[DECtalk] Access 32 On Windows 7

Mon May 9 16:54:09 EDT 2011

Well,, to be fair, Force destroyed it to begin with. I heard that the 
original Dectalk code was lost so Fonix had to work with what Force gave 
them or something. But still. I wonder what Dennis Klatt would say or do if 
he was around to see that. Maybe I don't want to know.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex H." <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Access 32 On Windows 7

> Well, FonixTalk was a pretty big insult to DECTalk; I'm glad they at
> least renamed it before slaughtering it.  I bet I'd like FonixTalk if
> I hadn't heard the awesomeness of DECTAlk, but I did, so FTalk is
> pretty lame compared to it.
>
> Alex
>
> On 5/9/11, Raymond Grote <musicalman1 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Dont bother with support unless you need to confirm  something you 
>> already
>> expected. Some of the people there are very helpful but some of them, as 
>> you
>> say, are just awful.
>> I wish Fonix would get involved. I don't see how they can let Dectalk 
>> just
>> die out. It's old, yes, but if we have to do something that Fonix isn't
>> doing, then something is not quite right.
>> What is Fonix doing now anyway? Maybe they are working on something else
>> that will make as big of a mark on speech synthesis?
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Alex H." <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com>
>> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 12:39 PM
>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Access 32 On Windows 7
>>
>>
>>> Hmm. Sounds like FS is being more jerky than before. I tried with JAWS
>>> 11 back in the day, and it worked just fine considering the
>>> circumstances. I mean, nobody should have to uninstall a synth to get
>>> another one working. I wish I could be more help, but I've not used
>>> JAWS in forever (except an old Windows 2000 machine that has JAWS 8).
>>> I guess the only thing to do is bug FS to death about it until they
>>> actually do something. Oh, and that's not an easy task given my past
>>> experiences with a PAC Mate. Ever been told how to propperly write
>>> Braille by an FS official? Pretty over the line.
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>> On 5/9/11, Michael Hansen <amtk62 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> When I tried starting JAWS after uninstalling Eloquence with the
>>>> latest DECtalk drivers installed, I got an error saying shared
>>>> components were missing.  Am I not doing something correctly?
>>>>
>>>> On 5/9/11, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> with the original release of jaws 10 you don't need to do that since 
>>>>> it
>>>>> worked then. however, if it's a later version you probably need to
>>>>>
>>>>> On May 9, 2011, at 7:55 AM, Michael Hansen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I tried uninstalling Eloquence, with the JAWS 12 Access 32 driver 
>>>>>> back
>>>>>> in, and I am still getting the shared components error.  I'll perhaps
>>>>>> try this with JAWS 10 and see what happens.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 5/9/11, Michael Hansen <amtk62 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Thanks for that, Brandon...I didn't try going back to the JAWS 12
>>>>>>> Access 32 driver.  I'll try that and let you guys know.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 5/9/11, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> well, before you did that did you replace the access 32 jaws driver
>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>> the one you got out of jaws 10 still there? think you have to go 
>>>>>>>> back
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> driver that is in with jaws 12 to get this to work. me personally, 
>>>>>>>> i
>>>>>>>> am
>>>>>>>> glad
>>>>>>>> i have a dectalk u s b otherwise, i would still be sending fs 
>>>>>>>> emails
>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>> broken access 32 support.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On May 9, 2011, at 1:25 AM, Michael Hansen wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Well, I got an error from JAWS 12 when I tried starting JAWS after
>>>>>>>>> uninstalling Eloquence.  What version did you try this with, and 
>>>>>>>>> did
>>>>>>>>> you have this problem?  Thanks, Michael
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 5/8/11, Michael Hansen <amtk62 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks, Alex!  I'll give that a shot!  If I have trouble, I'll
>>>>>>>>>> reinstall JAWS--I also have NVDA.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 5/8/11, Alex H. <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> try uninstalling Eloquence. It's a dirty rotten hack, but it
>>>>>>>>>>> works.
>>>>>>>>>>> Also, it's perminent, so DT only gets used.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> When I did this when I still used JAWS, there was some wierd
>>>>>>>>>>> parameter
>>>>>>>>>>> values and I had to play with the rate and pitch sliders for 
>>>>>>>>>>> them
>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>> snap back into action.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> HTH,
>>>>>>>>>>> Alex
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 5/7/11, Michael Hansen <amtk62 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I just recently obtained a copy of DECtalk Access 32 from 
>>>>>>>>>>>> school.
>>>>>>>>>>>> This is the version of DECtalk distributed with Kurzweil 1000.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Is
>>>>>>>>>>>> there any way of making it work with JAWS on Windows 7?  The
>>>>>>>>>>>> program
>>>>>>>>>>>> runs--it shows as running in task manager--but it is still not
>>>>>>>>>>>> working
>>>>>>>>>>>> with JAWS.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>> Michael
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