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<DIV>Before Blake Roberts and I left Enable Rehab, we got a beta SAPI Dectalk
that sings. Being we were shocked to learn that the files you get from
Enable Rehab come with no instructions, we got creative. We took the new
Speak Window from Enable Rehab, added in the Dectalk SAPI that somewhat sings,
AND, included instructions for both installing and running the software.
We are not charging for the SAPI because all we care about is honoring the work
and memory of Dennis Klatt. </DIV>
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<DIV>Feel free to add the zip file to the Dectalk archive. </DIV>
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<DIV>SNOOPI BOTTEN </DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 7/12/2012 11:18:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
linuxx64.bashsh@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
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face=Arial>No...4.61....<BR><BR>On 7/12/12, Tyler
<programmer651@comcast.net> wrote:<BR>> The website dectalk.com has
5.0. When you click "check out the Archive," one<BR>> of your<BR>>
options will be "Dectalk Software and Manuals." I believe 5.0 is the
only<BR>> version left there.<BR>> It's a Gwmicro thing, so you'll get
that option once you click "Dectalk<BR>> Software and<BR>>
Manuals."<BR>> Tyler Z<BR>> On Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:11:58 -0400, Alex H.
wrote:<BR>><BR>><BR>>>Hi,<BR>>><BR>>>Awesome little
lesson there. I was a latecomer to this list, first<BR>>>stumbling upon
DECtalk in 2006, but all I could find was the terrible<BR>>>4.61 version
that everyone seemed to dislike, and didn't sound like<BR>>>any of the
demos I found online made by Patrick and others. Sad
times.<BR>>><BR>>>Two years later, I was running across old list
results in Google, and<BR>>>I found someone mention speak43. I knew that
was what I was going for,<BR>>>DECtalk 4.3. I did some digging, and
eventually found the Speak43 and<BR>>>its associated data. I then
seriously began learning DECtalk phonemes<BR>>>in late 2008 with the aid
of some demos and text files, and plenty of<BR>>>soft drinks.
:)<BR>>><BR>>>I pulled down a copy of the Archive in 2010 for my
own local use so as<BR>>>not to suck up any more bandwidth and have most
of the DECtalk<BR>>>versions. I'm only missing the 5.0 speak window. If
anyone's got it, I<BR>>>want it. Badly. It'll round out my collection
nicely.<BR>>><BR>>>Thanks for the trip down Memory Lane, Jayson.
That was awesome.<BR>>>Alex<BR>>><BR>>>On 7/11/12, Blake
Roberts <beroberts@hughes.net> wrote:<BR>>>>That was a very
interesting lesson. Although I first joined this list in<BR>>>>late
2004 or early 2005, I had forgotten some of the history due to
the<BR>>>>passage of time. Jayson, it has been my experience during
the past 7<BR>>>> years<BR>>>>that you are an excellent list
moderator. You are both helpful and fair,<BR>>>>which are both great
leadership qualities. It is my hope that you will<BR>>>>continue
hosting this listserv on BlueGrassPals for a long time yet.
