[DECtalk] dectalk for nvda

[Raymond Grote]

Would be nice, I doubt it will happen though. It just lets more money come 
to the company this way I think.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex H." <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] dectalk for nvda


>I think it can still be purchased places but I think it's discontinued
> so it's hard to find or having to pay a premium for it. Not sure
> though.
>
> Would be nice if there was a law that said that if a product is
> discontinued/not sold to the public after five years, it becomes
> abandonware and anyone can use it, decompile it, and do whatever they
> wish. That would certainly make sure companies made products available
> or would result in a lot of happy people.
>
> Alex
>
> On 5/10/11, Michael Hansen <amtk62 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is this the Access 32 from Kurzweil?  That too runs with NVDA using
>> SAPI 4, but I get errors.
>>
>> As far as distributing it, I have a funny feeling it's not legal,
>> unfortunately.  Otherwise, I think more people would have copies of
>> Access 32.  I could be wrong, as Access 32 is not a product that
>> anyone sells any more, but I don't think so.  :(
>>
>>
>>
>> On 5/10/11, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> access 32 is a software version of the dectalk synthisizer like how the
>>> express, pc, and usb are hardware versions.
>>>
>>> On May 10, 2011, at 4:13 PM, ebruckert Bruckert wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think I can answer your question but I'm a little confused. The 
>>>> access
>>>> 32 product is a hardware product so I assume you're talking about SAPI
>>>> drivers etc. speak say drivers are all considered open domain they're
>>>> useless unless combined with the DECtalk product so you can disk 
>>>> tribute
>>>> any thing like that at any time, I'm the one that decided this policy 
>>>> so
>>>> I'm sure right.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Carlos Fernandez <cf530a at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> It's not a driver, although I'm trying that too. This is a copy of 
>>>> access
>>>> 32 that appears in sapi
>>>> 4. The only reason that I haven't posted it yet is that I have to 
>>>> figure
>>>> out whether it's legal
>>>> to post a version of access 32 publically.
>>>>
>>>> Carlos
>>>>
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