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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. </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 7/7/2011 11:47:10 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
edbruckert@gmail.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>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">bmisch2002@gmail.com</A>></SPAN>
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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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<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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<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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