize topic.)

The only week and a half I never wear c'boy boots! Come by for a
'coffee' sometime. You won't recognize the place. Just about got
washed out this Spring. Our first state of emergency ever.

 AT>                                 Art

BTW, we hang 'out' there. 

Hope you get your connection back soon. Are you rural?


 AT> - Area: MEMORIES
 AT> -------------------------------------------------------------
 AT>   Msg#: 50400           Rec'd                        Date: 07-12-05
 AT> 18:21
 AT>   From: Jim White                                    Read: Yes
 AT> Replied: No
 AT>     To: Frank Scheidt                                Mark:

 AT>   Subj: Lillian Ackley
 AT> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 AT> ----
 FS> -=> Quoting Art Tait to Frank Scheidt <=-

 FS>> I wasn't aware she had died!  When did this happen?  I've been
 FS>> sending her Christmas cards, year-after-year and none of them
 FS>> have been returned as "Deceased" ...
 AT>>
 AT>> Frank, It has been a couple of years now the best I can
 AT>> remember. She had been sick for sometime and unable to
 AT>> participate in the echo. Than as I recall, she had a stroke
 AT>> and never recovered.

 FS> She never recovered from the *stroke* but I thought she lived
 FS> through it.  As I said, I've been sending her Christmas cards.
 FS> If she were dead I'd expect the latest card to be returned as
 FS> "Deceased".  Some acquaintance wrote a message about her several
 FS> years ago -- after she had the stroke.

 AT>> Why does the name Everate Hertinestine (?) pop into my mind?
 AT>> There's a connection there some how.   I think he is down in
 AT>> Nashville or close by there.

 AT>  OK Guys, I got an email back from Everett, but it doesn't offer a
 AT>  lot of info.  He's still at the old Juno address.

 AT> **begin forwarded message **

 AT> On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 22:31:19 -0400 Jim White

 AT> writes:

 >> A question has come up in MEMORIES about what software Lillian used,
 >> once her eyesight got bad.  Do you remember?
 >>


 AT> Hi, Jim!

 AT> Yes, I remember, but what I remember will only point you in a direction.


 AT> The only program name I remember is Word Perfect.  Lillian apparently
 AT> made extensive use of the advantages given her by the ability offered by
 AT> WP to set up and use macros.  You may remember that she did a good bit of
 AT> writing for Lions Clubs in addition to her newspaper column and her work
 AT> with the local school system.

 AT> I never knew a name for the program that converted a text file to spoken
 AT> words.  Lillian and I talked about this on several occasions but I was
 AT> never clear about a name.  It was the program used by "school" she
 AT> attended for the training provided to her by the Lions Club.

 AT> My connection to Fidonet echoes have ranged from tenuous to non-existant
 AT> for several months so my reading of echoes has been spotty.  It's nice to
 AT> see the Memories gang still hanging in there.

 AT>      Everett

 AT> -!-
 AT>  ! Origin: Rochester, NY - My point is... (1:3613/1275.4)

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