[DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK

hank smith hanksmith4 at earthlink.net
Tue Feb 28 18:31:18 EST 2006


would you mind sharing that server info with us or something?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "shaun everiss" <shaun.e at xtra.co.nz>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK


> Well I have v 4.41 here thaniks to the private passworded server I have 
> got onto.
> At 06:46 p.m. 28/02/2006, you wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>No, unfortunately not.  The current version sold by GW Micro is version
>>4.6.1, which doesn't sound too good.  I have an old 4.4 ACCESS32 with no
>>unlock mechanism here, so if someone wants it I could send that along.
>>
>>---
>>
>>Matthew F.  Horspool
>>
>>E-mail:
>>matthew at thehorspools.com
>>
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>>drjaws at blueyonder.co.uk
>>
>>Skype:
>>matthewhorspool
>>
>>Web:
>>www.thehorspools.com
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Brent Harding" <bharding at doorpi.net>
>>To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 5:07 PM
>>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK
>>
>>
>>Can 4.3 access 32 still be bought to be used with jaws and the like?
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Matthew Horspool" <drjaws at blueyonder.co.uk>
>>To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 10:48 AM
>>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> It's up on the DECtalk archive, and a direct URL is
>>> http://www.bluegrasspals.com/dectalk/Miscellaneous/dectalk4.3.zip
>>>
>>> Note that that's a Sean Randall distribution and so it might not have
>>> exactly the same files as the DEC distribution all that time ago.
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> Matthew F.  Horspool
>>>
>>> E-mail:
>>> matthew at thehorspools.com
>>>
>>> Microsoft .net Messenger:
>>> drjaws at blueyonder.co.uk
>>>
>>> Skype:
>>> matthewhorspool
>>>
>>> Web:
>>> www.thehorspools.com
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Corine Bickley" <corine.bickley at gallaudet.edu>
>>> To: "'DECtalk Discussions'" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 3:48 PM
>>> 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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