[DECtalk] QUESTION

Alex H. linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com
Fri Apr 8 13:16:27 EDT 2011


I should have just said the speak applications are for demoing the
speech of DECTalk so they are free.

alex

On 4/8/11, Alex H. <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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