[DECtalk] I'm a newcomer

Thu Jun 7 22:32:26 EDT 2012

Hi Tyler and welcome.  you asked me a question and I screwed up the  
answer.  To a point you are right, my free MP3 files are the same as the  free CD 
files, kind of.  The difference is, a great number of the free MP3  files 
are slightly over modulated.  So if you download an MP3, burn it to a  CD and 
try to play it, you have a good chance that it will skip or not  play.  The 
CD files a level the track volume so it won't skip.

The free files are more for people who use communication devices.   They 
are not burning these files to a CD, they are playing them with an MP3  player 
basically.  Many of these kids and adults have never sung before,  but they 
use Dectalk to talk.  So my songs are like a total shock to  them.  So to 
make them buy songs that they badly want to sing would not be  fair or right. 
 The reason is, any other child or adult can open their  mouth and just 
sing.  Dectalk, is their mouth.  So if kids in school  are singing the newest 
pop song, why in the world should a disabled person have  to pay to sing the 
same song?  Dennis Klatt made Dectalk to sing so the  disabled could take 
part in music.  BUT, if people can't understand how to  program songs, they 
are still left out.

So I ask for $15.00 per request, but it's jukebox style, meaning once you  
pay the $15.00, you get lifetime free access to everything.  So basically  
you only pay so I can buy the sheet music to do the requested song.  The  MP3 
music version is a free bonus.  I can't charge for MP3 anyway  because of 
copyright.  So I call them karaoke files because very few  disabled people 
could start Dectalk at the right time with the music.  So I  mix it for them.  
Then when they sing karaoke, they set the machine to  video only, so only 
the words and video show up, but the music all comes from  their device so 
you can't tell that the vocals were already mixed in.  It  is the coolest 
thing on Earth!

So my CDs are my money maker.  But I'm really loose because I believe  the 
harder to try to make files so they can't be shared, the more people will  
share them.  So I take the fun out of passing stuff by not caring.   Besides, 
I outdo myself all the time, so if people like my work, I'll only top  it.  
So even if someone claimed to be me, I wouldn't care because I'd only  do 
something better that they would then have to top.  I'm doing a song a  day, 
so I seriously doubt anyone wants to try to be me.

I ask that you don't download every song all at once because of  bandwidth. 
 I doubt you could anyway because it would take um, a long  time.  I can 
send you a data DVD of everything if you want.

SNOOPI BOTTEN 

In a message dated 6/7/2012 7:28:03 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
beroberts at hughes.net writes:

Hi  Tyler,
Welcome to the list. I would like to hear your Dectalk creations, if  you
upload them somewhere in the future. Just so you know, sometimes this  list
is very active and other times not so much.  I hope that you  enjoy your 
time
here.
Blake

-----Original Message-----
From:  dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
[mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com]  On Behalf Of Tyler
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 5:22 PM
To:  dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
Subject: [DECtalk] I'm a newcomer

Hello,  everyone! I've been following Dectalk since June of 2011, but I
didn't hear  about this list until today, from Snoopi Botten's people. In
June of 2011,  one of my friends got a collection of files (all available on
dectalk.com  archive site) from someone else. There were a few songs from
Blake Roberts  and Snoopi Botten, but it was mostly comedy bits (from great
artists such  as Patrick Perdue and Sean Randall). I follow Snoopi, Patrick
and Sean on  Twitter; hope to find more of Sean's material that is not on
dectalk.com.  And the rumor was, Patrick Perdue had a CD called Synths N
Stuff (to  coincide with his radio talk show Things N Stuff). So, my friend
(who, I  believe, is one of very few who visit
dectalk.com) got even more files.  Eventually, I decided to go to the site
myself and start collecting. I have  almost everything by Vocalwriter, a
decent-sized Snoopi Botten collection I  got from theflameofhope.co, and
whatever else I stumble upon on the Dectalk  website. 
In January 2012, I found Snoopi giving away a free demo copy of  the Dectalk
for Windows package. Combined with the manuals I snuck for free  through
dectalk.com (the minimanuals, they should be called; I believe the  full
manual can be bought through Snoopi). I learned basic phonemics  and
codewords, to make voices Paul and Betty have a peaceful conversation,  and
have Kit interruptingly chime in, and have Harry steal Kit's root  beer
float. Yes, I'm a PG rated version of Sean Randall; I tone it down  even 
more
than Perdue does. No wav or
mp3 (or even Dectalk files)  available, but I will probably upload stuff
someday.
Tyler  Z

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