[DECtalk] QUESTION

[Alex H.]

Well, if it's free and you can download it, then it's free and you can
use it. Fonix might own the rights to the software contained within or
some such nonsense, but for all demoing perposes and for what we use
DECTalk for, it's harmless. Plus, Fonix is silent about DT anyway, and
they are more focused on corporate outcomes I guess. Not even
FonixTalk has undergone an upgrade in three years. Oh, and FonixTalk
also has a speak window, so that's free too but you need to register
an email address to download it,. I keep an archive of all the DT
software I find, and am still looking for the DT 5.0 demo. I don't
think I'll ever get a real copy, let alone the speak window for 5.0,
since Fonix ignores all emails I send to them.

Happy Dectalking!
Alex

On 4/8/11, Michael Hansen <amtk62 at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's probably like Access 32: Fonix owns it but you can't get a
> license to use it.  That's just a guess, though...I have no
> information whatsoever to back that up.
>
> On 4/8/11, Dectalk at aol.com <Dectalk at aol.com> wrote:
>> I'm throwing this question out because I'm totally confused.   The Dectalk
>> 4.40 speak window that comes with the Dic.en file and everything so  it
>> will
>> talk.  6 years ago I was told it was public domain.  I think a  lot of
>> people pass it out, I include it in my software, I give it out for free,
>> I've
>> seen it available for download on Dectalk sites, and it was my
>> understanding
>> that speak window versions of Dectalk were public  domain.
>>
>> I was just told today that it's not public domain, Fonix owns those  speak
>> windows, yet in the same breathe you can't buy a license to sell it.
>> What?
>>  I'm totally confused.
>>
>> Is the speak window Dectalk public Domain?  I had mine since  the early
>> 90's and I thought it was public domain.  Mine was free and I  even still
>> have
>> the original demo it came with.  It never expires, reads  any size files,
>> and I never even knew you could buy it, I thought it was  free.
>>
>>
>> SNOOPI BOTTEN
>>
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