[DECtalk] Access 32 Legality Questions

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Wed May 11 13:36:28 EDT 2011 

_http://pastorsnoopi.twigs76.com/songs/HALLELUJAH%20COHORUS%20ACAPELLA.mp3_ 
(http://pastorsnoopi.twigs76.com/songs/HALLELUJAH%20COHORUS%20ACAPELLA.mp3) 
 
Well, I have 6 versions of the hallelujah chorus done,  the above link is 
to one of them.  I think it shows how important Dectalk  is because without 
it no one could do anything like this.  I look forward  to sampling other 
sapi's.
 
 
SNOOPI BOTTEN 
 
 
In a message dated 5/11/2011 12:48:54 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
corine.bickley at gallaudet.edu writes:

Great -  I'll accumulate the questions that I see for a few weeks as we
test the  voices, and I'll get as many answers as Peter and Martha can
supply, and  then I'll ask the listserv to fill in more answers based
on your extensive  use and experience with various synthesizers. You
have the experience to be  the best beta testers - trying the new SAPI
DECtalk in all the various  configurations that you use, ones that we
may not think of, and we  certainly don't own all those different
machines and other synthesizers and  screen readers.

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Alex H.  <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com> 
wrote:
> Hi Corine,
>
> A  list of FAQs would be a really helpful resource I think. This would
>  help ensure that we get what we want and everybody is happy.
>
>  Alex
>
> On 5/11/11, Corine Bickley  <corine.bickley at gallaudet.edu> 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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