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<DIV><STRONG>I'm throwing this question out because I'm totally confused.
The Dectalk 4.40 speak window that comes with the Dic.en file and everything so
it will talk. 6 years ago I was told it was public domain. I think a
lot of people pass it out, I include it in my software, I give it out for free,
I've seen it available for download on Dectalk sites, and it was my
understanding that speak window versions of Dectalk were public
domain.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>I was just told today that it's not public domain, Fonix owns those
speak windows, yet in the same breathe you can't buy a license to sell it.
What? I'm totally confused.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Is the speak window Dectalk public Domain? I had mine since
the early 90's and I thought it was public domain. Mine was free and I
even still have the original demo it came with. It never expires, reads
any size files, and I never even knew you could buy it, I thought it was
free.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>SNOOPI BOTTEN </STRONG></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>