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<DIV>I use Dectalk 4.40 Speak Window. Because I do CDs and concerts, I
really don't want to switch because I can make it sound really human. On
July 30th I might be singing with Peter Yarrow again, and it would be too weird
to be using 2 different versions of Dectalk. And live on stage I need to
be very fast, if I switch versions, how do I know a command won't create
feedback.</DIV>
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<DIV>And let me make another point. If you look on youtube, you will find
that I'm not the only disabled entertainer. None of us would be able to do
what we do without the fancy features of Dectalk. I would rather use
Dectalk 4.40 because it is the closest I can get to Dennis Klatt. I never
met him, but his work gave my life meaning. I have to believe that he
would never want the singing feature removed from Dectalk. I had too many
kids light up when they learned that they can sing with Dectalk. It's a
gift from Dennis and I love to pass it on.</DIV>
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<DIV>SNOOPI BOTTEN </DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 7/19/2012 9:28:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
r.d.t.prater@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>So I'm wondering, do you use the older speak window of 4.3 or whatever it
is? Yeah I think its 4.3 which is the popular ones, but now that this new one
has come out, will you start using this one, or still use the more popular
one?<BR><BR>Sent from my iPod</DIV>
<DIV><BR>On Jul 19, 2012, at 8:23 AM, <A title=mailto:Dectalk@aol.com
href="mailto:Dectalk@aol.com">Dectalk@aol.com</A> wrote:<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><A title=http://theflameofhope.co/STORE.html
href="http://theflameofhope.co/STORE.html">http://theflameofhope.co/STORE.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Hi, I don't think I ever mentioned this on the listserv because I
didn't know I could. As some of you know, I have a website, and for
the longest time almost everything was free with hopes for donations.
Well, people were getting free files but never donating. So sadly I
made some changes. I only say sadly because kids who can't talk can
only sing by using Dectalk, so I badly wanted kids to have free access to
any song they wanted so they could sing just like any other child. It
got totally abused, so I made some changes. </DIV>
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<DIV>I have one announcement that I'm still pinching myself over because I
can't believe I'm being allowed to do this without a fight. When Blake
and I were working for Enable Rehab, we were given a beta Dectalk SAPI that
could sing. Well, I decided to release it for free because I was tired
of Corine publicly saying she didn't have the source code to make it
sing. Internally, she alone decided to remove the singing feature and
tell that lie. Corine got wind that I was releasing the beta Dectalk
SAPI, and she relayed a message to me saying she didn't care and wished me
well. It slightly takes the fun out of releasing it, but ok.</DIV>
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<DIV>I'm not charging for the SAPI because the singing part is unstable,
plus I want it free anyway. So, you get the SAPI, the Speak Window, a
new blind friendly Speak Window, dictionary tools, instructions that Blake
Roberts wrote, and help support. So, you can get the beta from me for
free with instructions and support, or you can pay $24.95 to Enable Rehab
and get no instructions or support. And remember, if you buy "DECTALK
READER 1" from Enable Rehab, you don't get what you pay for, you get Dectalk
4.61. </DIV>
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<DIV>Anyway, my songs are all $1.50. I've been sick for a month so I
haven't been doing new songs for a while. I'm still recovering, but by
mid August I'm hoping to be doing songs again. I plan on doing top 40
songs.</DIV>
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<DIV>So I hope you all check out my store and share it with others.</DIV>
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