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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Also, keynote software was SSIL-based. But again that does not matter. Oh it also ran on windows CE on the old brailleNote noteTakers. Humanware has since abandoned keynote on android, opting to go with modern acapela voices instead and whatever other android voices you install from the play store. But lets not get into that here! A software sapi5 doubleTalk would be doable, certainly. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></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:brandongold98@gmail.com">Brandon Tyson</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, July 12, 2019 14:58<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">DECtalk</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [DECtalk] some decTalk multilingual questions</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Keynote was never SAPI based, though, and used a 16 bit driver, hence</p><p class=MsoNormal>why it only worked on Windows 9x. Or does that not matter?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Brandon</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On 7/12/19, Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982@gmail.com> wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Sure they could make a sapi5 doubleTalk. They first made a keynote gold</p><p class=MsoNormal>> hardware box, then made software versions of it. All they have to do is use</p><p class=MsoNormal>> an eProm reader a special chip reader to extract the rom then once the</p><p class=MsoNormal>> doubletalk rom is in the computer make it software tts speech.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> From: Brandon Tyson</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2019 14:41</p><p class=MsoNormal>> To: DECtalk</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] some decTalk multilingual questions</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Hi,</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> I have a feeling that it's not possible for them to make a SAPI5</p><p class=MsoNormal>> DoubleTalk as that's an actual chip in the device.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Thanks,</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Brandon</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> On 7/12/19, Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982@gmail.com> wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> I just emailed rc-systems, makers of doubletalk and requested a sapi5</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> doubleTalk, and also requested a doubletalk speak window. Not sure if</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> they</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> will do it but it was worth a try.</p><p class=MsoNormal>>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal>>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>> From: Brandon Tyson</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2019 14:29</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> To: DECtalk</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] some decTalk multilingual questions</p><p class=MsoNormal>>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>> On 7/12/19, Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982@gmail.com> wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> hi</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> I obtained and installed the various decTalk multilingual addons version</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> 4.6.1 from grossgang.com website. but they will not load in the latest</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> NVDA.</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> How do I get them to load? other decTalk versions load fine. To do that,</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> you need to install the Windows SDK of DecTalk from</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> http://theflameofhope.co/dectalkreader1</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> also, how do I</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> raise the volume? DecTalk seems a bit quiet and there is no volume</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> control</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> in the voices dialog. Lastly, is there a good reliable sapi5 decTalk</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> that</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> works good and does not crash? I am using windows 10 32bit on RCA cambio</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> tablet, intel atom z8350 processor, 2gigs ram, windows10 32bit home</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> version. Unfortunately I haven't found a way to change the volume.</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> In that same package that you downloaded, when you run setup.exe from</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> the main directory, there's a checkbox that says SAPI 5.0 SDK.</p><p class=MsoNormal>>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>> To find it:</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> 1. Extract the zip file.</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> 2. Run setup.exe from the main directory.</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> I want to play around with decTalk multilingual and a sapi5 decTalk if</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> possible.</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> Also where can I get the decTalk speak windows? I believe these are on</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> http://bluegrasspals.com/decsoftware and there might be more on</p><p class=MsoNormal>>>> http://grossgang.com</p><p class=MsoNormal>>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>> Thanks,</p><p class=MsoNormal>>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>> Brandon</p><p class=MsoNormal>>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>> --</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> “Be what you are. This is the first step towards becoming better than you</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> are.”</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> – J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare</p><p class=MsoNormal>>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>> _______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> Dectalk mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</p><p class=MsoNormal>>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> --</p><p class=MsoNormal>> “Be what you are. This is the first step towards becoming better than you</p><p class=MsoNormal>> are.”</p><p class=MsoNormal>> – J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> _______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Dectalk mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</p><p class=MsoNormal>> http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-- </p><p class=MsoNormal>“Be what you are. This is the first step towards becoming better than you are.”</p><p class=MsoNormal>– J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>Dectalk mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>