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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I found an old version of infovox230 on the website.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.grossgang.com">www.grossgang.com</a> </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>its under the tts link and I think its in the sapi voices section. Anyway it sounds exactly like an old infovox 500 or 700 box. The problem is it only works under windows xp. Is there anybody who could rip out its license scheme and re-package it as an NVDA synthesizer addon? Acapela group has long since abandoned infovox230 software and the old infovox speech boxes many years ago and they probably would not care what you do with the 25 or so year maybe somebody on the <a href="mailto:bhp@groups.io">bhp@groups.io</a> email list could do this? Not sure. old infovox software infovox230. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Josh</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:mj@mjw.se">mattias jonsson</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Sunday, March 24, 2019 13:49<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [DECtalk] connecting Dectalk Express to computer</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>i myself searching for a infovox box <span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p>nothing on ebay</p><p>i dont remember if the box are called 500 or 700</p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Den 2019-03-24 kl. 18:00, skrev Aksel Leo Christoffersen:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Blake and others,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I daily use DECtalk Express with my Windows 7 computer and an USB to RS-232 converter, and it works just fine.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’ve also experimented with upgrading and downgrading the unit multible times using a Windows 3.1 virtualm machine booted into DOS, and it works fine.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>If you use the NVDA-addon with the unit, you’ll need to go into the addon’s configuration file and type the right COM-port, that the DECtalk it connected to.</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Best regards:</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Aksel Christoffersen</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'>Fra:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'> Dectalk [<a href="mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com">mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com</a>] <b>På vegne af </b>Jayson Smith<br><b>Sendt:</b> 24. marts 2019 17:48<br><b>Til:</b> DECtalk; Blake Roberts<br><b>Emne:</b> Re: [DECtalk] connecting Dectalk Express to computer</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Yes, you'll need a USB to Serial adaptor. Some probably work better than others, but I don't have any experience with them so you'll need help from someone who's actually been there and done that.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>As for where to buy the DECtalk Express itself, my only suggestion is eBay. I don't know of any companies who are actually still selling DECtalk Express units. Keep in mind that even if you get a unit with the imho awful Force Computers 4.6.1 firmware, it can be downgraded to 4.2CD or whatever it is, AFAIK the last version of the DECtalk Express firmware released by Digital.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Jayson<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>On 3/24/2019 9:23 AM, Blake Roberts wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Hello everyone,<br>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?<br>Blake <br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre>_______________________________________________</pre><pre>Dectalk mailing list</pre><pre><a href="mailto:Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a></pre><pre><a href="http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk">http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</a></pre></blockquote><p> </p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><pre>_______________________________________________</pre><pre>Dectalk mailing list</pre><pre><a href="mailto:Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a></pre></blockquote><pre style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><a href="http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk">http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</a></pre><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>