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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=227084320-07072011><FONT color=#0000ff
size=2 face=Arial>Ed, </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=227084320-07072011><FONT
color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>In Snoopi's comments below, no
negativity was intended toward you. In other words, Snoopi is upset with
Enable Rehab, not yourself. I'm providing clarification because Snoopi
asked me to do so. I'm also writing on Snoopi's behalf because he won't be on
email/Internet until Friday. Snoopi requested that I send the above message
to the listserv, rather than only Ed.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><SPAN
class=227084320-07072011></SPAN><FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
size=2>Blake<SPAN class=227084320-07072011></SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com
[mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com] <B>On Behalf Of </B>ebruckert
Bruckert<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 07, 2011 1:47 PM<BR><B>To:</B> DECtalk
Discussions<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [DECtalk] WHAT SPEAKERS DOES EVERYONE
USE<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>I'm not sure where you're coming from because every single version of
DECtalk ever released could sing. I need more specifics to tell you what your
problem is, it is either the program sending stuff to the DECtalk stripping out
commands or as a result of the two phonemic changes I have told you about. An
easy test is to send ah simple with a long pitch and duration, and to be honest
I'm a little offended by your references about being disrespectful to Dennis
Klatt. I was very close to him and I kind of resent you telling me how he would
feel, I I made a portrait of him and brought it to him and three hours later he
went to the hospital for the last time.<BR> When I say every DECtalk
can sing I mean it, this blaming nonsense and we can figure out where the
problem really is it is NOT in DECtalk.<BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 1:19 PM, <SPAN dir=ltr><<A
href="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com">Dectalk@aol.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>I for one just hope it sings. I keep hearing
screen reading only garbage even though you say every version sings. I'm
being assigned to handle the dictionary part of it and I keep saying "Only if
it sings". And I'll say it again, I won't touch a SAPI that won't sing
because I feel it would be disrespectful to Dennis Klatt.
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>SNOOPI BOTTEN </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 7/7/2011 11:47:10 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, <A
href="mailto:edbruckert@gmail.com" target=_blank>edbruckert@gmail.com</A>
writes:</DIV>
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style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Update
on the quest for a new old DECtalk. In frustration I finally called my
nephew and asked for a favor as he is a very very high level programmer. I
found out that the free version of visual C I have, although it says it can
do it in fact can not. So he has agreed to get some of my old project files
compiling and working again to help me out. I want to make sure I'm in good
shape before I spend the money for a proper version of Visual Studio as I'm
on a fixed income. I'll be creating the project files and sending them to
him via express mail tomorrow. This should be a huge help in resurrecting
the old stuff. The exact versions aren't clear but if I have working code I
can certainly re-create a lot of stuff as I know the speech software. The
code I have is all pre-release code and doesn't have version numbers in it,
but as I never deleted any of the old code I should be able to get very
close at minimum. At least now I understand why my efforts have been so
unproductive. <BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Brandon Misch <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A title=mailto:bmisch2002@gmail.com
href="mailto:bmisch2002@gmail.com"
target=_blank>bmisch2002@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">the soundcard is a realtech audio sound
card.
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<DIV>On Jul 1, 2011, at 8:16 AM, FRIDO ORDEMANN wrote:</DIV><BR>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: large">Good point -
please rephrase the question for anyone you know! thank you</SPAN></DIV>
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<B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN> </SPAN>"<A
title=mailto:Dectalk@aol.com href="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com"
target=_blank>Dectalk@aol.com</A>" <<A title=mailto:Dectalk@aol.com
href="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com"
target=_blank>Dectalk@aol.com</A>><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B><SPAN> </SPAN><A
title=mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com
href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com"
target=_blank>dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</A><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B><SPAN> </SPAN>Fri, July
1, 2011 8:14:17 AM<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B><SPAN> </SPAN>Re:
[DECtalk] WHAT SPEAKERS DOES EVERYONE USE<BR></FONT><BR><FONT
color=#000000 size=4 face=Arial>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><STRONG><FONT size=4>Personally I think we're
asking the wrong question. I think the sound card is more
important than the speakers. Years ago I had a cheap sound card
that was actually lying to me. On my end, my audio was going out
both speakers in high quality. But on the internet for the public
it was a static mono sound. So after I bought a very high quality
sound card, I heard how bad my stuff actually was.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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size=4></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><STRONG><FONT size=4>I still don't get the true
sound mix until I play stuff on my stereo, but I have learned to make my
vocals lower than what I intend so it comes out
right.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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size=4></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px"><STRONG><FONT size=4>SNOOPI
BOTTEN</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">
<DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">In a message dated 7/1/2011 7:42:34 A.M.
