<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">hey thanks for the update<div><br><div><div>On Jul 7, 2011, at 11:46 AM, ebruckert Bruckert wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">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>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Brandon Misch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bmisch2002@gmail.com">bmisch2002@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<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">To:</span></b><span> </span><a 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>
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<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 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 href="mailto:corine.bickley@gallaudet.edu" target="_blank">corine.bickley@gallaudet.edu</a>><br>To: "DECtalk Discussions" <<a 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 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 href="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com" target="_blank">Dectalk@aol.com</a>><br>
> To: <<a 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 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>>> _______________________________________________<br>
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