[DECtalk] DECtalk IP timeline

[Don]

On 7/23/2019 2:48 AM, Tom Kopec wrote:
> This came up in another thread; just writing it down for posterity..
>
> DEC became part of Compaq in 1997. At the time the DECtalk group was under what
> we called "Technical OEM" (I guess it was officially the "Embedded and Realtime
> Computing" group.)
>
> The TOEM part of Compaq (including DECtalk) was sold to Smart Modular (IIRC the
> Force Computer division) in early 2000-ish (announced 8/1999), which is when I
> left to do other things.
>
> At some point in 2001-ish (IIRC) Smart sold DECtalk to Fonix. My last contact
> with them (and DECtalk) was in 2003, so I have no personal knowledge of the
> timeline after that.

The preface to _From Text to Speech:  The MITalk System_ gives a very detailed
prehistory (too long to summarize, here) of "DECtalk"