[DECtalk] some decTalk multilingual questions

Josh Kennedy joshknnd1982 at gmail.com
Fri Jul 12 14:56:59 EDT 2019


Here is more info on what eProm chip readers can do.


https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/reading-and-writing-serial-eeproms/all


so with this you should be able to extract the rom from any hardware speech synthesizer.

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From: Brandon Tyson
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2019 14:41
To: DECtalk
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] some decTalk multilingual questions

Hi,

I have a feeling that it's not possible for them to make a SAPI5
DoubleTalk as that's an actual chip in the device.

Thanks,

Brandon

On 7/12/19, Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just emailed rc-systems, makers of doubletalk and requested a sapi5
> doubleTalk, and also requested a doubletalk speak window. Not sure if they
> will do it but it was worth a try.
>
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>
> From: Brandon Tyson
> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2019 14:29
> To: DECtalk
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] some decTalk multilingual questions
>
> On 7/12/19, Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> hi
>> I obtained and installed the various decTalk multilingual addons version
>> 4.6.1 from grossgang.com website. but they will not load in the latest
>> NVDA.
>> How do I get them to load? other decTalk versions load fine. To do that,
>> you need to install the Windows SDK of DecTalk from
>> http://theflameofhope.co/dectalkreader1
> also, how do I
>> raise the volume? DecTalk seems a bit quiet and there is no volume
>> control
>> in the voices dialog. Lastly, is there a good reliable sapi5 decTalk that
>> works good and does not crash? I am using windows 10 32bit on RCA cambio
>> tablet, intel atom z8350 processor, 2gigs ram, windows10 32bit home
>> version. Unfortunately I haven't found a way to change the volume.
> In that same package that you downloaded, when you run setup.exe from
> the main directory, there's a checkbox that says SAPI 5.0 SDK.
>
> To find it:
> 1. Extract the zip file.
> 2. Run setup.exe from the main directory.
>> I want to play around with decTalk multilingual and a sapi5 decTalk if
>> possible.
>> Also where can I get the decTalk speak windows? I believe these are on
>> http://bluegrasspals.com/decsoftware and there might be more on
>> http://grossgang.com
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brandon
>
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