Re: More hardware guru "?'s"

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Conversely, I speculate that when I switched to a 20" monitor a few years
ago, it accelerated my RSI, partially due to the increased neck motion
associated with using such a large screen.


Totally unscientifically, I recommend 17" screens (smaller is too small to
get work done, larger may be bad for reasons I mentioned above).


- Jonathan


At 05:36 PM 1/22/98 GMT, G.Wexler -Geoff Wexler wrote:
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>These discussions never mention the monitors. However since health is often
>important for Voice users I thought I might raise this issue. As I
>understand it the issues are
>1. Radiation : controversial and poorly understood. To be on the safe side
>it might be better to go for stricter modern Swedish standards like TCO95 (
>NOT obsolete
>MPRII). The Swedes are usually better for safety (they were about 15 years
>ahead with motor cars) . If so which make/model of monitor ?
>2. Low flicker and high resolution. If video card is poor then there is a
>trade off. But both are required to avoid strain so need good video card.
> How good ? Which models ?
>3. Size. Do people with VR take advantage of possibility of sitting further
>from screen? If so do characters on screen get too small to read without
>strain ? I have planned to buy a 15" monitor for my VR . Will that be
>adequate ? Problem with 17" is price. But I have been told the whole
>display would be superior as well as larger.
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>From: owner-voice-users
>To: voice-users
>Subject: Re: More hardware guru "?'s"
>Date: Wednesday, January 21, 1998 3:59PM
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>Wow! Thanks to the listmembers, I am getting some good advice, both on
>the list and by personal e-mail, about building a system optimized for
>NaturallySpeaking Deluxe. I wanted to clarify one point, and then ask
>for some further comments/suggestions on the sound card issue, which
>seems to spark some opposing viewpoints.
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>First, I am having my system built by a company called MicroSupply.
>They are a "wholesale only" national distributor of components, and also
>private label their own systems. Due to professional connections, they
>will build a system for me at their cost, so that is why I won't be
>buying from a company such as Micron or Dell, as some of you have
>recommended. (I have a laptop from Micron that runs NatSpeak VERY well,
>by the way! :))Since I am specifiying the exact components to be used,
>that is why I am asking for some fairly technical advice re:
>motherboards, chipsets, and memory (not really how much memory, but what
>kind? EDO, SDRAM, etc?)
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>So far, based on responses I've received, it is shaping up this way:
>Pentium 233 with MMX (mostly a cost consideration--I'd love to have a
>300MMX Pentium II!), an ASUS T2P4 chipset (with 512K L2 cache), 64MB EDO
>RAM (expandable to 128...still wondering if EDO is best choice?), and an
>excellent, (one I would have overlooked), suggestion about the best
>power supply (less noise) I can find.
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>There seems to be a lot of conflicting opinion on the list (at least
>from responses I've received) about the best Soundblaster sound card to
>get for NatSpeak. I've received responses telling me that the 16 is a
>little better than the 32, which is a little better than the 64. I've
>also received several responses saying the AWE64 is the best choice
>among the Creative Labs options.
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>As for the microphone, I will continue using the VXI that comes standard
>with Deluxe, as I've had good results with it on my laptop.
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>If anyone has any information that would disagree with the above specs,
>please let me know. If there are any more opinions about the sound
>card, I'd love to hear them. I'd also welcome any further advice that
>may not be covered herein.
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>Thanks!!
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Jonathan Epstein Jonathan_Epstein@@nih.gov
Unit on Biologic Computation (301)402-4563
Office of the Scientific Director c/o Bldg 31, Room 2A52
Nat. Institute of Child Health and Development 31 Center Drive
National Institutes of Health 20892


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