[DECtalk] DECtalk for Linux - i have it

ebruckert Bruckert edbruckert at gmail.com
Fri Feb 25 11:35:42 EST 2011


One of the prime motivators of the Lenox deck talk was TV Raman. He produced
a screen reader which is available free. It even uses spatiality through
stereo headphones.

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 9:55 PM, <lowell at mrprange.com> wrote:

> I managed to purchase the Linux run-times from Fonix before they became
> unavailable for $50.  I managed to use them on the command line.  I've
> written a couple scripts for them.  One script makes mp3 files to transfer
> to a portable player.  Another works through a queue of text files in a
> folder, resuming play wherever I left off. I also got it to work with KTTmgr
> but never emacspeak, orca or speakup.
>
>
>
> Lowell Prange
>
> www.podbooks.org
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> On Thu, 24 Feb 2011 18:42:11 -0500, Alex H. wrote:
>
> Here's the skinny on the Linux DECTalk:
>
> Digibuy.com, where Fonix used to sell DT, is dead. I've emailed a few
> different contacts at Fonix, nothing. They disown DECTalk now I guess,
> and it's one prime example of fine software fallen into abandonware
> because of lazy companies. FonixTalk hasn't ever been ported to Linux
> I think, and either way it sucks compared to DECTalk anyway, so that's
> not an option for us DECTalk Linux users.
>
> Seems like there's some issues with hardware dectalks and Linux too
> that people should try and fix and are just don't want to/have moved
> on from DECTalk etc. I personally lov espeak but know a lot of people
> who hate it, and DECTalk being revived on Linux would be pretty nifty
> for a lot of people.
>
> Alex
>
> On 2/24/11, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> o i see. how are things going with sapi dctalk?
>
> On Feb 24, 2011, at 5:41 PM, ebruckert Bruckert wrote:
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>
> Since I was never a Linux user myself, and NA have to try to scrape the
> rust my brain and break through the cobwebs.
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> that's good what ever happened to it?
>
> On Feb 24, 2011, at 10:56 AM, ebruckert Bruckert wrote:
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>
> Yes there was.
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> i thought there was a dectalk for linux at one time.
>
> On Feb 24, 2011, at 7:12 AM, Corine Bickley wrote:
>
>
> Thanks for your question, Tony.
> I'll ask our programmer Peter to look into the possibility. Snoopi
> Botten, Enable's Chief Communications Officer, will keep you posted on
> our progress.
> corine bickley
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Tony Baechler <tony at baechler.net>
> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I know I'm not the only one interested in this.  I and someone else
> are
> looking for a software DECtalk for Linux.  There used to be TTSynth,
> but
> the site, ttsynth.com is dead.  Unfortunately, Linux can't use SAPI
> voices.  There is a community of users using Speakup and Gnome Orca
> which are screen readers for Linux.  They don't like the ESpeak
> voices.
> While I can tolerate ESpeak and I have a serial port, Orca can
> apparently only use software speech unless you use different speech
> drivers.  I would very much like to get a software DECtalk that works
> with both Speakup and Orca.
>
> I'm not a programmer and I have no idea what the technical issues
> involved are, but I know that it's completely different than SAPI.  I
> also know it can be done because TTSynth sold for $75 when it was
> available.  Apparently, there is software called Speech Dispatcher
> which
> acts as a speech server and connects the client, like Speakup to the
> software synthesizer, like Festival or ESpeak.  There's a program
> called
> a connector which gets the speech from the synthesizer to the client
> or
> something.  I'm unfortunately really not that familiar with the
> details.  If any of the developers could either contact me privately
> or
> join the Speakup list, they could get lots of feedback.  The Speakup
> developers would be the ones to ask about the connector and Speech
> Dispatcher.  I would be happy to test a Linux version.  I'm running
> Debian testing.
>
> You can contact me at tony.baechler at gmail.com.  The Speakup list is at
> <http://linux-speakup.org/>.
>
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