[DECtalk] some questions

Thu Jul 23 17:13:23 EDT 2015

Can you please send the speak source code?
Thanks.
Jake

On 7/23/15, Daniel Wolak via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I would be interested to take a look at the sourcecode if possible.
> As a developer myself it would be interesting to see.
> thanks much,
>
> Daniel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edward Bruckert via Dectalk
> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 12:11 PM
> To: DECtalk
> Cc: Edward Bruckert
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] some questions
>
> does anyone want  the source code….
> On Jul 23, 2015, at 11:55 AM, Alex H. via Dectalk
> <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>
>> True, but most of the speaks were bundled with dec included. It's a
>> separate app by itself that requires a Dectalk DLL to run, but like
>> 90% of the public dec demos are two files. The speak.exe and
>> dectalk.dic or dtalk_//.dic where // is language I18n standard
>> abbreviation, and of course any sample files. So they were compiled or
>> compressed together so that's probably why most people think Dectalk
>> versions and Speak window are synonymous...even though speak probably
>> didn't need much updates, if any, over the years, aside from ensuring
>> latest compatibility and switching to Unicode for more language
>> support etc.
>>
>> That's what I think at least lol
>> alex
>>
>> On 7/23/15, Edward Bruckert via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>> wrote:
>>> speak is an application example. It actually has nothing to of with the
>>> synththizer. the version it reports
>>> is from whatever dll it found.  the source code for us public domain.
>>>
>>> On Jul 23, 2015, at 8:18 AM, Blake Roberts via Dectalk
>>> <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I agree with Alex that the UK english Dectalk sounds awful. I have
>>>> SAPI5
>>>> British voices on my computer from Ivona and also a British voice from
>>>> Acapela for TextAloud. All of those voices sound British as they
>>>> should,
>>>> but
>>>> the UK Dectalk doesn't sound real. I know Dectalk is synthetic, but the
>>>> Dectalk's attempt at that accent I don't like at all.
>>>>
>>>> I also found it odd that when Fonix gave Snoopi the speak window called
>>>> Dectalk 5.0 years ago, Fonix claimed it's a version that it isn't.
>>>> Strange...
>>>> Blake
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of
>>>> Alex
>>>> H. via Dectalk
>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 5:18 AM
>>>> To: DECtalk
>>>> Cc: Alex H.
>>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] some questions
>>>>
>>>> Eek. Something worse than ENG FonixTalk? Wo.
>>>> I heard/messed with the other languages in Dectalk, and the UK one
>>>> especially seems to be terrible across the board. Like, just bad.
>>>>
>>>> I find it interesting that we didn't see more languages until 4.61,
>>>> when there apparently was a huge internal change that made it sound
>>>> like a dehydrated frog. ;)
>>>>
>>>> I guess there's no hope of a real 5.0 demo? It's something I'm curious
>>>> about, even though I've heard it's nothing special. It's that legacy
>>>> and collector in me that's wanting me to get it. Even a sample of it
>>>> saying something would be great!
>>>>
>>>> Alex
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 7/22/15, Carlos Fernandez via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Given that Snoopi hasn't seen most of the list messages, I should
>>>>> inform
>>>>> him that the BTSync archive is still up and running and actually
>>>>> adding
>>>>> content. I will make a copy of this, attempt to remove objectionable
>>>>> material, and send it on to you if that's ok with you guys.
>>>>> Dectalk 4.6.4 also contains an Italian speak window, which I can
>>>>> separate from the all languages archive we've got in the BTSync and
>>>>> send
>>>>> on as well. If you include the fonixTalk speak window (which cannot be
>>>>> separated), there are also Chinese and Korean. I do not speak Korean,
>>>>> but trust me that the Chinese is the worst speech synthesis for that
>>>>> language I have ever heard. The pronunciation is appalling, and the
>>>>> speech quality is miles behind even the English fonixTalk (and that's
>>>>> saying something).
>>>>>
>>>>> Carlos
>>>>>
>>>>> On 7/22/2015 17:40, Blake Roberts via Dectalk wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi everyone, this is Snoopi and Blake Roberts is writing this for me.
>>>>>> However I will be back on the listserv real soon so I am very happy
>>>>>> about that!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Anyway I have a question. I am putting speak windows on my web site
>>>>>> that do other languages. The only ones I have are French, German,
>>>>>> Spanish and the United Kingdom english. I want to know if there are
>>>>>> any other languages? And if there are, how do I get them? I would
>>>>>> love
>>>>>> to have every language!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am trying to have everything about Dectalk on my web site. Does
>>>>>> anyone have a copy of the old BlueGrassPals Dectalk archive with all
>>>>>> the Dectalk stuff? I have all the files but my problem is, you have
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> put in a password whenever you want  to play the files. I don't know
>>>>>> how to remove the password. So if I can get a new copy without the
>>>>>> password, I want to put it on my site.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If I am able to host the files on my site, I want to delete the
>>>>>> sexual
>>>>>> and bad language audio content. My web host would be very upset with
>>>>>> me if those files were on my site. Besides, kids might visit! Would
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> be ok with list members for me to do that?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Snoopi Botten
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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