[DECtalk] using dectalk with orca in ubuntu

Brandon Misch bmisch2002 at gmail.com
Sun Feb 4 00:35:47 EST 2024


actually i think that android itself may be opensource at least parts of it are.

On 2/3/24, Karen Lewellen <klewellen at shellworld.net> wrote:
> I imagine Linux distributions count as commercial..did he provide this in
> writing?
>
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> On Sat, 3 Feb 2024, Josh Kennedy wrote:
>
>> Brian Blazie said that the new owners of dectalk  said that we blind
>> people can use it as long as it is for our own personal useand is not used
>> in a commercial product. If you want to use it in a commercial product,
>> you have to license it. but we are allowed to use it for free for our own
>> personal use  Brian Blazie of Blazie Engineering told me this.
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On Feb 3, 2024, at 10:45, Jason J.G. White via Dectalk
>>> <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> 
>>>> On 3/2/24 10:18, Bryan Mckinnish wrote:
>>>> How can I get dectalk to work with orca in ubuntu mate?
>>>>
>>>> Also, what github address would I have to use to get it if it's
>>>> prebuilt?
>>>>
>>> Actually, I wouldn't download it from anywhere at the moment. There is
>>> apparently a new company with rights to DECtalk now, so the best strategy
>>> would be to wait a while until we find out officially about its
>>> availability to blind users of Linux. The matter was recently raised on
>>> the Orca mailing list.
>>>
>>> If I were making the decision today, I wouldn't download anything.
>>>
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