[DECtalk] FW: decTalk sapi5 installer
Karen Lewellen
klewellen at shellworld.net
Fri Jul 1 18:20:51 EDT 2022
Google drive speaking personally, is tied to a platform with little
respect for privacy, and less respect of late for inclusive universal
design.
On Fri, 1 Jul 2022, Isaac wrote:
> If you guys need a place to host, I can give links to my google drive as I
> pay for a subscription there.
>
> On 7/1/2022 7:52 AM, Blake Roberts via Dectalk wrote:
>>
>> To clarify Mattias reply a bit: Jake Gross's site has been down for
>> months. Some members of this list figured that out shortly after he took
>> his site offline.
>>
>> When his site is loaded, it still says:
>>
>>
>>
>> "Important Notice
>>
>> Since hosting large files impacts the survice of my hosting provider, I
>> have taken all content offline."
>>
>>
>>
>> It would not surprise me at all if Jake allows his domain to expire rather
>> than pay for (renew) a domain which has no content.
>>
>> Blake
>>
>>
>>
>> On 7/1/2022 7:45 AM, mattias wrote:
>> >
>> > jakes site are down
>> >
>> > Den 2022-07-01 kl. 13:39, skrev joshknnd1982 at gmail.com:
>> > >
>> > > Yes I will be paying a few hundred dollars for this out of my own
>> > > pocket. I will be giving it away for free on this list and to anyone
>> > > who wants it, ⦠and I also hope to do the same with the old
>> > > willowPond tts, soon. That is, to have them modify Jakeâs IBM tts
>> > > sapi5 interface to load the old softVoice dlls. forever. I expect
>> > > nothing in return and I will also try to find a way to put the sapi5
>> > > decTalk 4.41, 4.45 and 4.60, on the internet archiveâs vintage
>> > > software section. And I will definitely be giving it to Jake Gross for
>> > > his website.
>> > >
>> > > *From:* Dectalk <dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com> *On Behalf Of
>> > > *Blake Roberts via Dectalk
>> > > *Sent:* Friday, July 1, 2022 3:57
>> > > *To:* DECtalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>> > > *Cc:* Blake Roberts <BEarlRoberts at aol.com>
>> > > *Subject:* Re: [DECtalk] FW: decTalk sapi5 installer
>> > >
>> > > Josh,
>> > >
>> > > Since you "hired" a company or group of people to create a SAPI5 of
>> > > DECTalk, I am thinking you might have paid hundreds or thousands of
>> > > dollars. People/contracting companies are not hired for free. Will you
>> > > be offering the DECTalk SAPI5 to the DECTalk list, or is the installer
>> > > for your own private use only? If you plan to distribute the SAPI5 to
>> > > other DECTalk enthusiasts, will you charge individuals a set fee for
>> > > the installer?
>> > >
>> > > Blake
>> > >
>> > > On 6/30/2022 10:39 PM, joshknnd1982 at gmail.com wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > I got the following message from the people I have hired to make
>> > > the much older good-sounding decTalk 4.41, 4.51 and 4.60 dlls
>> > > into a sapi5 version. I recommended they just modify Jake
>> > > Grossâs IBM-tts sapi5 interface to accept, load, and use decTalk
>> > > commands rather than eci.dll and IBM-tts and eloquence commands.
>> > > And if this works I may be able to get the old WillowPond tts
>> > > dlls as sapi5 also.
>> > >
>> > > *From:* Rory MICHIE <sightlesswolfentertainment at gmail.com>
>> > > <mailto:sightlesswolfentertainment at gmail.com>
>> > > *Sent:* Thursday, June 30, 2022 21:57
>> > > *To:* joshknnd1982 at gmail.com
>> > > *Subject:* RE: decTalk sapi5 installer
>> > >
>> > > Hello,
>> > >
>> > > This is certainly a possibility. We will look into this, as it
>> > > seems the building blocks have already been built.
