5.0683 Rs: Pali E-text; voice card... (5/70)

Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Mon, 17 Feb 1992 19:18:06 EST

Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 5, No. 0682. Monday, 17 Feb 1992.

(1) Date: Sun, 16 Feb 92 17:22:00 EDT (15 lines)
From: JHUBBARD@SMITH.earn
Subject: Re: 5.0679 Qs: Pali E-Texts

(2) Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1992 08:48:53 PST (19 lines)
From: cb@xis.xerox.com (Christopher Bader)
Subject: Voice card (5.0676)

(3) Date: Fri, 14 Feb 92 09:01:00 PST (11 lines)
From: Michael_Kessler.Hum@mailgate.sfsu.edu
Subject: COMPress

(4) Date: Fri, 14 Feb 92 12:53:24 -0500 (15 lines)
From: jdg@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield)
Subject: voice cards

(5) Date: Sat, 15 Feb 92 16:05:38 EST (10 lines)
From: Joseph Raben <JQRQC@CUNYVM>
Subject: Re: 5.0679 Qs: Pali E-Texts; COMPress; Bergen Libraries...

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Date: Sun, 16 Feb 92 17:22:00 EDT
From: JHUBBARD@SMITH.earn
Subject: Re: 5.0679 Qs: Pali E-Texts...

Many Pali texts exist in electronic form. The entire Pali canon, Thai
version, has been available for a number of years from Mahidol University,
for app. $4,000 US. Recently the PTS canon has been input with a combination
of Dhammakaya Foundation and UC-Berkeley, and mostly awaits various
massaging, and no doubt intense copyright, distribution, etc. discussions.
Many individuals have input texts as well (I used to have a number of
Dhammapada on disk). Perhaps those who have input texts could let us all
know?

Jamie Hubbard

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Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1992 08:48:53 PST
From: cb@xis.xerox.com (Christopher Bader)
Subject: Voice card (5.0676)

The Kurzweil Personal Reader (KPR) is a reading
machine for the blind that can read and speak
English, German, Spanish, French, and several
other languages. The KPR is a standalone unit.
There is also a PC/KPR that works with a PC.

Contact: Xerox Imaging Systems
9 Centennial Drive
Peabody MA 01960 USA
(508) 977-2000

(XIS is my employer.)

-- Christopher Bader

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Date: Fri, 14 Feb 92 09:01:00 PST
From: Michael_Kessler.Hum@mailgate.sfsu.edu
Subject: COMPress

The catalog from QUEUE indicates that they are now the publishers of
COMPress materials.

Address:
338 Commerce Drive
Fairfield, CT 06430
tel: 800-232-224
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Date: Fri, 14 Feb 92 12:53:24 -0500
From: jdg@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Joel Goldfield)
Subject: voice cards

I recall reading a newspaper article last year about a company in
Newton, Massachusetts, called "Dragon Software" which got fine reviews
on its scanning & voice-reproduction quality. I also recall that
it was somewhat expensive for individual users, in the neighborhood
of $15,000.
Regards,
Joel D. Goldfield
Dept. of Foreign Languages
Plymouth State College/Univ. System of NH;
Inst. for Academic Technology/UNC-Chapel Hill;
Assistant Editor, _Computers and the Humanities_
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Date: Sat, 15 Feb 92 16:05:38 EST
From: Joseph Raben <JQRQC@CUNYVM>
Subject: Re: 5.0679 Qs: Pali E-Texts; COMPress; Bergen Libraries...

I have recently communicated with Wilhelm Ott at zrszot1@cpx.sdv.
uni-tuebingen.de. The last I heard of COMPress, they were operating
in New Hampshire. A query to directory service in the 603 area
should locate them if they are still there.

Joseph Raben <jqrqc@cunyvm.cuny.edu>