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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Hey, a bad product is a bad product. Being I was
helping with it, my reputation was on the line. I wasn't about to sit back
and watch people buy garbage, neither was Blake or Dave. And now that I am
fired, let me say that Martha can't tell version 4.3 from 4.0 and Blake and I
both could never get over that. I might write on my Facebook about it now
that I'm not an employee any more.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>I'm working on a project involving the speak
window. I'm in New York and I'm quickly gaining interest in Dectalk
4.40. It's public domain, so things could get interesting. Keep a
watch for a Dectalk fad because I'm about to create one.</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 10/5/2011 4:32:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
musicalman1@comcast.net writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Gosh, that's harsh. I've sort of lost interest in the
project. I'll try anything that comes out since Dectalk is one of the synths
on the side for me. Whether it's good or bad really won't kill me, but
Dectalk is still a nice synth and a Sapi reincarnation of it is very exciting,
and I can certainly see how we can be so disappointed by the results so
far. I know it's complicated though, given the lack of sourcecode and
knowledge, which is why I'm still at least ready to hear about other things
that are going on.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Personally I think they should've gotten at least a little
more educated with versions and such before they started making these promises
left and right. I don't really see the complexity as an excuse to
release something in three months that barely works well enough to meet
the very basic needs of the average user, and not those who have grown used to
it over the past twenty to thirty years. If it had been an alpha release, I'd
have a better attitude. But since then, we've gotten little to no feedback
from them except the firing of probably one of the most
knowledgeable Dectalkists they could've had. I don't really think
that's going to raise the reputation of the company.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I know how eager they probably were to get it out, I would
be too. But I'd still be a little nicer than firing someone without saying, or
giving a legitimate reason.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I'm just trying to criticize here. I have nothing against
Enable's work ethic, although I'm probably not planning on contributing to it
if that's how I'm going to be addressed. Now if there was a reason for it,
that's a different story. But I can't imagine what snoopy would've done that
he didn't feel was helping the project. Given how he was treated, I would've
just left awhile ago, but when things settled down it did look promising. Just
my two cents on the attitude of this thing. I'm still looking forward to a
more positive outlook...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mailto:Dectalk@aol.com href="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com">Dectalk@aol.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 05, 2011 3:17
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [DECtalk] The deception
continues</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>This is funny to me. After Corine posted
that I would be doing the dictionary for the new Dectalk SAPI, I just found
out today that I was fired from Enable Rehab a month or 2 ago and I didn't
even know it. (NICE)</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Oh well. I'm kind of glad
anyway.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>SNOOPI BOTTEN </FONT></STRONG></DIV></FONT>
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