[DECtalk] DECTalk 5 (Sapi) Thank you, and please help

Mohamed malhajamy at gmail.com
Sun Jul 19 06:59:00 EDT 2015


Does Fonix still own the rights to DECtalk technology? Or is it some 
other company?

On 07/18/15 09:02 PM, Blake Roberts via Dectalk wrote:
>
> Just to clarify some things: The Flame of Hope is owned by a former 
> member of this list, Snoopi Botten. While his site does offer valuable 
> Dectalk resources including songs, there is no affiliation with 
> bluegrasspals. On one section of the site, he tells people how to join 
> this list because there is such a wide breadth/depth of Dectalk 
> knowledge on here. The only reason Snoopi left this list some months 
> ago is because emails kept bouncing. This resulted in him having to be 
> unsubscribed even though he did not want to do so.
>
> The Dectalk SAPI referred to is one which Snoopi and I obtained from 
> someone when we were working on Enable Rehab's Dectalk project some 
> years ago. I participated voluntarily. Although the SAPI calls itself 
> 5.0, it really uses Dectalk version 4.63. I originally provided the 
> SAPI to this list in 2011 as something for members to play with while 
> Enable Rehab was developing their own Dectalk product.
>
> Enable's final product ultimately used a completely different version 
> of Dectalk altogether. By that time Snoopi and I were no longer 
> associated with the company. We eventually chose to create our own zip 
> file with the SAPI we had received and Dectalk utilities acquired by 
> Enable. The reason for our own zip file I don't need to go into at 
> present. This was done so that the public can have a free SAPI version 
> of Dectalk and utilities to use. The file called "instructions for 
> Dectalk Reader 1" was primarily written by myself to help people 
> understand what everything included did or didn't do. Again, the 
> instruction file was created as a public service.
>
> As for the SAPI limitations, I've known for years that it can only 
> sing via an application called TTS App and only then to a limited 
> extent. As for the other limitations you mention, I did not know about 
> them. The Dectalk SAPI being referenced was developed by Fonix. It was 
> provided to myself and Snoopi years ago by someone on condition of 
> anonymousness. So, even if Fonix had not gone bankrupt a year or so 
> ago, contacting them about fixing the Dectalk 4.63 SAPI would serve no 
> purpose. Snoopi and I have always thought of the 4.63 SAPI as a beta 
> because of the limited singing ability. Apparently Beta is still an 
> apt term. Since the Dectalk speak windows can sing and accept commands 
> like define voice, I suggest using one of those such as 4.40 or 4.3.
>
> My apologies for such a long email. It is lengthy because in my mind 
> sufficient explanation is warranted. This self-created term paper is 
> now complete.
>
> Blake
>
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>
> *From:*Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] *On Behalf 
> Of *Johnathan Velick via Dectalk
> *Sent:* Saturday, July 18, 2015 7:56 PM
> *To:* DECtalk
> *Cc:* Johnathan Velick
> *Subject:* Re: [DECtalk] DECTalk 5 (Sapi) Thank you, and please help
>
> Really? I had assumed Bluegrasspals was affiliated with Flameofhope. 
> At any rate, the zip directory is here. 
> <http://theflameofhope.co/dectalkreader1/>
>
> It does not use the actual DECTalk software but through the folder 
> "sapi" there is a .msi download so that the Text To Speech Application 
> may work with the DECTalk Voices installed, and afaik it uses a 
> dictionary file to work with phonemes, as the phonetic code as I 
> mentioned before works but not design voice or other voice commands 
> (as in the ones used to change between the voice presets Paul, Betty, 
> Harry, Rita, etc).
>
> I'm assuming the entire source code is inside these files but I don't 
> know how to access them to make them work with the TTSA software.
>
> On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 6:38 PM, Blake Roberts via Dectalk 
> <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com <mailto:dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>> wrote:
>
> Johnathan, I am also wondering where you obtained Dectalk 5.0. As far 
> as I know it isn't on the Internet. Since this list does not have its 
> own web site for downloading files, I'm not sure where you obtained it.
>
> Blake
>
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>
> *From:*Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com 
> <mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com>] *On Behalf Of *Mohamed via 
> Dectalk
> *Sent:* Saturday, July 18, 2015 6:34 PM
> *To:* DECtalk
> *Cc:* Mohamed
> *Subject:* Re: [DECtalk] DECTalk 5 (Sapi) Thank you, and please help
>
> Hmm? Where is that located? I'd be interested in trying it.
>
> On 07/18/15 05:26 PM, Johnathan Velick via Dectalk wrote:
>
>> Hi, I've been a fan of DECTalk ever since I've heard of it and it was 
>> only today that I found version 5 from you guys, which I prefer over 
>> the 4.40 demo I had been using before. The standard text editor 
>> options really help too.
>>
>> But I've noticed that while the phonemes and singing work, the tones, 
>> dials, design voice and other advanced options don't work within the 
>> TTS app like they did in the 4.40 program. This is bothersome because 
>> I've dug through the files and I found a guide that lists these 
>> features and how to access them in the program, but to no avail. May 
>> I have installed the package wrong? The app didn't initially come 
>> with the DECTalk voices or dictionary files but they were 
>> downloadable within a folder in the zip from your website.
>>
>> It would also help if I could resize the application window and use 
>> the enter key (without ctrl) to automatically read the text field. 
>> And the DECTalk US voices are at the bottom of the drop-down and I 
>> have to select it each time because that's how it runs by default, 
>> which is also irritating.
>>
>>
>>
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