I<BR>>>>consider this Dectalk listserv to be an invaluable
resource.<BR>>>>Blake<BR>>>><BR>>>>-----Original
Message-----<BR>>>>From:
dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com<BR>>>>[mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com]
On Behalf Of Jayson Smith<BR>>>>Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 8:30
PM<BR>>>>To: DECtalk Discussions<BR>>>>Subject: [DECtalk]
History of the DECtalk Archive<BR>>>><BR>>>>Okay, class, get
back in your seats and pay attention, since I'm going to<BR>>>>teach
a little history lesson. There will be a pop quiz on this
material<BR>>>>sometime next week. Hehe, just fooling around here,
but this is gonna get<BR>>>> a<BR>>>>bit
long.<BR>>>><BR>>>>So when I first came in contact with the
DECtalk archive it was being<BR>>>>hosted<BR>>>>by Andre
Louis. This was in October of 2003. Over time Andre started to<BR>>>>
get<BR>>>>more and more annoyed at the bandwidth burden the DECtalk
archive had<BR>>>>become. He eventually started asking for donations,
and put a password on<BR>>>>the archive for a little while. Around
this same time, I, Jayson Smith,<BR>>>>proud owner of my very own
Linux server, was looking for ways I could use<BR>>>>that server to
give to the community. One of my early ideas was
to<BR>>>>establish<BR>>>>a mirror of the DECtalk archive. So
I ran my mirror, Andre got more
and<BR>>>>more<BR>>>>annoyed/annoying, the less of which
said the better, until finally on<BR>>>>August<BR>>>>18,
2005, he pulled the plug permanently. Here's the Email I sent out
to<BR>>>>this very list when I discovered this
fact.<BR>>>><BR>>>>Hello,<BR>>>>Having attempted to
access the official archive at Andre's site less
than<BR>>>>an<BR>>>>hour ago, it appears that he has
silently pulled the plug, finally. As<BR>>>>
far<BR>>>>as I am concerned, this leaves me as the de facto archive
maintainer. As<BR>>>>such, here are a few things I want
everybody to know.<BR>>>>1. The Red Dwarf files are
staying. I know this is a bit risky given US<BR>>>>copyright
law, but I don't see lawyers banging on my door right now,
so<BR>>>>don't think it's a real huge deal. If it ever becomes
one, the files<BR>>>> will<BR>>>>be removed and someone in
the UK can host them, but hopefully that won't<BR>>>>
be<BR>>>>necessary. I have set up an ftp account exclusively
for those involved<BR>>>>with<BR>>>>the uploading of Red
Dwarf files, and a script which moves these files to<BR>>>>the
red_dwarf directory once an hour. If you are involved in the
upload<BR>>>>process, please write me off-list at
ratguy@bellsouth.net and I will<BR>>>>provide<BR>>>>the
username and password. To prevent abuse, this account is
only<BR>>>>available<BR>>>>to people who upload Red Dwarf
episodes and not to anybody else, and it<BR>>>>will<BR>>>>be
removed after dt8-8 has been uploaded.<BR>>>>2. All other files
are staying. If Tony took over the archive, he
had<BR>>>>already stated that some files would be removed. I
don't want to do<BR>>>> that,<BR>>>>because then I'm being
the judge of what is and is not acceptable. If<BR>>>>things get
out of hand I may have to implement some rules, but for
now,<BR>>>>everything stays.<BR>>>>3. File upload is
currently unavailable. I am looking for a
secure<BR>>>>mechanism to make this happen. It must be secure
against people<BR>>>>downloading<BR>>>>from the upload area,
people deleting uploaded files, and
people<BR>>>>overwriting<BR>>>>other files by uploading new
files with the same names. Any
suggestions<BR>>>>are<BR>>>>welcomed. What I'd love to
find is a web-based solution which would<BR>>>>
allow<BR>>>>people to upload files, it Emails me saying there's a new
upload, I look<BR>>>> at<BR>>>>the file then approve or
reject it as appropriate.<BR>>>>4. If there is enough demand, I
will make a torrent of all or part of<BR>>>>
the<BR>>>>archive from time to time.<BR>>>>5. Although
I hope to find a secure solution to the file upload
problem,<BR>>>>even if this archive remains forever static with the
exception of Red<BR>>>>Dwarf,<BR>>>>I have no problem with
hosting it for as long as anyone wants.<BR>>>>6. I will write a
new Readme file as soon as possible.<BR>>>>7. I reserve the
right to investigate possible mirroring options, and
if<BR>>>>bandwidth usage gets out of hand, I reserve the right to
restrict<BR>>>>downloading directly from me to mirror sites, install
bandwidth limiting<BR>>>>modules, or take other actions to eliminate
the problem. However, I will<BR>>>>make every effort to
investigate possible alternatives before I remove<BR>>>>
the<BR>>>>archive or ask for donations.<BR>>>>If you have
any questions or comments about this announcement, feel free<BR>>>>
to<BR>>>>write to the list, or to me personally at
ratguy@bellsouth.net.<BR>>>>Thanks.<BR>>>>Jayson
Smith<BR>>>><BR>>>>From what I remember, I pretty much did
what I said I'd do in that<BR>>>
message.<BR>>>><BR>>>>I did eventually find a way to allow
file upload, and also set up a few<BR>>>>directories for specific
people to upload files. On December 23, 2005,
I<BR>>>>set<BR>>>>up a mirror of the archive through
Planetmirror. Less than a year later,<BR>>>> an<BR>>>>error
on my end caused that mirror to be deleted. I did eventually
have<BR>>>> to<BR>>>>put a bandwidth limit on the archive.