Eastern Daylight Time,<SPAN> </SPAN><A
title=mailto:ratguy@insightbb.com href="mailto:ratguy@insightbb.com"
target=_blank>ratguy@insightbb.com</A><SPAN> </SPAN>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 again,<BR><BR>Compounding this problem is the thing of
computer speakers. I once had an<SPAN> </SPAN><BR>IBM computer I
bought from Radio Shack. It was a totally prefab
system,<SPAN> </SPAN><BR>rather than custom built. It came with a
pair of computer speakers. Someone<SPAN> </SPAN><BR>told me they
said "IBM" on them. You can bet, though, that somebody
else<SPAN> </SPAN><BR>actually made the speakers. That's probably
the problem you're going to run<SPAN> </SPAN><BR>into again and
again with this research, people who are
using<SPAN> </SPAN><BR>computer-manufacturer-branded speakers or
generic no-name speakers. Also,<SPAN> </SPAN><BR>what of the
people who have laptops and use the computer's
internal<SPAN> </SPAN><BR>speakers? I know some companies brag
about the brand of the audio system in<SPAN> </SPAN><BR>their
laptops, but probably the cheaper companies might use generic
no-name<SPAN> </SPAN><BR>products.<BR><BR>As far as headphones
go, my favorites in the way of
semi-professional<SPAN> </SPAN><BR>headphones are made by Sony. I
also have a pair of Audiotechnica
headphones<SPAN> </SPAN><BR>in-house.<BR>Jayson<BR><BR>-----
Original Message -----<SPAN> </SPAN><BR>From: "Corine Bickley"
<<A title=mailto:corine.bickley@gallaudet.edu
href="mailto:corine.bickley@gallaudet.edu"
target=_blank>corine.bickley@gallaudet.edu</A>><BR>To: "DECtalk
Discussions" <<A title=mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com
href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com"
target=_blank>dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</A>><BR>Sent: Friday, July
01, 2011 7:34 AM<BR>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] WHAT SPEAKERS DOES EVERYONE
USE<BR><BR><BR>Jayson,<BR>Thank you - your feedback is exceedingly
useful. This is the kind of<BR>information that I need. It may be that
so many different speakers and<BR>headphones are used that I will
never be able to test enough, but it's<BR>good to know there's so much
variety out there.<BR>corine<BR><BR>On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 6:09 PM,
Jayson Smith <<A title=mailto:ratguy@insightbb.com
href="mailto:ratguy@insightbb.com"
target=_blank>ratguy@insightbb.com</A>> wrote:<BR>> I really
don't know how to answer this question. On my own
personal<SPAN> </SPAN><BR>> DECtalk<BR>> Express I run it
through a power speaker which was sold probably
approx.<SPAN> </SPAN><BR>> 20<BR>> years ago by the C Crane
company. No idea what brand it is though. In my<BR>> stereo where I
sometimes read books spoken by DECtalk, I have
some<SPAN> </SPAN><BR>> speakers<BR>> I picked up used from
an individual. No idea what brand they are
either,<SPAN> </SPAN><BR>> and<BR>> they had to be repaired
anyway so even if I did know the brand,
it's<SPAN> </SPAN><BR>> likely<BR>> the replacement
components aren't of that brand. I also have
another<SPAN> </SPAN><BR>> Express<BR>> on my Linux system
which I'm running through a pair of cheap Radio Shack<BR>> power
speakers.<BR>><BR>> My dad uses two DECtalk Expresses and just
uses the internal speaker.<BR>> Jayson<BR>><BR>> -----
Original Message -----<BR>> From: <<A
title=mailto:Dectalk@aol.com href="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com"
target=_blank>Dectalk@aol.com</A>><BR>> To: <<A
title=mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com
href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com"
target=_blank>dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</A>><BR>> Sent:
Thursday, June 30, 2011 5:48 PM<BR>> Subject: [DECtalk] WHAT
SPEAKERS DOES EVERYONE USE<BR>><BR>><BR>>>I have been
given a task by Enable Rehab to find out what brand of<BR>>>
speakers everyone uses when listening to Dectalk. I guess they want
to<BR>>> select the<BR>>> most used speakers and use them
for testing.<BR>>><BR>>> You all can email me directly at
_dectalk@aol.com_<BR>>> (<A title=mailto:dectalk@aol.com
href="mailto:dectalk@aol.com"
target=_blank>mailto:dectalk@aol.com</A>)<BR>>>
.<BR>>><BR>>> I'm just glad it's going to
sing!<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> SNOOPI
BOTTEN<BR>>><BR>>><BR>><BR>><BR>>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>><BR>><BR>>>
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mailing list<BR>><SPAN> </SPAN><A
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target=_blank>http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</A><BR></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>DECtalk
mailing list<BR><A title=mailto:DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com
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href="http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk"
target=_blank>http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</A><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>DECtalk
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