[DECtalk] Access 32 Legality Questions

Tue May 10 23:58:49 EDT 2011

i know. and some versions if typing too fast, they will crash the screen reader. 

On May 10, 2011, at 10:30 PM, Brent Harding wrote:

> 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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