[DECtalk] Access 32 Legality Questions

[Brent Harding]

Not only to mention, if you switch your synth to something like this and it 
plain doesn't work, one has no speech to switch it back.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brandon Misch" <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Access 32 Legality Questions


> i'm sure there are all kinds of versions of that synth. one version had me 
> coppying files and stuff like that.
>
> On May 10, 2011, at 9:02 PM, Blake Roberts 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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