[DECtalk] something i heard
Raymond Grote
musicalman1 at comcast.net
Mon May 9 16:16:41 EDT 2011
>From my understanding, file associations are in the registry. So maybe a
registry file could fix, if we could find the problem and create a reg file
for it. But I'm still using XP, so I don't know
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at insightbb.com>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] something i heard
> Hi,
>
> Have you tried going into Windows and manually associating .en or whatever
> extension with the Speak application? That should work if nothing else. If
> not, either you're doing it wrong, the 4.40 Speak application can't accept
> a
> filename on the command line, or something else entirely.
> Jayson
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <Dectalk at aol.com>
> To: <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 10:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] something i heard
>
>
>> Actually, does anyone have or know how to create a 4.40 installer that
>> will do the file association?
>>
>>
>> SNOOPI BOTTEN
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 5/9/2011 10:40:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> ratguy at insightbb.com writes:
>>
>> 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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