[DECtalk] some questions

Thu Jul 23 18:14:26 EDT 2015

Hi,

I'd love to see the Speak source code.

Jayson

On 7/23/2015 5:13 PM, Jake Gross via Dectalk wrote:
> 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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