Hello? A DVD PLayer consists of cheap electronic components produced in millions... slap some of them together, and voila, you have a working dvd drive.
In comparison, producing a (good) tape deck is so much more complicated and expensive, as there are many more aspects to be taken care of than in dvd players.
I would not buy the thinkgeek.com tapedeck, it's probably severly overpriced.. One can get much better quality when purchasing a used quality brand tapedeck (ebay), these can oftentimes be even quite cheap... add a decent soundcard and you're set. Buy used quality instead of buying new crap!
Voice stress analysis - is this really something new we want to hear about? This application of the technology seems really silly to me, because the software tries to mimic human interpretation of voice tone patterns; but we as humans can do this much much better.
Who are those people that think they need a machine to tell them about their speaking style?
Everytime I have to use it, I must frown. Its user interface is just so uncomfortable and annoying I really cannot honour the fact that it has many professional features and is very powerful. But it's just so painful to use!
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A DVD PLayer consists of cheap electronic components produced in millions... slap some of them together, and voila, you have a working dvd drive.
In comparison, producing a (good) tape deck is so much more complicated and expensive, as there are many more aspects to be taken care of than in dvd players.
I would not buy the thinkgeek.com tapedeck, it's probably severly overpriced.. One can get much better quality when purchasing a used quality brand tapedeck (ebay), these can oftentimes be even quite cheap... add a decent soundcard and you're set.
Buy used quality instead of buying new crap!
Voice stress analysis - is this really something new we want to hear about?
This application of the technology seems really silly to me, because the software tries to mimic human interpretation of voice tone patterns; but we as humans can do this much much better.
Who are those people that think they need a machine to tell them about their speaking style?
Everytime I have to use it, I must frown.
Its user interface is just so uncomfortable and annoying I really cannot honour the fact that it has many professional features and is very powerful.
But it's just so painful to use!