[DECtalk] Multiple Languages and DECtalk

[Jayson Smith]

Hi,
The DECtalk archive is at www.bluegrasspals.com/dectalk
The power-on recording of your unit you sent me a few weeks ago is up there.
Jayson.

----- Original Message -----
From: "hank smith" <hanksmith4 at earthlink.net>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Multiple Languages and DECtalk


> what is the dectalk archive site?
> I have one that is running firmware 1.8
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arnaud de Bonald" <arnaudb at netcava.net>
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 3:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Multiple Languages and DECtalk
>
>
> >I own ha venerable DTC-01 dectalk synth from 1982 or 83.
> >
> > it says, Dectalk version 2.0 is ready
> >
> > But I have seen other similar dectalk on ebay with even older versions
of
> > the software inside.
> >
> > It works pretty well for its age. I would say it's even better built by
> > far than the dec express, but unfortunatly, for a dayly use with a DOS
> > screen reader, it's absolutly awful to use because it's quite slow to
> > respond and the stop command do not work!
> >
> > but it's an interesting piece of hardware.
> > I bought it on Ebay from a guy that works from the University of Dundee.
> > I was glad to find some work they hmade with it on the dectalk on the
> > dectalk archive site.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > *********** REPLY SEPARATOR  ***********
> >
> > On 12/03/2006 at 00:12 Tony Baechler wrote:
> >
> >>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.
> >>
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