[DECtalk] Multiple Languages and DECtalk

[Tony Baechler]

I have the Express 4.2CD drivers here and there is no such 
program.  I think it must have been around 4.3 or 4.4.  I think I saw 
a multilanguage demo before 4.61 somewhere but I don't know.  Also 
it's possible they were using a custom dictionary.  I saw that the 
4.3 demo had a special dictionary which had to be loaded when the demo is run.

On a different note, The original DEC-Talk must be very old.  I was 
reading the developer's manual on the archive and at the end of 
chapter 6 it has a demo to use to show off the voices.  It was dated 
1984.  The original would have to be older than that since it only 
supports six voices and the demo used at least seven.

At 03:50 PM 3/11/2006, you wrote:
>I believe DEC went to multiple language support somewhere around DECtalk
>software 4.2.  The 4.2 software for the DECtalk PC came with a new program
>called usa.exe which was loaded onto the DECtalk PC board.  I think that had
>something to do with multi-language support.  Unfortunately I don't have a
>foreign version, or even know if there ever was such a thing, they may have
>just been thinking about the future.
>Jayson.