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<DIV>Hi everyoone, I'm back. I'm inn the process of updating my website
and would love every speak window that I don't have.</DIV>
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<DIV>Also, does anyone have as list of phonetic codes to get the other languages
to sing?</DIV>
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<DIV>SNOOPI BOTTEN </DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 7/23/2015 1:00:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
dectalk@bluegrasspals.com writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Hi,<BR>I
would be interested to take a look at the sourcecode if possible.<BR>As a
developer myself it would be interesting to see.<BR>thanks
much,<BR><BR>Daniel<BR><BR>-----Original Message----- <BR>From: Edward
Bruckert via Dectalk<BR>Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 12:11 PM<BR>To:
DECtalk<BR>Cc: Edward Bruckert<BR>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] some
questions<BR><BR>does anyone want the source code….<BR>On Jul 23, 2015,
at 11:55 AM, Alex H. via Dectalk <BR><dectalk@bluegrasspals.com>
wrote:<BR><BR>> True, but most of the speaks were bundled with dec
included. It's a<BR>> separate app by itself that requires a Dectalk DLL to
run, but like<BR>> 90% of the public dec demos are two files. The speak.exe
and<BR>> dectalk.dic or dtalk_//.dic where // is language I18n
standard<BR>> abbreviation, and of course any sample files. So they were
compiled or<BR>> compressed together so that's probably why most people
think Dectalk<BR>> versions and Speak window are synonymous...even though
speak probably<BR>> didn't need much updates, if any, over the years, aside
from ensuring<BR>> latest compatibility and switching to Unicode for more
language<BR>> support etc.<BR>><BR>> That's what I think at least
lol<BR>> alex<BR>><BR>> On 7/23/15, Edward Bruckert via Dectalk
<dectalk@bluegrasspals.com> wrote:<BR>>> speak is an application
example. It actually has nothing to of with the<BR>>> synththizer. the
version it reports<BR>>> is from whatever dll it found. the source
code for us public domain.<BR>>><BR>>> On Jul 23, 2015, at 8:18
AM, Blake Roberts via Dectalk<BR>>> <dectalk@bluegrasspals.com>
wrote:<BR>>><BR>>>> I agree with Alex that the UK english
Dectalk sounds awful. I have SAPI5<BR>>>> British voices on my
computer from Ivona and also a British voice from<BR>>>> Acapela for
TextAloud. All of those voices sound British as they should,<BR>>>>
but<BR>>>> the UK Dectalk doesn't sound real. I know Dectalk is
synthetic, but the<BR>>>> Dectalk's attempt at that accent I don't
like at all.<BR>>>><BR>>>> I also found it odd that when
Fonix gave Snoopi the speak window called<BR>>>> Dectalk 5.0 years
ago, Fonix claimed it's a version that it isn't.<BR>>>>
Strange...<BR>>>> Blake<BR>>>><BR>>>> -----Original
Message-----<BR>>>> From: Dectalk
[mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of<BR>>>>
Alex<BR>>>> H. via Dectalk<BR>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 23,
2015 5:18 AM<BR>>>> To: DECtalk<BR>>>> Cc: Alex
H.<BR>>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] some
questions<BR>>>><BR>>>> Eek. Something worse than ENG
FonixTalk? Wo.<BR>>>> I heard/messed with the other languages in
Dectalk, and the UK one<BR>>>> especially seems to be terrible across
the board. Like, just bad.<BR>>>><BR>>>> I find it
interesting that we didn't see more languages until 4.61,<BR>>>> when
there apparently was a huge internal change that made it sound<BR>>>>
like a dehydrated frog. ;)<BR>>>><BR>>>> I guess there's no
hope of a real 5.0 demo? It's something I'm curious<BR>>>> about,
even though I've heard it's nothing special. It's that legacy<BR>>>>
and collector in me that's wanting me to get it. Even a sample of
it<BR>>>> saying something would be
great!<BR>>>><BR>>>>
Alex<BR>>>><BR>>>><BR>>>> On 7/22/15, Carlos
Fernandez via Dectalk <dectalk@bluegrasspals.com><BR>>>>
wrote:<BR>>>>> Given that Snoopi hasn't seen most of the list
messages, I should <BR>>>>> inform<BR>>>>> him that
the BTSync archive is still up and running and actually
adding<BR>>>>> content. I will make a copy of this, attempt to
remove objectionable<BR>>>>> material, and send it on to you if
that's ok with you guys.<BR>>>>> Dectalk 4.6.4 also contains an
Italian speak window, which I can<BR>>>>> separate from the all
languages archive we've got in the BTSync and <BR>>>>>
send<BR>>>>> on as well. If you include the fonixTalk speak window
(which cannot be<BR>>>>> separated), there are also Chinese and
Korean. I do not speak Korean,<BR>>>>> but trust me that the
Chinese is the worst speech synthesis for that<BR>>>>> language I
have ever heard. The pronunciation is appalling, and the<BR>>>>>
speech quality is miles behind even the English fonixTalk (and
that's<BR>>>>> saying
something).<BR>>>>><BR>>>>>
Carlos<BR>>>>><BR>>>>> On 7/22/2015 17:40, Blake
Roberts via Dectalk wrote:<BR>>>>>><BR>>>>>> Hi
everyone, this is Snoopi and Blake Roberts is writing this for
me.<BR>>>>>> However I will be back on the listserv real soon
so I am very happy<BR>>>>>> about
that!<BR>>>>>><BR>>>>>> Anyway I have a
question. I am putting speak windows on my web site<BR>>>>>>
that do other languages. The only ones I have are French,
German,<BR>>>>>> Spanish and the United Kingdom english. I want
to know if there are<BR>>>>>> any other languages? And if there
are, how do I get them? I would love<BR>>>>>> to have every
language!<BR>>>>>><BR>>>>>> I am trying to have
everything about Dectalk on my web site. Does<BR>>>>>> anyone
have a copy of the old BlueGrassPals Dectalk archive with
all<BR>>>>>> the Dectalk stuff? I have all the files but my
problem is, you have to<BR>>>>>> put in a password whenever you
want to play the files. I don't know<BR>>>>>> how to
remove the password. So if I can get a new copy without
the<BR>>>>>> password, I want to put it on my
site.<BR>>>>>><BR>>>>>> If I am able to host the
files on my site, I want to delete the sexual<BR>>>>>> and bad
language audio content. My web host would be very upset
with<BR>>>>>> me if those files were on my site. Besides, kids
might visit! Would it<BR>>>>>> be ok with list members for me
to do that?<BR>>>>>><BR>>>>>> Thank
you.<BR>>>>>><BR>>>>>> Snoopi
Botten<BR>>>>>><BR>>>>>><BR>>>>>><BR>>>>>>
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