[DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK
Jayson Smith
ratguy at bellsouth.net
Mon Feb 27 16:02:48 EST 2006
Hi,
Is the 4.40 demo available for download somewhere? I'd like to see it.
Also, have you looked at my Playdec program? This program pretty much gives
any DECtalk demo software command line ability. With it, you can associate
.dec files with it and automatically open up DECtalk files provided they
have a .dec extension.
Jayson.
----- Original Message -----
From: <Dectalk at aol.com>
To: <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 10:45 AM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK
>
> I chose 4.40 for my software because it has no file size limits. It
opens
> any file size and reads it. Version 4.40 won't create a wav file. Call
me
> stupid but I never knew about the wav conversion until a year ago. I was
> shocked to see it do that.
>
> I almost switched to a demo version that would convert to wav, but then
you
> not only have file size issues, but the open file option doesn't work.
I
> open files that way all the time, and couldn't see making everyone cut
and
> paste stuff into the window. So that's mainly why I use 4.40.
>
>
> SNOOPI
>
>
> In a message dated 2/27/2006 1:53:27 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> ratguy at bellsouth.net writes:
>
> 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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