[DECtalk] QUESTION

Alex H. linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com
Sat Apr 9 18:01:21 EDT 2011


Hi,

Having some sourcecode for speak would be awesome. Then we might
actually get a version for Linux!! I can't help much in the camp of
coding, but am willing to test any new developments that may happen.
All this DECTalk history is quite interesting as well!

Alex

On 4/9/11, Dectalk at aol.com <Dectalk at aol.com> wrote:
> If the Dectalk source code is public domain, please send me a copy  of it
> on CD, please.  I have a friend that programs, Dan Nordell, who is  actually
> on this list but never post.  I'm thinking he could do stuff with  the code
> because he's good!  Lenox version would be better for him because  he's
> always talking about Lenox.  Actually I want anything I can get  because if
> nothing else, Dave and I will learn this and fix it ourselves because  I
> know
> part of what went wrong.
>
> You guys changed some phonetic coding that created a confusion in  the
> rules of speaking.  Those phonetics need to be changed back.  And  on the
> latest
> version that I have, the word endings are all messed up.   Now, I don't
> know code, but I do know what stuff I'm looking to change.  So  if I can
> just
> figure it out enough to make the changes, I know I can do this, I  just know
> it.
>
> Years ago I had a Liberator that was programmed in Binary.   Well, I wanted
> to change something but I didn't know Binary.  So I called a  guy named
> Cliff, and in just 10 minutes he told me how to read enough binary to  do
> the
> change I was wanting to do.  I found it easy!
>
> So I really feel that if I had what I needed, I'm smart, I can  figure this
> out, I just feel like I can do this.  I know BASIC, I know a  touch of
> HTML, I've seen C++ but never learned it>  SO WHAT EVER  LANGUAGE THIS IS,
> I'LL
> JUST GRAB A BOOK FOR DUMMIES AND ASK TONS OF QUESTIONS TO  ANYONE I CAN
> FIND.
>
> Ugh, my caps lock went on, I don't feel like re-typing.   Anyway, I'd like
> a shot at this.
>
>
> SNOOPI BOTTEN
>
>
> In a message dated 4/9/2011 9:51:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> edbruckert at gmail.com writes:
>
> Why those things were changed I have no idea, but starting in the 1980s
> the speak code was distributed as example code so once in the public domain
> it's still in the public domain and that's what I'll try and dig up this the
>
> source code for it and the Windows programmer can modify it to their hearts
>  content to do whatever they want. I must speech person who can code a
> little  bit but when it comes to apps and not very good. But the speech code
> talks to  the database the DECtalk application interface.
> There is a huge difference between being public domain and somebody
> supporting a download site companies just don't want to do that for lots of
> different reasons
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Jayson Smith <_ratguy at insightbb.com_
> (mailto:ratguy at insightbb.com) > wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> This is all very interesting. Personally, if  the intent was for the source
> code to be distributed freely, I think it  should be made available
> somewhere
> for download. In the case of the  widely-distributed Speak43 application,
> there's just the one exe, no  DLL's. Is the DECtalk code actually compiled
> into the Speak binary? I'd  think if Speak were just an example program,
> you'd need to have your own  copy of DECtalk separate from Speak.
>
> One other thing I always found  annoying about Speak was that you couldn't
> read files longer than about  64K or so. So you couldn't take the Speak43
> program which does let you  convert to wav and convert, say, a full-length
> novel with it.
> Jayson
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "ebruckert Bruckert" <_edbruckert at gmail.com_
> (mailto:edbruckert at gmail.com) >
> To: "DECtalk Discussions"  <_dectalk at bluegrasspals.com_
> (mailto:dectalk at bluegrasspals.com) >
> Sent: Saturday, April 09,  2011 6:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] QUESTION
>
>
>> Actually  speak it doesn't have a version. But I think I have an SDK
>>  software
>> developers kit for DECtalk that includes the source code  for speak. It
> was
>> widely distributed in the public domain, so it any  Windows programmer
>> could
>> modify it for you. I can send it to  you or send it to whoever you would
>> like
>> me to. Also don't  give up on the regressed DECtalk. I expected to have to
>> do
>>  some work as all my source code was advanced development code so I have
> to
>> roll things back and turn things off. Since I wrote all versions  of the
>> synthesizer from 1990 on we can get pretty close. There were  some weird
>> changes due to code that wasn't exactly correct and so  was executed
>> differently different compilers. Also Dennis his  original code did not
>> always do what the note said so was always a  question with those as to
>> whether to turn right or  left.
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 4:17 PM, <_Dectalk at aol.com_
> (mailto:Dectalk at aol.com) > wrote:
>>
>>>  *Thank you for the verification.  I thought it was free to use  and give
>>> out.  I've been doing it for 6 years.  It  looks like it will be the only
>>> form of 4.40 that will exist.  I only wish the play key could have a
>>> control
>>>  command because blind people can't find it.*
>>> **
>>>  **
>>> *SNOOPI BOTTEN *
>>>
>>>  In a message  dated 4/8/2011 1:27:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>> _edbruckert at gmail.com_ (mailto:edbruckert at gmail.com)  writes:
>>>
>>> Speak  is public domain and always has been. It was originally sent out
> in
>>> source code as an example of how to interface with the  synthesizer. So
>>> have
>>> no fears it is not  licensed.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:13 PM, <_Dectalk at aol.com_
> (mailto: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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