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<DIV><FONT size=2>Good luck to you. Hope the Sapi Dectalk will come out soon.
I'm hoping to get it sometime on my birthday in June.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=Dectalk@aol.com href="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com">Dectalk@aol.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=dectalk@bluegrasspals.com
href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, April 09, 2011 10:15
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [DECtalk] QUESTION</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>If the Dectalk source code is public domain, please send me a
copy of it on CD, please. I have a friend that programs, Dan Nordell,
who is actually on this list but never post. I'm thinking he could do
stuff with the code because he's good! Lenox version would be better for
him because he's always talking about Lenox. Actually I want anything I
can get because if nothing else, Dave and I will learn this and fix it
ourselves because I know part of what went wrong.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>You guys changed some phonetic coding that created a confusion in
the rules of speaking. Those phonetics need to be changed back.
And on the latest version that I have, the word endings are all messed
up. Now, I don't know code, but I do know what stuff I'm looking to
change. So if I can just figure it out enough to make the changes, I
know I can do this, I just know it.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>Years ago I had a Liberator that was programmed in Binary.
Well, I wanted to change something but I didn't know Binary. So I called
a guy named Cliff, and in just 10 minutes he told me how to read enough binary
to do the change I was wanting to do. I found it easy!</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>So I really feel that if I had what I needed, I'm smart, I can
figure this out, I just feel like I can do this. I know BASIC, I know a
touch of HTML, I've seen C++ but never learned it> SO WHAT EVER
LANGUAGE THIS IS, I'LL JUST GRAB A BOOK FOR DUMMIES AND ASK TONS OF QUESTIONS
TO ANYONE I CAN FIND.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Ugh, my caps lock went on, I don't feel like re-typing.
Anyway, I'd like a shot at this.</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>SNOOPI BOTTEN </STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 4/9/2011 9:51:30 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
edbruckert@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>Why those things were changed I have no idea, but starting in the 1980s
the speak code was distributed as example code so once in the public domain
it's still in the public domain and that's what I'll try and dig up this the
source code for it and the Windows programmer can modify it to their hearts
content to do whatever they want. I must speech person who can code a little
bit but when it comes to apps and not very good. But the speech code talks
to the database the DECtalk application interface.</DIV>
<DIV>There is a huge difference between being public domain and somebody
supporting a download site companies just don't want to do that for lots of
different reasons<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Jayson Smith <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A title=mailto:ratguy@insightbb.com
href="mailto:ratguy@insightbb.com"
target=_blank>ratguy@insightbb.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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class=gmail_quote>Hi,<BR><BR>This is all very interesting. Personally, if
the intent was for the source<BR>code to be distributed freely, I think it
should be made available somewhere<BR>for download. In the case of the
widely-distributed Speak43 application,<BR>there's just the one exe, no
DLL's. Is the DECtalk code actually compiled<BR>into the Speak binary? I'd
think if Speak were just an example program,<BR>you'd need to have your
own copy of DECtalk separate from Speak.<BR><BR>One other thing I always
found annoying about Speak was that you couldn't<BR>read files longer than
about 64K or so. So you couldn't take the Speak43<BR>program which does
let you convert to wav and convert, say, a full-length<BR>novel with
it.<BR><FONT color=#888888>Jayson<BR></FONT>
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<DIV><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "ebruckert Bruckert" <<A
title=mailto:edbruckert@gmail.com href="mailto:edbruckert@gmail.com"
target=_blank>edbruckert@gmail.com</A>><BR>To: "DECtalk Discussions"
<<A title=mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com
href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com"
target=_blank>dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</A>><BR>Sent: Saturday, April
09, 2011 6:32 AM<BR>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] QUESTION<BR><BR><BR>>
Actually speak it doesn't have a version. But I think I have an
SDK<BR>> software<BR>> developers kit for DECtalk that includes the
source code for speak. It was<BR>> widely distributed in the public
domain, so it any Windows programmer<BR>> could<BR>> modify it for
you. I can send it to you or send it to whoever you would<BR>>
like<BR>> me to. Also don't give up on the regressed DECtalk. I
expected to have to<BR>> do<BR>> some work as all my source code was
advanced development code so I have to<BR>> roll things back and turn
things off. Since I wrote all versions of the<BR>> synthesizer from
1990 on we can get pretty close. There were some weird<BR>> changes due
to code that wasn't exactly correct and so was executed<BR>>
differently different compilers. Also Dennis his original code did
not<BR>> always do what the note said so was always a question with
those as to<BR>> whether to turn right or left.<BR>><BR>> On Fri,
Apr 8, 2011 at 4:17 PM, <<A title=mailto:Dectalk@aol.com
href="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com" target=_blank>Dectalk@aol.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>><BR>>> *Thank you for the verification. I
thought it was free to use and give<BR>>> out. I've been doing
it for 6 years. It looks like it will be the only<BR>>> form
of 4.40 that will exist. I only wish the play key could have
a<BR>>> control<BR>>> command because blind people can't find
it.*<BR>>> **<BR>>> **<BR>>> *SNOOPI BOTTEN
*<BR>>><BR>>> In a message dated 4/8/2011 1:27:02 P.M.
Eastern Daylight Time,<BR>>> <A title=mailto:edbruckert@gmail.com
href="mailto:edbruckert@gmail.com" target=_blank>edbruckert@gmail.com</A>
writes:<BR>>><BR>>> Speak is public domain and always has
been. It was originally sent out in<BR>>> source code as an example
of how to interface with the synthesizer. So<BR>>> have<BR>>>
no fears it is not licensed.<BR>>><BR>>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011
at 12:13 PM, <<A title=mailto:Dectalk@aol.com
href="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com" target=_blank>Dectalk@aol.com</A>>
wrote:<BR>>><BR>>>> *I'm throwing this question out
because I'm totally confused. The<BR>>>> Dectalk 4.40 speak
window that comes with the Dic.en file and everything<BR>>>>
so<BR>>>> it will talk. 6 years ago I was told it was
public domain. I think a<BR>>>> lot<BR>>>> of
people pass it out, I include it in my software, I give it out
for<BR>>>> free,<BR>>>> I've seen it available for
download on Dectalk sites, and it was my<BR>>>> understanding
that speak window versions of Dectalk were public domain.*<BR>>>>
**<BR>>>> *I was just told today that it's not public domain,
Fonix owns those<BR>>>> speak windows, yet in the same breathe
you can't buy a license to sell<BR>>>> it.<BR>>>> What?
I'm totally confused.*<BR>>>> **<BR>>>> *Is the
speak window Dectalk public Domain? I had mine since the
early<BR>>>> 90's and I thought it was public domain. Mine
was free and I even still<BR>>>> have the original demo it came
with. It never expires, reads any size<BR>>>> files, and I
never even knew you could buy it, I thought it was free.*<BR>>>>
**<BR>>>> **<BR>>>> *SNOOPI BOTTEN
*<BR>>>><BR>>>>
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