I doubt very highly much that anyone is actually manufacturing any hardware DECtalk's anymore.<br><br>As for the trivia question, it's a very tricky but the old DTC 01 would've had the problem. Neither Dennis nor I was aware of the fact that there are two music scales. A physicist scale and the music scales differing slightly in the definition of the pitches, middle C is not the same on both. As soon as we realized the difference we fixed it.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 11:18 PM, Alex H. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:linuxx64.bashsh@gmail.com">linuxx64.bashsh@gmail.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,<br><br>I doubt they will stop any time soon making the dt USB, I just know<br>it's not a really high demand device and it's mostly used for specific<br>
applications and uses. I just need to save up the cash and I'll be<br>buying one. That will be a great day indeed.<br><br>Happy Dectalking!<br><font color="#888888">Alex<br></font>
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<div class="h5"><br>On 2/12/11, Brandon Misch <<a href="mailto:bmisch2002@gmail.com">bmisch2002@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> they have a lot of parts so they'll keep making them so don't worry<br>><br>> On Feb 12, 2011, at 9:54 PM, <<a href="mailto:johnnybrl@gmail.com">johnnybrl@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>>> ?Wow hope they won't stop making the Dectalk USB. Do you know if they're<br>>> going to stop celling them or something? Cause if they are, that would be<br>>> too bad. I might want to get one someday.<br>
>> ----- Original Message -----<br>>> From: "Alex H." <<a href="mailto:linuxx64.bashsh@gmail.com">linuxx64.bashsh@gmail.com</a>><br>>> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <<a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a>><br>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 1:46 PM<br>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] USB sample<br>>><br>>><br>>>> I really need to buy one of these before they get discontinued. Great<br>>>> sound!<br>
>>><br>>>> How do you get text sent to the DECTalk USB? I've heard of people<br>>>> using the serial port to send text files using HyperTerminal, but is<br>>>> there any way to do it using the USB interface?<br>
>>> Thanks.<br>>>><br>>>> Alex<br>>>><br>>>> On 2/11/11, Brandon Misch <<a href="mailto:bmisch2002@gmail.com">bmisch2002@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>>>> good thing it is still sold and is about 500 dollars cheaper than the<br>
>>>> express at $695.00 so is great.<br>>>>><br>>>>> On Feb 11, 2011, at 3:25 PM, Blake Roberts wrote:<br>>>>><br>>>>>> I agree with Alex. The Dectalk USB voice quality sounds pretty good. As<br>
>>>>> Jayson already noted, some of the voices sound similar to Dectalk 4.3.<br>>>>>> Blake<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> -----Original Message-----<br>>>>>> From: <a href="mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com">dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com</a><br>
>>>>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com">dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com</a>] On Behalf Of Alex H.<br>>>>>> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 1:19 PM<br>>>>>> To: DECtalk Discussions<br>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] USB sample<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> hi,<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> thanks for the sample, it doesn't sound bad at all. i think i am still<br>
>>>>> going<br>>>>>> to get one eventually.<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> Alex<br>>>>>><br>>>>>> On 2/11/11, Brandon Misch <<a href="mailto:bmisch2002@gmail.com">bmisch2002@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>>>> sorry about the quality but at least it's there.<br>>>>>>><br>>>>>>> On Feb 11, 2011, at 10:54 AM, Jayson Smith wrote:<br>>>>>>><br>>>>>>>> Hi,<br>
>>>>>>><br>>>>>>>> I've just received a sample recording of the DECtalk USB synthesizing<br>>>>>>>> my sample text. The recording isn't the best, and it's an open-mic<br>
>>>>>>> recording,<br>>>>>>>><br>>>>>>>> but it gives an idea of what it sounds like. Here it is.<br>>>>>>>> <a href="http://www.bluegrasspals.com/usb.wav" target="_blank">http://www.bluegrasspals.com/usb.wav</a><br>
>>>>>>> I think it actually sounds like something between DECtalk 4.64 and<br>>>>>>>> 4.3.<br>>>>>>>> They've made some of the voices sound more like they did in 4.3.<br>
>>>>>>> Jayson<br>>>>>>>><br>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>>>>>> DECtalk mailing list<br>>>>>>>> <a href="mailto:DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com">DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com</a><br>
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