[DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK

Corine Bickley corine.bickley at gallaudet.edu
Mon Feb 27 15:24:15 EST 2006 

Thank you!

-----Original Message-----
From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
[mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Jayson Smith
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 3:06 PM
To: DECtalk Discussions
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK

Hi,
The 4.3 demo version is available at the DECtalk archive which is at
http://www.bluegrasspals.com/dectalk
The complete URL is as follows:
http://www.bluegrasspals.com/dectalk/Miscellaneous/dectalk4.3.zip
Hope this helps.
Jayson.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Corine Bickley" <corine.bickley at gallaudet.edu>
To: "'DECtalk Discussions'" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK


> Is the 4.3 version available to anyone interested? How could I get a copy?
I
> work in research and teaching, and often have things I'd like to try out
(I
> need wav files generated) by having subjects listen and evaluate.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
> [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Jayson Smith
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 4:00 AM
> To: DECtalk Discussions
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK
>
> Hi,
> As I understand it, the demo programs are produced so that potential
clients
> can evaluate DECtalk to see if it meets their needs, from a quality of
> speech etc. prospective.  I assume that a full version would maybe be a
> Speak window but also contain libraries and other files so that DECtalk
> could be interfaced directly with other programs.  The demo, at least
> version 4.3, will read a file up to about 60K in size.  Also, version 4.3
> lets you convert the text into a wav file which is very nice!  Version
4.6.1
> or is it 4.61 won't let you do that, and I happen to have a copy of the
> 4.6.4 demo and it also won't convert to wav.
> Jayson.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Dectalk at aol.com>
> To: <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 3:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK
>
>
> >
> > Thanks so much!  My colleague Corine is now on  this list and so I
thought
> it
> > was a good question to ask.  I just have my  communication device, plus
> I've
> > never heard or seen a Dectalk Express, so that  was a treat for me.
> >
> > Say, my friend Dave reminded me that the Dectalk on my  CD is just a
demo.
> > What is a full software version like?  All I  ever get for my work is
the
> demo
> > speak windows.  To me, they are like a  full version because they never
> expire
> > and they read any size file.  So I  forget that they are demos.  So what
> does
> > a full version do that the demo  won't?
> >
> > I probably could get a full version but I really have  no need for one.
> I'm
> > just curious as to what it is and why you would need  it when the demo
> does it
> > all?
> >
> >
> > SNOOPI
> >
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 2/26/2006 11:23:32 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> > ratguy at bellsouth.net writes:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I've reached the following conclusions.  I experimented  with DECtalk
4.3
> > demo, creating a wav file.  I used your four  questions and invented
> twelve
> > more.  Questions starting with How,  Where, Why, what and when had a
> downward
> > inflection, like a sentence.   Others had an upward inflection like a
> > question.  My DECtalk Express  using version 4.2CD of the firmware
handles
> > these questions in the same  way.  To hear DECtalk 4.3 asking these
> > questions, get the following  file.
> > http://www.bluegrasspals.com/questions.wav
> > Here are the  questions.  Note that in the fourteenth question there is
a
> > comma,  which makes it still sound like a question.  The fifteenth
> question
> > is  just the second part of the fourteenth question but is still spoken
> like
> > a  sentence.
> > Have you eaten yet?
> > How many of your brothers still live at  home?
> > How many years of school did it take to become a nurse?
> > Where can  I get my suit cleaned?
> > How do you want your hair cut?
> > Would you like to  keep asking me questions?
> > Should I go to the doctor?
> > How much wood  should I bring home?
> > Isn't she beautiful?
> > Where is Dennis  sitting?
> > Why does this computer keep crashing?
> > When will I get to see  that movie?
> > Who's on First?
> > If I go to sleep tonight, when will I wake  up?
> > When will I wake up?
> > What is the square root of two?
> >
> > -----  Original Message -----
> > From: <Dectalk at aol.com>
> > To:  <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 12:12  AM
> > Subject: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK
> >
> >
> > >
> > >   1.  Have you eaten yet?
> > >     2.   How many of your brothers still live at  home?
> > >      3.  How many years of school did it take to become a   nurse?
> > >     4.  Where can I get my suit  cleaned?
> > > Part of my work promted me to ask you all  a Dectalk  question.  My
> > Colleague
> > > wanted to know how my Dectalk handled  the  above questions.  For the
> most
> > part
> > > the inflections  went up in the middle  of these questions rather than
> the
> > >  end.  I have two questions for the  group.
> > >
> > > 1.   How does Dectalk Express handle these  questions?
> > >
> > >  2.  In the manual it says something about the  "^" changing how
things
> are
> > > emphosized.  I think it's the ^ anyway.    How do you use it and would
> it
> > change
> > > how questions come   out?
> > >
> > > I think there are other symbos that change how   things are said, Does
> > anyone
> > > know what they are?  I used this  stuff twice  in my life but I forget
> what
> > > they are.  I just  remember not being impressed  enough to use them.
> But
> > now  I'm
> > > trying to remember what they were and what  they  did.
> > >
> > >
> > >  SNOOPI
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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