>> > >
>> > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986>
>> > > for Windows
>> > >
>> > > *From: *joshknnd1982 at gmail.com
>> > > *Sent: *Friday, July 1, 2022 8:56 AM
>> > > *To: *Rory MICHIE <mailto:sightlesswolfentertainment at gmail.com>
>> > > *Subject: *RE: decTalk sapi5 installer
>> > >
>> > > Hello,
>> > >
>> > > It may take you far less time if you just modify Jakeâs IBM-tts
>> > > sapi5 interface to load and use decTalk dlls and commands? The
>> > > github site and all its source code and his simple installer and
>> > > directions is at:
>> > >
>> > > https://github.com/datajake1999/SAPI5IBMTTS
>> > >
>> > > and to make things easier and less work for you guys, just
>> > > follow and implement Jakeâs directions for installation and
>> > > uninstallation but just change them slightly for decTalk dlls.
>> > > Would that help you guys out? And it would also let users adjust
>> > > speech rate, pitch and other sapi5 characteristics. If modifying
>> > > Jakeâs scripts is much easier for you guys then just do that
>> > > then. Lots less work for you.
>> > >
>> > > *From:* Rory MICHIE <sightlesswolfentertainment at gmail.com>
>> > > *Sent:* Friday, June 24, 2022 13:23
>> > > *To:* joshknnd1982 at gmail.com
>> > > *Subject:* RE: decTalk sapi5 installer
>> > >
>> > > Hello,
>> > >
>> > > Unfortunately we will not be able to implement speech rate and
>> > > pitch changes.
>> > >
>> > > However, there may be a workaround:
>> > >
>> > > An advanced install wizard. It will automatically configure each
>> > > time itâs run, and each time it will retain settings from the
>> > > previous run which were not changed. The install wizard will
>> > > handle rate and pitch changes. We can also create an optional
>> > > script that users can run to nudge DecTalkâs rate and pitch
>> > >
>> > > We will also need the documentation for the decTalk dll files,
>> > > since we canât link to them without the correct function names,
>> > > parameters and calling conventions
>> > >
>> > > Regards,
>> > >
>> > > Sightless Wolf Entertainment team.
>> > >
>> > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986>
>> > > for Windows
>> > >
>> > > *From: *joshknnd1982 at gmail.com
>> > > *Sent: *Friday, June 24, 2022 11:34 PM
>> > > *To: *Rory MICHIE <mailto:sightlesswolfentertainment at gmail.com>
>> > > *Subject: *RE: decTalk sapi5 installer
>> > >
>> > > $500 sounds good that is what I paid about 16 years ago for
>> > > another text-to-speech project I just forgot about that one up
>> > > until now.
>> > >
>> > > Josh Kennedy
>> > >
>> > > *From:* Rory MICHIE <sightlesswolfentertainment at gmail.com>
>> > > *Sent:* Wednesday, June 22, 2022 18:46
>> > > *To:* joshknnd1982 at gmailcom <mailto:joshknnd1982 at gmail.com>
>> > > *Subject:* RE: decTalk sapi5 installer
>> > >
>> > > Hello,
>> > >
>> > > Thank you for contacting us regarding your freelance work
>> > >
>> > > Please send the team the DLL files and we will proceed with
>> > > research and programming.
>> > >
>> > > Note: the programming might take up to a month, depending on
>> > > potential complexities. We will contact you regarding any
>> > > further information.
>> > >
>> > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986>
>> > > for Windows
>> > >
>> > > *From: *joshknnd1982 at gmail.com
>> > > *Sent: *Thursday, June 23, 2022 4:50 AM
>> > > *To: *sightlesswolfentertainment at gmail.com
>> > > *Subject: *decTalk sapi5 installer
>> > >
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > If I send you three decTalk dll files, could you make a sapi5
>> > > interface and package them into an installer that would let the
>> > > user choose their favorite decTalk version during or before
>> > > installation? Also with ability for all punctuation just to be
>> > > sent directly to the synthesizer, ability to choose any decTalk
>> > > voice in other words expose all decTalk voices to sapi5, ability
>> > > to adjust pitch volume and speech rate according to the range of
>> > > whatever decTalkâs parameters are. User would have to uninstall
>> > > decTalk and run installer again to install another version of
>> > > decTalk
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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