[DECtalk] User dictionaries for Speak windows

Raymond Grote musicalman1 at comcast.net
Mon May 16 14:53:07 EDT 2011


Hi,
If I understand correctly, this whistly sound translates to a boost of mid 
frequencies on a phone line. but, I don't like it.. It would only sound good 
for telephony then.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at insightbb.com>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] User dictionaries for Speak windows


> Hi,
>
> I've listened to this short sample. I think it could probably be made to
> sound okay, however, in its current state there's some sort of whistly 
> sound
> throughout most of it which is probably a result of your modifications. If 
> I
> didn't know better, I'd say it was some type of artifact from audio
> compression, but I know that's not true.
> Jayson
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "ebruckert Bruckert" <edbruckert at gmail.com>
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 12:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] User dictionaries for Speak windows
>
>
>>    I'm busy today but I will send versions of the user Dic. T
>> On in all honesty I can't remember if there were different versions, but
>> there certainly weren't many.
>> One of the main differences in the know of version was I tuned the
>> frication
>> or high-frequency noise is stronger because of signal loss going to the
>> transmitters through regular telephone lines. I am slowly working on a 
>> new
>> version I want your feedback but understand this is a stepwise process so
>> I
>> need feedback on both what you like and what you don't like. Attached is 
>> a
>> very short piece of Paul. The way the gains of the vocal track have to be
>> tuned I'm only going to focus on Paul or perhaps a different voice if
>> you'd
>> prefer until we get closer to what we want. I'm almost afraid to mention
>> something, but I have archived the last research DECtalk version that
>> Dennis
>> was working on when he died, I may try to get it running obviously it was
>> never finished. In that regard does anybody know of a utility that can
>> convert an old 16 bit sound file into a wave file?
>>
>> Mon, May 16, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Jayson Smith <ratguy at insightbb.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I downloaded that but it doesn't seem to work for the Speak43 window. I
>>> assume that means each version of DECtalk has its own dictionary format.
>>> To
>>> me, that seems a bit weird and breaks forward and backward 
>>> compatibility.
>>> But whatever.
>>> Jayson
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Alex H." <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com>
>>> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 6:22 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] User dictionaries for Speak windows
>>>
>>>
>>>  > Hi Jayson,
>>> >
>>> > I know there's a utility to make user dictionaries for the DECTalk
>>> > USB, and you can download the files on Access Solutions' website. I
>>> > don't know if they'd work on the demo Speak windows though.
>>> >
>>> > Alex
>>> >
>>> > On 5/15/11, Jayson Smith <ratguy at insightbb.com> wrote:
>>> >> Hi,
>>> >>
>>> >> Does anyone know how to create/generate/compile user dictionaries for
>>> the
>>> >> Speak windows? I know back in the days of the DECtalk PC, it shipped
>>> with
>>> >> software to take a properly-formatted text file and compile it into a
>>> >> binary
>>> >> dictionary file. I still have one of those files, and it doesn't work
>>> >> as
>>> >> a
>>> >> user dictionary in Speak43. Are there tools out there to generate 
>>> >> user
>>> >> dictionaries, or are they pretty much just internal tools which 
>>> >> should
>>> >> have
>>> >> been distributed but weren't? Snoopi, Ed, Corine, can anyone help
>>> >> here?
>>> >> Thanks.
>>> >>
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