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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>You miss understood me. I'm not concerned about
being removed from the list. Corine in no way wants anyone to see the
prototype. So I was saying, the link to the prototype will only work until
Corine tells Dave to take it down. Or, the site my
crash.</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 6/28/2011 11:10:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
ratguy@insightbb.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>Hi,<BR><BR>Let me just repeat something after all this discussion.
Snoopi, you are not <BR>being removed from this list. I am the only person on
Earth with the <BR>authority to remove people from this list or do any other
administrative <BR>job. And as far as I'm concerned, this whole discussion is
valuable. Nobody <BR>will be removed from this list for anything they said or
may say on this <BR>topic.<BR><BR>I want to state something else too. As I see
it, there are several schools <BR>of DECtalk users and fans. There are some
who like the DECtalk speech and <BR>probably would use it with their screen
reader if they could, or maybe use <BR>it along with a text to MP3 program
such as Text Aloud, but don't have any <BR>other more elaborate use for it.
Then there are those who think it's cool <BR>that DECtalk can sing and do all
this neat stuff and enjoy listening to <BR>others' creations, but don't have a
clue how to actually make DECtalk do any <BR>of those things. Then there are
probably several classes of more advanced <BR>DECtalk users who, at the high
end, could probably transcribe arbitrary text <BR>into phonemes in their
sleep. These are the people making the elaborate <BR>DECtalk songs and skits.
And finally, there are the users with disabilities <BR>requiring them to use
DECtalk to speak and/or sing. These users almost <BR>certainly fit into all
the previous classes of users I've discussed. I fit <BR>somewhere in the third
class of users, the more advanced DECtalkists. So as <BR>you can see, this
SAPI is obviously targeted toward the more basic user, who <BR>just wants to
use it with their screen reader or other SAPI-enabled <BR>applications,
nothing more.<BR><BR>Regarding the Speak windows, yes it's true that new
hardware and new <BR>operating systems might come along under which the Speak
windows won't run. <BR>However, all is not truly lost even then. As long as,
say, a virtual machine <BR>running XP can run under whatever native
hardware/OS is being used, Speak <BR>can then be run under that. Not the most
ideal solution I do admit, but <BR>still, it's better than nothing.<BR><BR>I
personally would like to see the SAPI provide all DECtalk's features, but
<BR>it's clear to me that, for whatever reason, that's not going to
happen.<BR>Jayson<BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From:
<Dectalk@aol.com><BR>To: <dectalk@bluegrasspals.com><BR>Sent:
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 9:21 AM<BR>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] TEST<BR><BR><BR>>
_http://davesvideoservicesco.startlogic.com/test2/_<BR>>
(http://davesvideoservicesco.startlogic.com/test2/)<BR>><BR>> Ok, we
have an unstable prototype that keeps crashing. I'm forcing
Dave<BR>> to keep it up until Corine tells him to remove it. It
talks, but I <BR>> haven't<BR>> been able to get it to say anything
this morning.<BR>><BR>> Basically the plan is to reset it to
Klattalk settings but call it <BR>> Dectalk<BR>> Classic.
And, it won't sing.<BR>><BR>><BR>> SNOOPI
BOTTEN<BR>><BR>><BR>> In a message dated 6/28/2011 8:42:05 A.M.
Eastern Daylight Time,<BR>> bmisch2002@gmail.com writes:<BR>><BR>> so
how is that version coming along and are the other languages going
to<BR>> be included or just us english?<BR>><BR>><BR>> On
Jun 27, 2011, at 6:33 PM, FRIDO ORDEMANN
wrote:<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> There are other users of
DECtalk than those who use it for singing.<BR>><BR>><BR>>
____________________________________<BR>> From: "_Dectalk@aol.com_
(mailto:Dectalk@aol.com) " <_Dectalk@aol.com_<BR>>
(mailto:Dectalk@aol.com) ><BR>> To: _dectalk@bluegrasspals.com_
(mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com)<BR>> Sent: Mon, June 27, 2011
2:10:43 PM<BR>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] TEST<BR>><BR>>
Actually I was scared I was removed for exploding on the list last
night.<BR>> I also find it odd that Corine never apologized for her
misleading post.<BR>> I'm still in total shock at how her post was
worded. And to post that on<BR>> the list when we all have a
speak window or other form of Dectalk. Heck, <BR>> if<BR>> I did
have a singing SAPI, why would anyone buy her non-singing
version?<BR>><BR>> That post just totally made no sense to
me. I still feel bad about my<BR>> response, but I was and
still am angry.<BR>><BR>><BR>> SNOOPI
BOTTEN<BR>><BR>><BR>> In a message dated 6/27/2011 1:22:03 P.M.
Eastern Daylight Time,<BR>> _linuxx64.bashsh@gmail.com_
(mailto:linuxx64.bashsh@gmail.com) writes:<BR>><BR>> Your message
came through. It's all good.<BR>><BR>> Alex<BR>><BR>> On 6/27/2011
12:58 PM, _Dectalk@aol.com_ (mailto:Dectalk@aol.com)
wrote:<BR>> My mail got too full, so I'm just making sure everything
is ok.<BR>><BR>><BR>> SNOOPI BOTTEN<BR>><BR>><BR>>
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