[DECtalk] INtro and Question

[jake mcmahan]

On 8/2/2011 8:29 PM, Doris and Chris wrote:
> I do not remember as this was a a little while ago and before I even
> knew of the existence of this list. I am sorry but I did not take
> notes on my search. I sometimes come across stuff while searching and
> will follow some links I find and sometimes  find surprises and goodies.
>
> Mr. Alex already found something. I have no idea if this is what i
> have as my version  of sapi dectalk did not give a version number.
> I'm definitley not the expert on dectalk - nor on other synths. i
> just use and enjoy them.
>
> Doris
>
>
>
>
> At 07:27 PM 8/2/2011, you wrote:
>> 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
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      O, ignore my pm dorris, I see what you're talking about.  does 
klango ring a bell?  If so, most of us have this version which is 5.0.