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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>
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<A title=Dectalk@aol.com href="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com">Dectalk@aol.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=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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