You're correct it is very very small compared to sampled systems.<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Jayson Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ratguy@insightbb.com">ratguy@insightbb.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Hi again,<br><br>I am not involved in any way with the creation of this SAPI version,<br>although I'm an excited potential user. However, I do know this. Unless<br>
something has changed or they have to include tons of extra stuff, the<br>DECtalk SAPI will be much, much smaller than any of the human sampled voices<br>out there. The reason is simple, DECtalk, as far as I know, never used any<br>
actual sampled human speech. And audio samples take up lots more space than<br>code. Consider this if you will. Back in the days of the DECtalk PC card, if<br>you looked at the card you'd swear it had all the DECtalk stuff on it. I<br>
mean, look at all those chips! But in truth, from how I understand it, the<br>actual software which made it do its thing was loaded onto the card by a<br>program called dt-load every time the computer booted. And I think the files<br>
comprising the DECtalk software took probably less than a megabyte. So it's<br>going to be small. How small, I really don't know.<br><font color="#888888">Jayson<br></font>
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<div class="h5">>i guess since you helped keep dectalk alive then you have all the source<br>>codes for earlier versions do you know how big the file will be?<br>><br>> On Jan 30, 2011, at 7:31 AM, Corine Bickley wrote:<br>
><br>>> Great idea, Alex. I'll do that soon. I'm Corine, the person who worked<br>>> with Dennis Klatt years ago when I was a student, and then later with<br>>> Ed Bruckert who has kept DECtalk alive for many years. We have a<br>
>> programmer Peter who is getting the code ready for distribution. As<br>>> soon as I have the version running on my own computer, I'll create<br>>> some examples for comment. I agree - no one should send any money<br>
>> until you get a chance to hear what you're buying.<br>>> corine<br>>><br>>> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Alex H. <<a href="mailto:linuxx64.bashsh@gmail.com">linuxx64.bashsh@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>>>> Hi all,<br>>>><br>>>> I know there's a few people on this list who have the dectalk USB, and<br>>>> I'm considering getting one but I won't have the money for some<br>
>>> months. I have heard that it isn't the best compared to 4.3 etc, but<br>>>> I'm still interested in hearing it. The Access Solutions demo is a<br>>>> joke. It's very short, and their doubletalk USB demos are way better.<br>
>>> Could somebody post a demo or two of the DECTalk USB singing and<br>>>> talking, maybe tweak a few of the voices? Thanks very much and have a<br>>>> great day!<br>>>><br>>>> Alex<br>
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