<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">i am trying ro locate the source code but almost all speak.xex are the same. just thrown in dll you want<div>the speak never changed they all use the same dali calls that are version independent<br><div><div>On Jul 23, 2015, at 6:13 PM, Dectalk--- via Dectalk <<a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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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,
<a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a> writes:</div>
<blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><font style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" 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><<a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a>>
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
<<a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a>> 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>>> <<a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a>>
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
[<a href="mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com">mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com</a>] 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 <<a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a>><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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