Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:53:27 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: self-serving redeux/revisited, and more questions? Message-ID: <20090621185326.GA63029@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20090621081212.7be7e782.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20090621055235.GA60649@thought.org> <20090621081212.7be7e782.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 08:12:12AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:52:39 -0700, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > > i'll explain > > later, but if i can use a lightweight computer that has audio with the > > kde apps, i can create a reasonably priced tts or speech synthesizer that > > would be accessible to a great many people. instead of the $8-9 kilobuck > > windose devs. > > "Lightweight computer" and "KDE apps"? You must be joking. :-) > sorry. that's the trouble with english. weight as in mass, not power. if they've got something with the "Hz-horsepower" that is something cheap/inexpensve, and WITH KYBD, and small screen, *if*, then if it runs freebsd, yo! i'm go for that puppy. the app the speech therapist showed me was a heavy (like > 2Kg) clumsy, touchscreen dud that used some kind of M$ opsys. if i can roll my own with bsd that ought to make headlines. a few hundred bux compared to $8,000: whoa:-) gary > > > -- > Polytropon > From Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org For FBSD list: http://transfinite.thought.org/slicejourney.php The 4.98a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php
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