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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Well, I'll donate my 4.40 to the site if it can go in
the miscollaneous area. BUT, I have a question. Can I have it open
with an add for my software and for the bluegrasspals site? The first
Dectalk commercial.</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 2/27/2006 1:33:21 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
ratguy@bellsouth.net writes:</DIV>
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size=2>Hi,<BR>Is the 4.40 demo available for download somewhere? I'd
like to see it.<BR>Also, have you looked at my Playdec program? This
program pretty much gives<BR>any DECtalk demo software command line
ability. With it, you can associate<BR>.dec files with it and
automatically open up DECtalk files provided they<BR>have a .dec
extension.<BR>Jayson.<BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From:
<Dectalk@aol.com><BR>To: <dectalk@bluegrasspals.com><BR>Sent:
Monday, February 27, 2006 10:45 AM<BR>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION
MARK<BR><BR><BR>><BR>> I chose 4.40 for my software because it has no
file size limits. It<BR>opens<BR>> any file size and reads
it. Version 4.40 won't create a wav file. Call<BR>me<BR>>
stupid but I never knew about the wav conversion until a year ago.
I was<BR>> shocked to see it do that.<BR>><BR>> I almost
switched to a demo version that would convert to wav, but
then<BR>you<BR>> not only have file size issues, but the open file
option doesn't work.<BR>I<BR>> open files that way all the time,
and couldn't see making everyone cut<BR>and<BR>> paste stuff into the
window. So that's mainly why I use 4.40.<BR>><BR>><BR>>
SNOOPI<BR>><BR>><BR>> In a message dated 2/27/2006 1:53:27 A.M.
Pacific Standard Time,<BR>> ratguy@bellsouth.net writes:<BR>><BR>>
Hi,<BR>> As I understand it, the demo programs are produced so that
potential<BR>clients<BR>> can evaluate DECtalk to see if it meets their
needs, from a quality of<BR>> speech etc. prospective. I assume
that a full version would maybe be a<BR>> Speak window but also
contain libraries and other files so that DECtalk<BR>> could be
interfaced directly with other programs. The demo, at
least<BR>> version 4.3, will read a file up to about 60K in
size. Also, version 4.3<BR>> lets you convert the text into a
wav file which is very nice! Version<BR>4.6.1<BR>> or is it
4.61 won't let you do that, and I happen to have a copy of the<BR>>
4.6.4 demo and it also won't convert to wav.<BR>>
Jayson.<BR>><BR>> ----- Original Message -----<BR>> From:
<Dectalk@aol.com><BR>> To: <dectalk@bluegrasspals.com><BR>>
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 3:00 AM<BR>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk]
THE QUESTION MARK<BR>><BR>><BR>> ><BR>> > Thanks so
much! My colleague Corine is now on this list and so
I<BR>thought<BR>> it<BR>> > was a good question to ask. I
just have my communication device, plus<BR>> I've<BR>> >
never heard or seen a Dectalk Express, so that was a treat for
me.<BR>> ><BR>> > Say, my friend Dave reminded me that the Dectalk
on my CD is just a<BR>demo.<BR>> > What is a full software
version like? All I ever get for my work is<BR>the<BR>>
demo<BR>> > speak windows. To me, they are like a full
version because they<BR>never<BR>> expire<BR>> > and they read any
size file. So I forget that they are demos.
So<BR>what<BR>> does<BR>> > a full version do that the
demo won't?<BR>> ><BR>> > I probably could get a full
version but I really have no need for one.<BR>> I'm<BR>>
> just curious as to what it is and why you would need it when
the demo<BR>> does it<BR>> > all?<BR>> ><BR>>
><BR>> > SNOOPI<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> >
In a message dated 2/26/2006 11:23:32 P.M. Pacific Standard
Time,<BR>> > ratguy@bellsouth.net writes:<BR>> ><BR>>
> Hi,<BR>> > I've reached the following conclusions. I
experimented with DECtalk<BR>4.3<BR>> > demo, creating a wav
file. I used your four questions and invented<BR>>
twelve<BR>> > more. Questions starting with How,
Where, Why, what and when had a<BR>> 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<BR>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<BR>a<BR>> > comma, which makes it still sound like a
question. The fifteenth<BR>> question<BR>> > is
just the second part of the fourteenth question but is still
spoken<BR>> 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<BR>the<BR>> most<BR>> > part<BR>> > >
the inflections went up in the middle of these questions
rather<BR>than<BR>> 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<BR>things<BR>> are<BR>>
> > emphosized. I think it's the ^ anyway. How
do you use it and<BR>would<BR>> it<BR>> > change<BR>> > >
how questions come out?<BR>> > ><BR>> > > I
think there are other symbos that change how things are
said,<BR>Does<BR>> > anyone<BR>> > > know what they
are? I used this stuff twice in my life but
I<BR>forget<BR>> what<BR>> > > they are. I just
remember not being impressed enough to use them.<BR>>
But<BR>> > now I'm<BR>> > > trying to remember what
they were and what they did.<BR>> > ><BR>> >
><BR>> > > SNOOPI<BR>> > ><BR>> >
><BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>><BR>
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