[DECtalk] update

Thu Jul 7 12:42:37 EDT 2011

Ed,
Thanks for the update. I also send thanks to your nephew for his willingness
to help.
Blake

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[mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of ebruckert Bruckert
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 11:47 AM
To: DECtalk Discussions
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] WHAT SPEAKERS DOES EVERYONE USE

Update on the quest for a new old DECtalk. In frustration I finally called
my nephew and asked for a favor as he is a very very high level programmer.
I found out that the free version of visual C I have, although it says it
can do it in fact can not. So he has agreed to get some of my old project
files compiling and working again to help me out. I want to make sure I'm in
good shape before I spend the money for a proper version of Visual Studio as
I'm on a fixed income. I'll be creating the project files and sending them
to him via express mail tomorrow. This should be a huge help in resurrecting
the old stuff. The exact versions aren't clear but if I have working code I
can certainly re-create a lot of stuff as I know the speech software. The
code I have is all pre-release code and doesn't have version numbers in it,
but as I never deleted any of the old code I should be able to get very
close at minimum. At least now I understand why my efforts have been so
unproductive. 

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com> wrote:

the soundcard is a realtech audio sound card.  

On Jul 1, 2011, at 8:16 AM, FRIDO ORDEMANN wrote:

Good point - please rephrase the question for anyone you know! thank you

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From: "Dectalk at aol.com" <Dectalk at aol.com>
To: dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
Sent: Fri, July 1, 2011 8:14:17 AM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] WHAT SPEAKERS DOES EVERYONE USE

Personally I think we're asking the wrong question.  I think the sound card
is more important than the speakers.  Years ago I had a cheap sound card
that was actually lying to me.  On my end, my audio was going out both
speakers in high quality.  But on the internet for the public it was a
static mono sound.  So after I bought a very high quality sound card, I
heard how bad my stuff actually was.

I still don't get the true sound mix until I play stuff on my stereo, but I
have learned to make my vocals lower than what I intend so it comes out
right.

SNOOPI BOTTEN

In a message dated 7/1/2011 7:42:34 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
ratguy at insightbb.com writes:

Hi again,

Compounding this problem is the thing of computer speakers. I once had an 
IBM computer I bought from Radio Shack. It was a totally prefab system, 
rather than custom built. It came with a pair of computer speakers. Someone 
told me they said "IBM" on them. You can bet, though, that somebody else 
actually made the speakers. That's probably the problem you're going to run 
into again and again with this research, people who are using 
computer-manufacturer-branded speakers or generic no-name speakers. Also, 
what of the people who have laptops and use the computer's internal 
speakers? I know some companies brag about the brand of the audio system in 
their laptops, but probably the cheaper companies might use generic no-name 
products.

As far as headphones go, my favorites in the way of semi-professional 
headphones are made by Sony. I also have a pair of Audiotechnica headphones 
in-house.
Jayson

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From: "Corine Bickley" <corine.bickley at gallaudet.edu>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] WHAT SPEAKERS DOES EVERYONE USE

Jayson,
Thank you - your feedback is exceedingly useful. This is the kind of
information that I need. It may be that so many different speakers and
headphones are used that I will never be able to test enough, but it's
good to know there's so much variety out there.
corine

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 6:09 PM, Jayson Smith <ratguy at insightbb.com> wrote:
> I really don't know how to answer this question. On my own personal 
> DECtalk
> Express I run it through a power speaker which was sold probably approx. 
> 20
> years ago by the C Crane company. No idea what brand it is though. In my
> stereo where I sometimes read books spoken by DECtalk, I have some 
> speakers
> I picked up used from an individual. No idea what brand they are either, 
> and
> they had to be repaired anyway so even if I did know the brand, it's 
> likely
> the replacement components aren't of that brand. I also have another 
> Express
> on my Linux system which I'm running through a pair of cheap Radio Shack
> power speakers.
>
> My dad uses two DECtalk Expresses and just uses the internal speaker.
> Jayson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Dectalk at aol.com>
> To: <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 5:48 PM
> Subject: [DECtalk] WHAT SPEAKERS DOES EVERYONE USE
>
>
>>I have been given a task by Enable Rehab to find out what brand of
>> speakers everyone uses when listening to Dectalk. I guess they want to
>> select the
>> most used speakers and use them for testing.
>>
>> You all can email me directly at _dectalk at aol.com_
>> (mailto:dectalk at aol.com)
>> .
>>
>> I'm just glad it's going to sing!
>>
>>
>> SNOOPI BOTTEN
>>
>>
>
>
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