[DECtalk] SB Talker

Carlos Fernandez cf530a at gmail.com
Thu Jul 10 12:12:36 EDT 2014


I'm sorry, but I missed basically all of this discussion because of list 
problems. Could someone re-send me this file? It is OK if you send it 
off-list.

Thanks,
Carlos
On 7/9/2014 22:24, Blake Roberts wrote:
>
> I remember using TinyTalk. It is the only screen readerfor DOS I know 
> of that spoke via SBTalker. In order to use SBTalker on Windows 7, do 
> I need to enter any specific command-line parameters?
>
> Blake
>
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> *From:*dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com 
> [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] *On Behalf Of *Jim Hunt
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 09, 2014 10:55 PM
> *To:* 'DECtalk Discussions'
> *Subject:* Re: [DECtalk] SB Talker
>
> Hi Blake,
>
> I was able to get SB Talker working somewhat with command-line tests 
> on my netbook running Windows 7 32-bit. I used to use SB Talker with 
> TinyTalk, which I also found.  I haven't played around with TinyTalk 
> recently though.
>
> Jim
>
> *From:*dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com 
> [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] *On Behalf Of *Blake Roberts
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 09, 2014 10:26 PM
> *To:* 'DECtalk Discussions'
> *Subject:* Re: [DECtalk] SB Talker
>
> Thanks Jim. I have found this zip on other sites over the years but it 
> is definitely hard to find. Although I can't get the programs in the 
> zip file to run on Windows 7 i.e. sbtalker.exe, they should run under 
> Windows XP. I remember getting sbtalker.exe and sbaitso2 to run on XP 
> a few years ago even though I was not using a Sound Blaster card. I 
> used the Sbaitso program which uses SBTalker primarily in my DOS days 
> and had a lot of fun with it.
>
> Blake
>
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> *From:*dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com 
> <mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com> 
> [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] *On Behalf Of *Jim Hunt
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 09, 2014 9:21 PM
> *To:* 'DECtalk Discussions'
> *Subject:* [DECtalk] SB Talker
>
> Here is SB Talker, for DOS, from Creative Labs.  It's circa 1991.  I 
> had to do some digging to find it, accessing old archives of 
> NFBNet.org via www.TheWaybackMachine.org 
> <http://www.TheWaybackMachine.org>, LOL.  Enjoy.  Carlos, if you want 
> to put it in the archive under Software, feel free.
>
> Jim
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