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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>I have 5.0 but I promised never to give it out,
sorry. I will say it's bad.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>SNOOPI BOTTEN </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 1/30/2011 8:52:41 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
bmisch2002@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>i'm sure
someone has a version of it. <BR><BR>On Jan 30, 2011, at 8:38 PM, Jayson Smith
wrote:<BR><BR>> I don't think there was ever a 5.0 demo at GW. I'm
surprised nobody seems to <BR>> have a copy of it laying around.<BR>>
Jayson<BR>> <BR>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>> From: "Brandon
Misch" <bmisch2002@gmail.com><BR>> To: "DECtalk Discussions"
<dectalk@bluegrasspals.com><BR>> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 8:36
PM<BR>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] A history question<BR>> <BR>>
<BR>>> wasn't that the demo that used to be on gw's site? if it was,
it's now <BR>>> found at dectalk.com<BR>>> <BR>>> On Jan 30,
2011, at 8:28 PM, Alex H. wrote:<BR>>> <BR>>>> I only wish I
could grab DT 5.0, I then would have all the demo<BR>>>> programs. :(
but it's just tantelizingly too late. Fonix used to have<BR>>>> the
demos on the old website.<BR>>>> <BR>>>>
alex<BR>>>> <BR>>>> On 1/30/11, Brandon Misch
<bmisch2002@gmail.com> wrote:<BR>>>>> if you want to hear a
reading edge machine, you can find a podcast of <BR>>>>>
that<BR>>>>> over at blindcooltech.com i bring this up because
that had dectalk 4.0<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> On Jan 30, 2011,
at 5:22 PM, Blake Roberts wrote:<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>>>
I think the record Ed refers to is a collection of speech
synthesis<BR>>>>>> demonstrations that Dennis put together. He
provided brief narration<BR>>>>>>
before<BR>>>>>> each demoSomeone converted that record to an
old sound format (.au). I<BR>>>>>>
think<BR>>>>>> it's on dectalk.com somewhere. I took the .au
version, converted to <BR>>>>>> mp3,<BR>>>>>>
changed the file name and listed Dennis Klatt as the artist. If
anyone<BR>>>>>> would<BR>>>>>> like to hear the
mp3 version of Dennis's record, write me off-list.<BR>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>> Like Brandon, I would love to hear any other
recordings of Dennis that<BR>>>>>> exist, or recordings of
older Dectalks.<BR>>>>>> Blake<BR>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>> -----Original Message-----<BR>>>>>>
From: dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com<BR>>>>>>
[mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Brandon
Misch<BR>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 1:56
PM<BR>>>>>> To: DECtalk Discussions<BR>>>>>>
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] A history question<BR>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>> can you send what you can? or is that recording all
that you have and <BR>>>>>> are<BR>>>>>> there
any recordings of the old dectalks from the 80's besides
that<BR>>>>>> record?<BR>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>> On Jan 30, 2011, at 1:45 PM, ebruckert Bruckert
wrote:<BR>>>>>> <BR>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>> He recorde alot before his voice went. By 1982 it was
very<BR>>>>>> different. And I don't have a lot of backups as
the medu=iums changed.<BR>>>>>> <BR>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Brandon
Misch<BR>>>>>> <bmisch2002@gmail.com>
wrote:<BR>>>>>> <BR>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>> his voice didn't sound that bad from that record
about<BR>>>>>> speech systems from the 30's to the 80's unless
that wasn't him.<BR>>>>>> <BR>>>>>> On Jan 30,
2011, at 9:56 AM, ebruckert Bruckert wrote:<BR>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>> <BR>>>>>> All the DECtalk voices have
been there since 1982.<BR>>>>>> In fact the Dennis voice was
modeled by Dennis Klatt at the time to be <BR>>>>>>
his<BR>>>>>> closest match to his own voice as he could. When I
first met him his<BR>>>>>> natural<BR>>>>>>
voice was already deteriorating due to his throat
cancer.<BR>>>>>> <BR>>>>>> The DTC 01 does try
to hear touchstones while at<BR>>>>>> speaking it tries to
cancel out the outgoing sound from the ingoing <BR>>>>>>
sound<BR>>>>>> and in old systems used to work pretty good.
