<html><head><style> body {height: 100%; color:#000000; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman;}</style></head><body>Aksel,<br><span>What do you mean by the comment "</span>I don't like<br>4.40, since the singing is broken"? I can run the 4.40 speak window on Windows 10 with no problems. The speak window can definitely sing.<br><span>Blake</span><br><span> </span><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: Aksel Leo Christoffersen <aksel@blindsigtmail.dk><br>To: 'DECtalk' <dectalk@bluegrasspals.com><br>Sent: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 00:22:11 -0400 (EDT)<br>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] I found some old interesting DECtalk stuff, and some questions<br><br> I personally think DECtalk 4.41 is as good as 4.3. I don't like<br>4.40, since the singing is broken, but 4.41 is good, I think, it's just very<br>difecult to get the speak window running.<br>The funny b-sound you menchoned is in 4.5 and 4.6.<br><br><br><br>Best regards:<br>Aksel Christoffersen<br><br>-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----<br>Fra: Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com] På vegne af Jayson<br>Smith<br>Sendt: 28. juni 2019 03:00<br>Til: DECtalk Discussions<br>Emne: Re: [DECtalk] I found some old interesting DECtalk stuff, and some<br>questions<br><br>This originally went to the sender only. Sorry about that!<br><br><br>Hi,<br><br><br>I know this is totally wishful thinking, but I wish somebody could find <br>the source code for 4.3 and do something with it. Imho that was the best <br>of the software DECtalk versions. Version 4.4 was fine, but if I <br>remember correctly, the B sound was a bit funny in that version. I think <br>4.2CD was my all around favorite version, but AFAIK that only ran on the <br>DECtalk Express, etc.<br><br>Jayson<br><br>On 6/26/2019 3:44 PM, Tom Kopec wrote:<br>> I believe 4.3 was the core of the first software version. I haven't <br>> dug up all my old notes yet.<br>><br>> On 6/26/2019 3:29 PM, Mohamed Al-Hajamy wrote:<br>>> Was 4.3 the first software version of DECtalk?<br>>><br>>> On 6/26/2019 7:24 AM, Tom Kopec wrote:<br>>>> DECTalk-PC (both versions) were ISA bus devices. If I recall, the <br>>>> driver could sprout a fake COM port for application access.<br>>>><br>>>> In the mid-1990s we had kicked around the idea of a PCI version of <br>>>> DECTalk-PC.. but the DECTalk Express was serving the hardware market <br>>>> well, and we decided to take advantage of PC performance increases <br>>>> and focus on a software-only solution.<br>>>><br>>>> My foggy recollection is that the last version of DECTalk developed <br>>>> within DEC/Compaq was 4.3 ... I left when the product line moved to <br>>>> Fonix, and have had very limited contact with it since then.<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> ...tom<br>>>><br>>>><br>>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>> Dectalk mailing list<br>>>> Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com<br>>>> http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk<br>>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Dectalk mailing list<br>> Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com<br>> http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk<br>><br>><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Dectalk mailing list<br>Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com<br>http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Dectalk mailing list<br>Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com<br>http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk<br></body></html>