[DECtalk] Dectalk USB longer, better demo?

Brandon Misch bmisch2002 at gmail.com
Sun Jan 30 15:34:19 EST 2011


a demo sounds great if it can be made. 

On Jan 30, 2011, at 2:17 PM, Pitermach wrote:

> Hi, while I think 19 dollars is a nice price, I still think the synthesizer 
> should have some kind of demo mode. maybe some x day trial or unlimited but 
> with the synth saying something like this is a demonstration version of 
> dectalk once in a while so that we can actually test the quality under our 
> environment, see if it works for us, etc.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Corine Bickley" <corine.bickley at gallaudet.edu>
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 8:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Dectalk USB longer, better demo?
> 
> 
>> well, no -- i worked on DECtalk for a couple of companies, but as an
>> employee I never owned any code. DECtalk was sold from company to
>> company. employees of companies are bound by work agreements to NOT
>> keep any code.
>> 
>> recently Enable Rehab, my own company, bought the right to distribute
>> one version of DECtalk, 4.6.4, from the current DECtalk owner, Fonix.
>> my goal (Enable's goal) is to make a SAPI version of DECtalk available
>> to persons who need it. i'll let users know the size of files needed
>> and any other details once i'm sure the code works on my own laptop.
>> that's the stage we're at now.
>> 
>> pls do keep questions coming as i want to know what users need to
>> know, like file size - great question! i'll do my best to find answers
>> to any questions. others on this email listserv may know answers that
>> i don't. just keep asking!
>> 
>> 
>> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>> i guess since you helped keep dectalk alive then you have all the source 
>>> codes for earlier versions do you know how big the file will be?
>>> 
>>> On Jan 30, 2011, at 7:31 AM, Corine Bickley wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Great idea, Alex. I'll do that soon. I'm Corine, the person who worked
>>>> with Dennis Klatt years ago when I was a student, and then later with
>>>> Ed Bruckert who has kept DECtalk alive for many years. We have a
>>>> programmer Peter who is getting the code ready for distribution. As
>>>> soon as I have the version running on my own computer, I'll create
>>>> some examples for comment. I agree - no one should send any money
>>>> until you get a chance to hear what you're buying.
>>>> corine
>>>> 
>>>> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Alex H. <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I know there's a few people on this list who have the dectalk USB, and
>>>>> I'm considering getting one but I won't have the money for some
>>>>> months. I have heard that it isn't the best compared to 4.3 etc, but
>>>>> I'm still interested in hearing it. The Access Solutions demo is a
>>>>> joke. It's very short, and their doubletalk USB demos are way better.
>>>>> Could somebody post a demo or two of the DECTalk USB singing and
>>>>> talking, maybe tweak a few of the voices? Thanks very much and have a
>>>>> great day!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Alex
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