Whether changes in <BR>>>>>> telephony<BR>>>>>>
have made that more difficult I don't know.<BR>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>> <BR>>>>>> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 8:58
AM, Jayson Smith<BR>>>>>> <ratguy@insightbb.com>
wrote:<BR>>>>>> <BR>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>> Hi,<BR>>>>>> <BR>>>>>>
Okay, this is getting way out there, but<BR>>>>>> when did
DECtalk get the eighth and<BR>>>>>> ninth voices? I remember
hearing a sample of<BR>>>>>> DECtalk in I think it
was<BR>>>>>> Dialogue Magazine on flexible disk.
My<BR>>>>>> parents had a copy. I heard the
piece<BR>>>>>> in 1989, not sure when it was actually
done<BR>>>>>> though. At that point,
DECtalk<BR>>>>>> only had seven voices, from how I
understand<BR>>>>>> it. Dennis and Wendy
weren't<BR>>>>>> present.<BR>>>>>> Then in
November of 1989 we got our Kurzweil<BR>>>>>> Personal Reader
with DECtalk in<BR>>>>>> it. All nine voices were there, in
pretty<BR>>>>>> much the same form they kept
until<BR>>>>>> Digital became Compaq and Force got hold
of<BR>>>>>> DECtalk. I think the version
on<BR>>>>>> the Kurzweil was something older than
4.0.<BR>>>>>> While the voices sounded a
lot<BR>>>>>> alike, there were some
pronunciation<BR>>>>>> differences.<BR>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>> We got our first DECtalk PC running
version<BR>>>>>> 4.0 in mid 1993, and our
first<BR>>>>>> DECtalk Express in mid
1995.<BR>>>>>> <BR>>>>>> Over all, I'd have to
say my favorite<BR>>>>>> DECtalk version is 4.2CD, the
version<BR>>>>>> that's running on all our DECtalk
Expresses.<BR>>>>>> 4.3 is excellent too, and
it's<BR>>>>>> all over the place in the DECtalk
Archive,<BR>>>>>> thanks to the speak43
program<BR>>>>>> making the rounds. From what I heard of
4.4<BR>>>>>> in the demo sent to this
list<BR>>>>>> yesterday, it sounds pretty good. I'm
not<BR>>>>>> exactly sure what version
of<BR>>>>>> DECtalk Access32 uses, but by then
there<BR>>>>>> were a few changes. We got our
copy<BR>>>>>> of Access32 in mid 1998. In particular,
the<BR>>>>>> B sound, as in the words
bin,<BR>>>>>> bye, and bag, almost had an extra sound
like<BR>>>>>> it was trying to put an r
in<BR>>>>>> there. Not quite sure how to describe
it.<BR>>>>>> <BR>>>>>> I think my least favorite
version is 4.61.<BR>>>>>> Don't know if I ever heard
4.63.<BR>>>>>> I think 4.64 sounds kind of weird, a
bit<BR>>>>>> sluggish or something. From what
I<BR>>>>>> heard of it, I think DECtalk 5
sounded<BR>>>>>> better than 4.64, though not as
good<BR>>>>>> as the Digital versions.<BR>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>> On a somewhat related note, a few years
ago<BR>>>>>> I purchased a DTC01 on
eBay.<BR>>>>>> It's running DECtalk 2.0 from July 1984,
and<BR>>>>>> you can tell it. Not sure
how<BR>>>>>> many voices it has. It's pretty much
just<BR>>>>>> been sitting around
collecting<BR>>>>>> dust, unfortunately. I thought I might
use<BR>>>>>> some of its telephone<BR>>>>>>
functionality, but the DTC01 had some<BR>>>>>> limitations I
didn't know about until<BR>>>>>> I already had it, E.G. can't
detect<BR>>>>>> touchtones while speaking,
can't<BR>>>>>> automatically detect hangups, etc. So
that<BR>>>>>> never happened.<BR>>>>>>
Jayson<BR>>>>>> <BR>>>>>>
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