[DECtalk] connecting Dectalk Express to computer

[Jayson Smith]

Hi,

Yes, you'll need a USB to Serial adaptor. Some probably work better than 
others, but I don't have any experience with them so you'll need help 
from someone who's actually been there and done that.

As for where to buy the DECtalk Express itself, my only suggestion is 
eBay. I don't know of any companies who are actually still selling 
DECtalk Express units. Keep in mind that even if you get a unit with the 
imho awful Force Computers 4.6.1 firmware, it can be downgraded to 4.2CD 
or whatever it is, AFAIK the last version of the DECtalk Express 
firmware released by Digital.

Jayson

On 3/24/2019 9:23 AM, Blake Roberts wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> One of my dreams in life is to acquire a Dectalk Express. If I am able 
> in the future to buy one somewhere, how would I connect it to a modern 
> Windows 10 computer? I am old enough to remember serial and parallel  
> ports. But I don't understand what cables would be required to connect 
> the device to my computer so that it could communicate with my screen 
> reader. On the software side, I know JAWS has a Dectalk synthesizer 
> option. I recall that years ago, a member of this list created a 
> Dectalk Express add-on for NVDA. How in the world would I connect a 
> Dectalk device from the 80's/90's to my computer?
> Blake
>
> _______________________________________________
> Dectalk mailing list
> Dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
> http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://bluegrasspals.com/pipermail/dectalk/attachments/20190324/5664eb6b/attachment.html>