[DECtalk] TEST

[Jayson Smith]

Hi,

Let me just repeat something after all this discussion. Snoopi, you are not 
being removed from this list. I am the only person on Earth with the 
authority to remove people from this list or do any other administrative 
job. And as far as I'm concerned, this whole discussion is valuable. Nobody 
will be removed from this list for anything they said or may say on this 
topic.

I want to state something else too. As I see it, there are several schools 
of DECtalk users and fans. There are some who like the DECtalk speech and 
probably would use it with their screen reader if they could, or maybe use 
it along with a text to MP3 program such as Text Aloud, but don't have any 
other more elaborate use for it. Then there are those who think it's cool 
that DECtalk can sing and do all this neat stuff and enjoy listening to 
others' creations, but don't have a clue how to actually make DECtalk do any 
of those things. Then there are probably several classes of more advanced 
DECtalk users who, at the high end, could probably transcribe arbitrary text 
into phonemes in their sleep. These are the people making the elaborate 
DECtalk songs and skits. And finally, there are the users with disabilities 
requiring them to use DECtalk to speak and/or sing. These users almost 
certainly fit into all the previous classes of users I've discussed. I fit 
somewhere in the third class of users, the more advanced DECtalkists. So as 
you can see, this SAPI is obviously targeted toward the more basic user, who 
just wants to use it with their screen reader or other SAPI-enabled 
applications, nothing more.

Regarding the Speak windows, yes it's true that new hardware and new 
operating systems might come along under which the Speak windows won't run. 
However, all is not truly lost even then. As long as, say, a virtual machine 
running XP can run under whatever native hardware/OS is being used, Speak 
can then be run under that. Not the most ideal solution I do admit, but 
still, it's better than nothing.

I personally would like to see the SAPI provide all DECtalk's features, but 
it's clear to me that, for whatever reason, that's not going to happen.
Jayson

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Dectalk at aol.com>
To: <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2011 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] TEST


> _http://davesvideoservicesco.startlogic.com/test2/_
> (http://davesvideoservicesco.startlogic.com/test2/)
>
> Ok, we have an unstable prototype that keeps  crashing.  I'm forcing Dave
> to keep it up until Corine tells him to remove  it.  It talks, but I 
> haven't
> been able to get it to say anything this  morning.
>
> Basically the plan is to reset it to Klattalk settings  but call it 
> Dectalk
> Classic.  And, it won't sing.
>
>
> SNOOPI BOTTEN
>
>
> In a message dated 6/28/2011 8:42:05 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> bmisch2002 at gmail.com writes:
>
> so how  is that version coming along and are the other languages going to
> be included  or just us english?
>
>
> On Jun 27, 2011, at 6:33 PM, FRIDO ORDEMANN wrote:
>
>
>
>
> There are other users of DECtalk than those who use  it for singing.
>
>
> ____________________________________
> From: "_Dectalk at aol.com_ (mailto:Dectalk at aol.com) " <_Dectalk at aol.com_
> (mailto:Dectalk at aol.com) >
> To: _dectalk at bluegrasspals.com_ (mailto:dectalk at bluegrasspals.com)
> Sent: Mon, June 27, 2011 2:10:43  PM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk]  TEST
>
> Actually I was scared I was  removed for exploding on the list last night.
> I also find it odd that  Corine never apologized for her misleading post.
> I'm still in total  shock at how her post was worded.  And to post that on
> the list when we  all have a speak window or other form of Dectalk.  Heck, 
> if
> I did have  a singing SAPI, why would anyone buy her non-singing  version?
>
> That post just totally made no  sense to me.  I still feel bad about my
> response, but I was and still  am angry.
>
>
> SNOOPI  BOTTEN
>
>
> In a message dated 6/27/2011 1:22:03 P.M. Eastern  Daylight Time,
> _linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com_ (mailto:linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com) writes:
>
> Your  message came through. It's all good.
>
> Alex
>
> On 6/27/2011 12:58  PM, _Dectalk at aol.com_ (mailto:Dectalk at aol.com)  wrote:
> My mail got too full, so I'm just making sure  everything is ok.
>
>
> SNOOPI BOTTEN
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