[DECtalk] dectalk for XP

Mon Mar 2 18:08:57 EST 2009

I tried that, and it didn't work.
I am using dectalk 4.3.
On Mon, 2 Mar 2009 17:26:25 +0100, piotr machacz wrote:

>honestly that's easy, when you're writing you press modifier plus m to
>enter the virtual mouse, and then you press tab. SA will move between
>controls, I think play is the second button from the "speaking rate"
>scroll bar.
>
>On 1/1/70, Jahmal Lovato <jahmallovato1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>I wonder, how you would click the graphics play, Etc. with system access?
>>On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:48:09 -0500, Alex Hall wrote:
>>
>>
>>>They have never worked for me either, with xp, vista, jaws9 and
>>>jaws10, on two different AMD computers.  No clue why.
>>>
>>>Have a great day,
>>>Alex
>>>
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "Blake Roberts" <beroberts at hughes.net
>>>>To: "'DECtalk Discussions'" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
>>>>Date sent: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 17:29:55 -0500
>>>>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] dectalk for XP
>>>
>>>>Graphic 1 is play, graphic 2 is pause and graphic 3 is stop.  I'm
>>>refering to
>>>>the three graphics after the speaking rate icon.
>>>
>>>>I have not used the Jaws scripts for years, so I don't know why
>>>they are not
>>>>working with your copy of Jaws.  Have you tried recompiling the
>>>scripts with
>>>>the Jaws script manager?
>>>>Blake
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
>>>>[mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of piotr
>>>machacz
>>>>Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 5:15 PM
>>>>To: DECtalk Discussions
>>>>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] dectalk for XP
>>>
>>>>Speaking of all the dectalk apps, I could use some help.  Back in
>>>the days
>>>>when I was using window-eyes I was able to focus, with the mouse,
>>>the button
>>>>to play and then I would be able to preview everything as I was
>>>working
>>>>rather than working in notepad and then loading the file in
>>>speak43 to play
>>>>it.  well I'll be backing back to wineyes, but for now I use
>>>jaws, and the
>>>>scripts I have don't work properly, pressing the keystrokes
>>>causes opening
>>>>of some unwanted things and, of course, the desired action is not
>>>performed.
>>>>I do, however have hot spot clicker which can click wen I press a
>>>certain
>>>>keystroke.  so my question is, what graphics are play, pause and
>>>stop?
>>>
>>>>On 3/1/09, Blake Roberts <beroberts at hughes.net> wrote:
>>>>>As Jayson said, the file to open with Dectalk 4.3 needs to be
>>>called
>>>>>demo.txt.  I agree with Jayson that 4.3 is the only version that
>>>lets
>>>>>you save Dectalk speech/singing as a .wav file without having to
>>>use a
>>>>>recording application.
>>>
>>>>>To convert demo.txt to a wav file using Dectalk 4.3:
>>>>>1.  Open demo.txt in speak43.exe.
>>>>>2.  Press alt-f to enter the file menu.
>>>>>3.  Press c to enter the "convert the wave" menu.  Accept the
>>>default,
>>>>>"11025khz 16-bit, mono" by pressing enter.
>>>>>4.  Give the wave file a name.
>>>>>5.  Tab to the save button and press enter.  Dectalk converts
>>>the file
>>>>>to .wav for you.
>>>>>Blake
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
>>>>>[mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Jahmal
>>>Lovato
>>>>>Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 8:22 PM
>>>>>To: DECtalk Discussions
>>>>>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] dectalk for XP
>>>
>>>>>How do you make, or not make, load an other text file?
>>>>>I've never had the hang of loading different songs, accept the
>>>demo
>>>>>file in 4.3.
>>>>>And, how do you record a wav file in the application?
>>>>>Thank you,
>>>>>Jahmal
>>>>>On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:12:34 -0500, Jayson Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>Unzip the file into a new folder, the name doesn't matter.  Run
>>>the
>>>>>>speak43.exe application in that folder, and it will open up a
>>>file
>>>>>>called demo.txt.  That is a hardwired filename in that
>>>application and
>>>>>>cannot be changed.
>>>>>>One reason a lot of folks use 4.3 is that, as far as I know, it's
>>>the
>>>>>>only version out there which allows saving of its synthesized
>>>speech
>>>>>>output directly as .wav files without using something like Total
>>>Recorder.
>>>>>>Jayson
>>>
>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>From: "Jahmal Lovato" <jahmallovato1 at gmail.com
>>>>>>To: <beroberts at hughes.net>; "DECtalk Discussions"
>>>>>><dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>; "'DECtalk Discussions'"
>>>>>><dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
>>>>>>Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 6:44 PM
>>>>>>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] dectalk for XP
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>Hi, will there be dectalk for vista and 7?
>>>>>>If not, I am not upgrading.
>>>>>>I just downloaded the dectalk 4.3.
>>>>>>Where do you recommend extracting it, and how do you run the
>>>program?
>>>>>>Is there a dot exe file, or do I go to run and type something?
>>>>>>It was kind of different with windows me On Sat, 28 Feb 2009
>>>18:38:45
>>>>>>-0500, Blake Roberts wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>>Alex,
>>>>>>>Having used both Dectalk 4.3 and 4.4, I think the voice quality
>>>for
>>>>>>>both versions is identical.  Dectalk started sounding awful when
>>>>>>>Dectalk 4.6 first came out (version 4.61).  Although Phonix  has
>>>>>>>attempted to improve voice quality in recent versions of Dectalk
>>>4.6,
>>>>>>>I think 4.3 and 4.4 sound the best.
>>>>>>>Blake
>>>
>>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
>>>>>>>[mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall
>>>>>>>Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 6:33 PM
>>>>>>>To: DECtalk Discussions
>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] dectalk for XP
>>>
>>>>>>>How is 4.4's quality? Many people say that 4.3 is good and all
>>>other
>>>>>>>versions sound horrible.  Not needing to have demo.txt as my only
>>>>>>>file would be really great (playdec.exe never worked for me).
>>>
>>>>>>>Have a great day,
>>>>>>>Alex
>>>
>>>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>>From: "Blake Roberts" <beroberts at hughes.net
>>>>>>>>To: "'DECtalk Discussions'" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com Date sent:
>>>>>>>>Sat,
>>>>>>>>28 Feb 2009 18:18:44 -0500
>>>>>>>>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] dectalk for XP
>>>
>>>>>>>>Jahmal,
>>>>>>>>You can get two versions of Dectalk that work great on Windows XP
>>>>>>>from
>>>>>>>>www.bluegrasspals.com/dectalk/software
>>>>>>>>On that page, you can  get either Dectalk 4.4 or 4.3.  I prefer
>>>>>>>Dectalk 4.4
>>>>>>>>because you can load any file with a .en extension into the
>>>>>>>software.  Lots
>>>>>>>>of people prefer version 4.3, however.  Dectalk 4.3's limitation
>>>>>>>is the file
>>>>>>>>to be loaded has to be called demo.txt.  Both versions I
>>>>>>>mentioned do not
>>>>>>>>require installation.  Just extract the zip file into a folder
>>>>>>>and run the
>>>>>>>>program.
>>>>>>>>Blake
>>>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
>>>>>>>>[mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Jahmal
>>>>>>>Lovato
>>>>>>>>Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 5:50 PM
>>>>>>>>To: dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
>>>>>>>>Subject: [DECtalk] dectalk for XP
>>>
>>>>>>>>Hi, my computer was just replaced with one with windows XP on it.
>>>>>>>>Where can I download dectalk for windows XP?
>>>>>>>>Thank you,
>>>>>>>>Jahmal
>>>
>>>
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