[DECtalk] Access 32 Legality Questions

Brandon Misch bmisch2002 at gmail.com
Wed May 11 11:18:50 EDT 2011


that's only with jaws and nvda, the latest version of window-eyes beeps for 15 seconds allowing you to see if you really wanted to change synthes. 

On May 11, 2011, at 9:40 AM, Corine Bickley wrote:

> Your questions and experiences concerning using various synthesizers
> are a great resource for us all. I think it would be useful if Enable
> starts a FAQ list based on your insights. What do you all think? Would
> that be ok? Later this summer, I'll review the questions and formulate
> a list and then post it and ask you all to supply answers based on
> your experience. Let me know if you think this would be useful.
> corine
> 
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Brent Harding <bharding at doorpi.net> 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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