[DECtalk] INtro and Question

[jake mcmahan]

On 8/2/2011 2:48 PM, Doris and Chris wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just subscribed to this list after finding a link to it during an
> online search.
>
> I enjoy different synthesizers and synthesthizer voices. I have a
> special affection for DECTalk as it was one of the first synthetic
> voices I came in contact with in the form of Text Assist, the
> original one) that came bundled with my creative Soundblaster card in
> the mid 90's even befoer I lost my sight.
>
> when I did lose my sight in 1998, I used Text Assist with jaws 3.0
> until we got my hardware synth shiped and until jaws 3.2 introduced eloquence.
>
> Recent versions of jaws , that is 11.0 and 12.0 are not able to use
> Access 32 anymore. Is there a solution to this, that is is there a
> driver update that I might be able to download somewhere?
>
> I recently came across a sapi 5 version of Software DECTalk speech.
> This works adequately with jaws 11 and 12. I stumbled across this
> sapi 5 version of dectalk while doing a google searchfor something
> entirley unrelated. I have since attempted to research the source of
> this sapi 5 version of dectalk. I was attempting to find out if this
> is an oficial version of dectalk or if it is similar to the eloquence
> driver for the free open source screenreader nvda. I would appreciate
> more information on this. I am trying to find out if it is safe to
> pass on this sapi 5 version of DECTAlk as I know several people who
> miss their dectalk and who would love to use this version.
>
> Thanks much.
>
> Doris
>
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  Do this if you will.  Either provide a sample, or tell us what the 
file name of the dectalk you found is.  If that can't happen, please 
tell what you searched for so I can see if the version you have is the 
same as mine.  I am interested