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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Just to clarify some things: The Flame of Hope
is owned by a former member of this list, Snoopi Botten. While his site does offer
valuable Dectalk resources including songs, there is no affiliation with bluegrasspals.
On one section of the site, he tells people how to join this list because there
is such a wide breadth/depth of Dectalk knowledge on here. The only reason Snoopi
left this list some months ago is because emails kept bouncing. This resulted in
him having to be unsubscribed even though he did not want to do so.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The Dectalk SAPI referred to is one which Snoopi
and I obtained from someone when we were working on Enable Rehab's Dectalk project
some years ago. I participated voluntarily. Although the SAPI calls itself 5.0,
it really uses Dectalk version 4.63. I originally provided the SAPI to this list
in 2011 as something for members to play with while Enable Rehab was developing
their own Dectalk product.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Enable's final product ultimately used a completely
different version of Dectalk altogether. By that time Snoopi and I were no longer
associated with the company. We eventually chose to create our own zip file with
the SAPI we had received and Dectalk utilities acquired by Enable. The reason for
our own zip file I don't need to go into at present. This was done so that the public
can have a free SAPI version of Dectalk and utilities to use. The file called "instructions
for Dectalk Reader 1" was primarily written by myself to help people understand
what everything included did or didn't do. Again, the instruction file was created
as a public service.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>As for the SAPI limitations, I've known for
years that it can only sing via an application called TTS App and only then to a
limited extent. As for the other limitations you mention, I did not know about them.
The Dectalk SAPI being referenced was developed by Fonix. It was provided to myself
and Snoopi years ago by someone on condition of anonymousness. So, even if Fonix
had not gone bankrupt a year or so ago, contacting them about fixing the Dectalk
4.63 SAPI would serve no purpose. Snoopi and I have always thought of the 4.63 SAPI
as a beta because of the limited singing ability. Apparently Beta is still an apt
term. Since the Dectalk speak windows can sing and accept commands like define voice,
I suggest using one of those such as 4.40 or 4.3.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>My apologies for such a long email. It is lengthy
because in my mind sufficient explanation is warranted. This self-created term paper
is now complete.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Blake<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Dectalk
[mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Johnathan Velick via Dectalk<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, July 18, 2015 7:56
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">DECtalk</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Johnathan Velick<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">DECtalk</st1:PersonName>] DECTalk 5 (Sapi) Thank you, and please help</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Really? I had assumed Bluegrasspals was affiliated with Flameofhope. At
any rate, the zip directory is <a
href="http://theflameofhope.co/dectalkreader1/">here.</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>It does not use the actual DECTalk software but through the folder
"sapi" there is a .msi download so that the Text To Speech
Application may work with the DECTalk Voices installed, and afaik it uses a
dictionary file to work with phonemes, as the phonetic code as I mentioned
before works but not design voice or other voice commands (as in the ones used
to change between the voice presets Paul, Betty, Harry, Rita, etc).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>I'm assuming the entire source code is inside these files but I don't
know how to access them to make them work with the TTSA software.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 6:38 PM, Blake Roberts via Dectalk <<a
href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com" target="_blank">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>Johnathan, </span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I am also wondering where
you obtained Dectalk 5.0. As far as I know it isn't on the Internet. Since this
list does not have its own web site for downloading files, I'm not sure where
you obtained it.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy'>Blake</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:
bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Dectalk [mailto:<a
href="mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com" target="_blank">dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com</a>]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Mohamed via Dectalk<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, July 18, 2015 6:34
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">DECtalk</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Mohamed<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">DECtalk</st1:PersonName>] DECTalk 5 (Sapi) Thank you, and please help</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>Hmm? Where is that located? I'd be interested in trying it.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>On 07/18/15 05:26 PM, Johnathan Velick via Dectalk wrote:</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>Hi, I've been a fan of DECTalk ever since I've heard of it and it
was only today that I found version 5 from you guys, which I prefer over the
4.40 demo I had been using before. The standard text editor options really help
too.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>But I've noticed that while the phonemes and singing work, the
tones, dials, design voice and other advanced options don't work within the TTS
app like they did in the 4.40 program. This is bothersome because I've dug
through the files and I found a guide that lists these features and how to
access them in the program, but to no avail. May I have installed the package
wrong? The app didn't initially come with the DECTalk voices or dictionary
files but they were downloadable within a folder in the zip from your website.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>It would also help if I could resize the application window and
use the enter key (without ctrl) to automatically read the text field. And the
DECTalk US voices are at the bottom of the drop-down and I have to select it
each time because that's how it runs by default, which is also irritating.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:black'><fieldset></fieldset>_______________________________________________</span></font><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Dectalk mailing list</span></font><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a
href="mailto:Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com" target="_blank">Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a
href="http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk" target="_blank">http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote>
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