[DECtalk] something i heard

Raymond Grote musicalman1 at comcast.net
Mon May 9 16:07:29 EDT 2011


And possibly make it more accessible. Hmm, I think we know what is ahead of 
us. Sapi Dectalk for those who want it that way, Speak window for those who 
are used to that instead.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at insightbb.com>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] something i heard


> Hi,
>
> Probably what really needs to happen when it comes right down to it is 
> that
> the Speak window needs to be rewritten from scratch. That program, in one
> form or another, has been around for quite some time. Technology changes,
> and Speak probably hasn't kept up. Unfortunately, the only Speak window I
> know of which actually uses a dectalk.dll is the most recent one, for the
> so-nicknamed DECtalk 86. All the others I've seen appear to have the 
> actual
> DECtalk code included within the Speak executable. My thought is that, if
> you had a dectalk.dll and knew how it worked, you could write a replica
> Speak window from scratch, in a language of your choice.
> Jayson
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Dectalk at aol.com>
> To: <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 7:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] something i heard
>
>
>> it needs the commands.  Let me emplane why.   Most of you on this list
>> just
>> make Dectalk sing for fun.  People who can't  talk, have no other way of
>> singing, Dectalk is the only way they have to  sing.  I'm one of them, 
>> but
>> only one of many.  Today I'm trying to  finish "THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS" in
>> 4
>> part harmony so 4 people with Dectalk can  all sing together.  I wanted
>> more
>> parts but I can't find a version of sheet  music that has more than 4
>> parts.
>>
>> In any event, there is a serious problem coming  up.  I have no idea why,
>> but the 4.40 speak window will not install in the  latest update of
>> Windows
>> 7, the en files will not associate with the speak  window.  I now have 3
>> known computers that the speak window will not run  on.
>>
>> Blake and I have posted about this several times but  it keeps getting
>> ignored.  Guys, if we don't solve this problem, and if any  of you ever
>> switch
>> computers, you might not be able to run  Dectalk.
>>
>>
>> SNOOPI BOTTEN
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 5/8/2011 11:58:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> bmisch2002 at gmail.com writes:
>>
>> thanks  both of you for this project. maybe when you guys get the code
>> compiled  wright, or the wright code at all, you can make a sapi version
>> of
>> dectalk that  is better than the stuff already put out there. maybe a 
>> sapi
>> dectalk with not  just voices but commands and everything.
>>
>> On May 8, 2011, at 12:46 PM,  Blake Roberts wrote:
>>
>>> Ed,
>>> Thanks for the clarification and  your dedication to, like Corine, not
>> give
>>> up on Dectalk.
>>> Blake
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From:  dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
>>>  [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of ebruckert
>> Bruckert
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 12:42 PM
>>> To: DECtalk  Discussions
>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] something i heard
>>>
>>>  I'm sorry I have to set the record straight. I am the one that 
>>> supplied
>>> Kareem with code and there was confusion because they hadn't  been
>> compiled
>>> in a while and I knew they needed fixing and I don't  think that was
>>> truly
>>> understood and no I didn't get a single penny.  Neither am I giving up I
>> need
>>> a decent DECtalk as well this went down  the rat hole for various 
>>> reasons
>> and
>>> I'm not giving up I want one I  don't want to play a blame game however.
>> But
>>> nobody intentionally did  anything wrong period.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 12:33  PM, Michael Hansen <amtk62 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>   So basicly, if I understand this right, someone in  essence took
>>>   advantage of Corine's lack of DECtalk  knowledge and sold her a code
>>> to
>>>   Fonix Talk--or  something very nearly like it--and said it was good?
>>>   How  aweful.
>>>
>>>   It's all starting to make  sense now.  Corine, I for one am very
>>> sorry
>>>    for contributing to your company's public humiliation on this
>>>  mailing
>>>   list.  It appears Fonix is the one to blame,  and if they really did
>>>   screw you guys over (I know you can  never say that publicly) then
>>> that
>>>   is a real  shame.  Thank you for trying, and thank you for
>>>  withholding
>>>   this release.
>>>
>>>   Best,
>>>   Michael  Hansen
>>>
>>>
>>>   On 5/8/11,  Dectalk at aol.com <Dectalk at aol.com> wrote:
>>>   > Yes  but guys, can we be sensitive here for  Corine?  She cares  so
>>> much that
>>>   > she put a lot of money into  this.  She  was sold a bad code and
>>> has no  way
>>>   > to get a refund.  This is both happy  and  sad news.  We should all
>>> deeply
>>>    > thank her for trying.
>>>   >
>>>    >
>>>   > SNOOPI BOTTEN
>>>    >
>>>   >
>>>   > In a message dated  5/8/2011 11:37:11 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>>>   >  beroberts at hughes.net writes:
>>>   >
>>>   >  Alex did  a fantastic job creating the Dectalk vs. FonixTalk file
>>>  that
>>>   > Jayson
>>>   > shared.   Excellent job on production, Alex.
>>>   > I agree with  Jayson about Dectalk 86  sounding more like FonixTalk
>>>  than
>>>   > Dectalk.  It is certainly good news   that Enable wil not be
>>> marketing
>>>   >  Dectalk
>>>   > 86.
>>>   >  Blake
>>>   > -----Original   Message-----
>>>   > From:   dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
>>>   >  [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com]  On Behalf Of Jayson
>>>  Smith
>>>   > Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 11:05  AM
>>>   > To:  DECtalk Discussions
>>>    > Subject: Re: [DECtalk] something i heard
>>>    >
>>>   > I have  to sort of agree with this,  although Corine has stated
>>> that  the
>>>   >  so-nicknamed DECtalk 86 doesn't use FonixTalk. To hear a sample of
>>>  the  real
>>>   > FonixTalk, listen to the  following  file.
>>>   >  http://www.q-audio.net/d/18754
>>>   > I think DECtalk 86  sounds more like  FonixTalk than it does any
>>> version  of
>>>   > DECtalk including 4.64 or   5.0.
>>>   > Jayson
>>>    >
>>>   > ----- Original Message -----
>>>    > From: "Brandon Misch"   <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
>>>   > To: "DECtalk  Discussions"  <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>>   >  Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 7:26  PM
>>>   > Subject:  [DECtalk] something i heard
>>>   >
>>>    >
>>>   >> Hey guys i let  someone hear a demo of  the speak window for the
>>> sapi
>>>   >> dectalk  that  enable is selling and that person said that this is
>>>  based
>>>   > on
>>>   >> fonix   talk. don't know if anyone came up with that yet.
>>>    >>
>>>   >>
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