[DECtalk] sapi dectalk

[Brandon Misch]

hey if it's acting up can you send me some samples so i can see for myself wich is 4.64 and which is not? if you go to dectalk.com and to the dectalk software section there's a demo that sounds nothing like dectalk does in the reading edge or anything. and will be getting my dectalk usb soon so that'll be great since jaws and access 32 don't play nice anymore and once this dectalk is out, i'll be able to use it with n v d a and klango and other sapi programs. 

On Jan 29, 2011, at 10:12 AM, Dectalk at aol.com wrote:

> I got an e-mail saying it was 4.64.  I wish it would have been anything before that.
>  
> 4.64 actually tells me nothing.  See, I have 4.64 in my devices.  One is fine, the other I swear can't be 4.64 because it acts weird.  The device company claims they can't touch Dectalk because they have a contract and they say both versions are the same.  I laugh because if you do them side by side with a voice string, and have them read the very same things, like if you have something that is an entire paragraph long, the newer 4.64 has a glitch where if you put in a rest, like [_<500>] or whatever, about 3 sentences later the voice just totally drops in pitch for like 2 words.  It sounds horrible!  There are other differences as well.
>  
> So I'm totally holding my breathe because from what I know, it's a gamble.
>  
> I'm thinking the device company tampered with Dectalk even though they are contracted not to.  If I'm right, this 4.64 version should be great!  But there is no way of knowing.  And yes, my new device with 4.64 sounds depressed.  The company swears up and down that they didn't touch anything and it's all in my head.  (Right)  I know my stuff and believe me, one of the 4.64's is not 4.64.
>  
> I really wish it would have been any version before 4.64 because now I gotta wait and hope it's the true 4.64 that does not sound depressed.
>  
>  
> SNOOPI BOTTEN  
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> In a message dated 1/29/2011 9:02:11 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, pitermach at gmail.com writes:
> Hi, I''m excited and all, but I havea question. WIll this sound like the dt in window-eyes or access32, oriw ill it be that sucky one, say, code factory uses? I'm asking because the ladder is unbearable for me. Dennis, for instance, who's on e of my favourite voices now doesn't have that much intonation, all the voices sound like they're depressed or something. If it'll sound like that, then no matter how tempting it'd be to have dt in klango or nvda I'll probably pass up on it.
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