Things went well until October 21,<BR>>>>2008, when Insight, our
cable ISP, did a port scan and found open ports<BR>>>>
on<BR>>>>our IP. They suspended our service until I closed all the
ports.<BR>>>> Obviously<BR>>>>this meant my then over
four-year-old Linux server had just become a lot<BR>>>>less useful.
So I got a VPS from a hosting company and moved everything<BR>>>>
to<BR>>>>that server. Things were going okay, but the DECtalk archive
was becoming<BR>>>> a<BR>>>>huge bandwidth concern. Finally,
on March 15, 2009, I decided to pull the<BR>>>>plug, with this
message:<BR>>>><BR>>>>Hello,<BR>>>><BR>>>>I'm
sorry it has come to this... As some of you know, I was forced
to<BR>>>>switch from running my own server to using a hosting
provider. This<BR>>>>provider, openhosting.com, meters bandwidth. So
far this month, I have<BR>>>> had<BR>>>>unusually high
bandwidth utilization, and estimates are that my
charges<BR>>>>will<BR>>>>exceed my commit rate by at least a
few dollars. Looking at website<BR>>>>statistics, it's clear to see
that the DECtalk archive is accounting for<BR>>>>
an<BR>>>>extremely high percentage of web traffic and/or bandwidth
utilization. I<BR>>>>always had my mind made up that I would host the
DECtalk archive as long<BR>>>> as<BR>>>>it didn't actually
cost anything. Now however, it might actually cost<BR>>>>
extra<BR>>>>money to run the archive. For this reason, and in an
attempt to keep the<BR>>>>charges from going over my monthly commit
rate, I have moved the archive<BR>>>> to<BR>>>>an area of my
server inaccessible to the public either via FTP or
HTTP,<BR>>>>effective immediately. Please note, though, that nothing
has been deleted<BR>>>>from my server, only moved out of public
access areas.<BR>>>>I have a feeling that some person or persons,
probably outside this<BR>>>>list, are running poorly written or
misconfigured mirroring programs.<BR>>>> They<BR>>>>seem to
be downloading the same files over and over and over again. I
am<BR>>>>willing to work with anybody who wishes to host the archive,
and at this<BR>>>>point, I would be willing to turn it over to
somebody else full-time. If<BR>>>>anybody is interested, please step
forward and we'll work something out.<BR>>>>It's been a great run,
since I more or less took the archive over
by<BR>>>>default<BR>>>>in August of 2005. However, I am no
longer willing to support the<BR>>>>
humongous<BR>>>>bandwidth hog the archive has become. Note however,
that I will continue<BR>>>> to<BR>>>>run this mailing list
for as long as anybody wants. This list is a very<BR>>>>low-bandwidth
affair as compared to the archive.<BR>>>>If anyone has any thoughts,
please share them. I will not delete my<BR>>>>copy of the archive,
and will cooperate fully in making it available to<BR>>>>anyone who
wishes to take it over.<BR>>>>Thanks for your
understanding.<BR>>>>Jayson<BR>>>><BR>>>>That was
pretty much the end of my involvement with the DECtalk
archive.<BR>>>>I'm<BR>>>>pretty sure Tony Baechler hosted it
for a while. Now Christopher Toth is<BR>>>>hosting it I
believe.<BR>>>>Hope you enjoyed this little trip down memory
lane!<BR>>>>Jayson<BR>>>><BR>>>>_______________________________________________<BR>>>>DECtalk
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