[DECtalk] Access 32 On Windows 7

Raymond Grote musicalman1 at comcast.net
Mon May 9 17:41:29 EDT 2011


True. he'd have a directory in the archive!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex H." <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Access 32 On Windows 7


> He'd probably be so frustrated that he'd go on this list and develop
> KlattTalk from scratch and be a very active member in helping port
> this awesome synth to as many platforms as humanly possible. DECTalk
> on the iPhone anyone?
>
> Fonix and Force made some big no-nos in my opinion but they do make
> for some funny skits! :D
> Alex
>
> On 5/9/11, Raymond Grote <musicalman1 at comcast.net> wrote:
>> 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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