[DECtalk] Access 32 Legality Questions

Blake Roberts beroberts at hughes.net
Tue May 10 21:16:10 EDT 2011


I'm not surprised  DT Access32 on FS's site doesn't work with a modern
version of Jaws. I say that because Jaws now uses a form of authorization
completely alien to that version of DT Access32.

I have a word of caution  for anyone interested in Dectalk Access32. If you
use the OpenBook scanning application, please be aware that Dectalk Access32
can crash OpenBook. According to FS's support site, crashes are expected to
happen with OpenBook 8.0. I'm not sure what other versions of OpenBook crash
when DT Access32 is installed. As an OpenBook user myself, I'd rather not
have it crash.
Blake

-----Original Message-----
From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
[mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Alex H.
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 9:06 PM
To: DECtalk Discussions
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Access 32 Legality Questions

I've download the old DT access32 from the FS website a few years ago, no
dice. It said I was on the wrong version of windows.
Suppose this was probably made for Win9x since that was when 3.x was around
for JAWS.

Alex



On 5/10/11, Blake Roberts <beroberts at hughes.net> wrote:
> I know that the version of Dectalk Access32 on Freedom Scientific's 
> site was designed for Jaws 3 or 4. This was back in the days of Jaws 
> authorization diskettes.  I wonder if FS's copy of Dectalk Access32 
> will install for use with a modern version of Jaws.
>
> In the past, I've tried using a couple different versions of Dectalk
> Access32 that I got from various sources. With one version, I could 
> never get past "please insert authorization disk to continue". The 
> other
> (stand-alone) version simply would not talk when I tried using it with 
> Jaws 11.
> Blake
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com 
> [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Brandon Misch
> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 8:40 PM
> To: DECtalk Discussions
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Access 32 Legality Questions
>
> one thing to note is the version of access 32 for jaws is still on 
> fs's site and may still work. i don't know if it does though. that uses
dectalk 4.41.
>
> On May 10, 2011, at 6:57 PM, Jayson Smith wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Unfortunately, as far as I know there is no way to make a copy of the
>> Access32 protected disk. Certain versions of Jaws used a protection 
>> system called Quella. Those disks could be copied if you knew what 
>> you
> were doing.
>> However, the only copy of Access32 I ever saw used a protection 
>> product called Everlock. I never found any way to make a faithful 
>> copy of an Everlock disk.
>>
>> As for getting your authorization off the old laptop, have you 
>> checked that the floppy is not write protected? If so, the floppy 
>> could be bad, in which case that copy is no good any more. Please 
>> note, just copying the actual authorization files from the old hard 
>> drive to one on any other computer will *not* work. If you can figure 
>> out a way to get the uninstall process to complete successfully, 
>> there may be a way for you to, shall we say, regain your two lost 
>> authorizations. This would need to be done in DOS, since I think most 
>> if not all Everlock disks I saw included DOS tools as well as Windows 
>> ones. There's a program I have called Unlimited Installer. The way it 
>> works is, it diverts all hard drive writes to a RAM buffer. So you 
>> have the authorization installed, run the program, then uninstall the 
>> authorization. Now you reboot. Since the hard drive never got 
>> written, the authorization is still there, as well as on the floppy. 
>> But none of
> that will be worth a hill of beans if you can't get the uninstall to work.
>> Jayson
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Michael Hansen" <amtk62 at gmail.com>
>> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 6:00 PM
>> Subject: [DECtalk] Access 32 Legality Questions
>>
>>
>>> Hi guys,
>>>
>>> I have a couple questions regarding legal use of Access 32:
>>>
>>> Is it legal to install Access 32 from a Kurzweil 1000 CD without an 
>>> authorization disc, since it pretty much installs regardless of 
>>> whether there is one present or not?  I have access to a Kurzweil 
>>> disc from school (that kind of software is distributed to students 
>>> for
>>> free) but there is no DECtalk authorization disc.  DECtalk Access 32 
>>> is there on the disc, and it installs regardless of whether there is 
>>> an authorization disc or not.
>>>
>>> Also, I have a copy of Access 32 from GW Micro that my parents 
>>> obtained in 2002.  I have one authorization left (the others were 
>>> lost due to computer crashes) and it is on an old HP laptop.  For 
>>> some reason, when I go to transfer the data back to the copy 
>>> protection disc, it will not work.  I haven't tried it in several 
>>> months, but I recall a write error of some kind.  Assuming I am 
>>> unable to find a way to get that copy protection off that laptop, is 
>>> there a legal way I can get around the authorization since I *do* 
>>> own the product?  I've tried contacting GW Micro, and they were no help.
> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Michael
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