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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Thanks so much! My colleague Corine is now on
this list and so I thought it was a good question to ask. I just have my
communication device, plus I've never heard or seen a Dectalk Express, so that
was a treat for me.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Say, my friend Dave reminded me that the Dectalk on my
CD is just a demo. What is a full software version like? All I
ever get for my work is the demo speak windows. To me, they are like a
full version because they never expire and they read any size file. So I
forget that they are demos. So what does a full version do that the demo
won't?</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>I probably could get a full version but I really have
no need for one. I'm just curious as to what it is and why you would need
it when the demo does it all?</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>SNOOPI</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 2/26/2006 11:23:32 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
ratguy@bellsouth.net writes:</DIV>
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size=2>Hi,<BR>I've reached the following conclusions. I experimented
with DECtalk 4.3<BR>demo, creating a wav file. I used your four
questions and invented twelve<BR>more. Questions starting with How,
Where, Why, what and when had a downward<BR>inflection, like a sentence.
Others had an upward inflection like a<BR>question. My DECtalk Express
using version 4.2CD of the firmware handles<BR>these questions in the same
way. To hear DECtalk 4.3 asking these<BR>questions, get the following
file.<BR>http://www.bluegrasspals.com/questions.wav<BR>Here are the
questions. Note that in the fourteenth question there is a<BR>comma,
which makes it still sound like a question. The fifteenth question<BR>is
just the second part of the fourteenth question but is still spoken like<BR>a
sentence.<BR>Have you eaten yet?<BR>How many of your brothers still live at
home?<BR>How many years of school did it take to become a nurse?<BR>Where can
I get my suit cleaned?<BR>How do you want your hair cut?<BR>Would you like to
keep asking me questions?<BR>Should I go to the doctor?<BR>How much wood
should I bring home?<BR>Isn't she beautiful?<BR>Where is Dennis
sitting?<BR>Why does this computer keep crashing?<BR>When will I get to see
that movie?<BR>Who's on First?<BR>If I go to sleep tonight, when will I wake
up?<BR>When will I wake up?<BR>What is the square root of two?<BR><BR>-----
Original Message -----<BR>From: <Dectalk@aol.com><BR>To:
<dectalk@bluegrasspals.com><BR>Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 12:12
AM<BR>Subject: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK<BR><BR><BR>><BR>>
1. Have you eaten yet?<BR>> 2.
How many of your brothers still live at home?<BR>>
3. How many years of school did it take to become a
nurse?<BR>> 4. Where can I get my suit
cleaned?<BR>> Part of my work promted me to ask you all a Dectalk
question. My<BR>Colleague<BR>> wanted to know how my Dectalk handled
the above questions. For the most<BR>part<BR>> the inflections
went up in the middle of these questions rather than the<BR>>
end. I have two questions for the group.<BR>><BR>> 1.
How does Dectalk Express handle these questions?<BR>><BR>>
2. In the manual it says something about the "^" changing how
things are<BR>> emphosized. I think it's the ^ anyway.
How do you use it and would it<BR>change<BR>> how questions come
out?<BR>><BR>> I think there are other symbos that change how
things are said, Does<BR>anyone<BR>> know what they are? I used this
stuff twice in my life but I forget what<BR>> they are. I just
remember not being impressed enough to use them. But<BR>now
I'm<BR>> trying to remember what they were and what they
did.<BR>><BR>><BR>>
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