From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 21 18:53:35 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C685F1065672 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:53:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (aristotle.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82AF88FC1B for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:53:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n5LIrTfl089896; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:53:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:53:27 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:53:27 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: Polytropon Message-ID: <20090621185326.GA63029@thought.org> References: <20090621055235.GA60649@thought.org> <20090621081212.7be7e782.freebsd@edvax.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090621081212.7be7e782.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 22++ years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: self-serving redeux/revisited, and more questions? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:53:36 -0000 On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 08:12:12AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:52:39 -0700, Gary Kline 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