<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman;}</style></head><body>Thank you Carlos and Jake M for the connection advice. Does anyone know of anywhere online the Dectalk Express can be purchased within the United States?<br><span>Blake</span><br><span> </span><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: Carlos Fernandez <cf530a@gmail.com><br>To: DECtalk <dectalk@bluegrasspals.com><br>Sent: Sun, 24 Mar 2019 09:54:27 -0400 (EDT)<br>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] connecting Dectalk Express to computer<br><br>Hello<div><br><div>You would use the serial or parallel connections using a converter. You probably want to use serial over USB, meaning that you would want to obtain a USB to RS-232 serial cable. Some desktops intended for automation or duplication have built-in serial ports, but you would not need that. <br><div dir="ltr"><br>On Mar 24, 2019, at 06:23, Blake Roberts <<a href="mailto:beroberts@hughes.net" target="_blank">beroberts@hughes.net</a>> wrote:<br><br><blockquote><div dir="ltr">Hello everyone,<br><span>One of my dreams in life is to acquire a Dectalk Express. If I am able in the future to buy one somewhere, how would I connect it to a modern Windows 10 computer? I am old enough to remember serial and parallel ports. But I don't understand what cables would be required to connect the device to my computer so that it could communicate with my screen reader. On the software side, I know JAWS has a Dectalk synthesizer option. I recall that years ago, a member of this list created a Dectalk Express add-on for NVDA. How in the world would I connect a Dectalk device from the 80's/90's to my computer?</span><br><span>Blake</span></blockquote><blockquote><div dir="ltr"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Dectalk mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com" target="_blank">Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a></span><br><span><a href="http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk" target="_blank">http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</a></span><br></blockquote></body></html>