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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I just wish that </p><ol style='margin-top:0in' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>There was a much easier way to get ahold of decTalk that was or is legal, yet sounds good such as decTalk 4.3 or 4.5. and</li><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Or second and as an alternative, that Microsoft makes their own version of Espeak that is sapi5, works with narrator, and has a speak-window in the app-store modified by Microsoft to use programmed phoonemes and commands to make Espeak sing with microsoft’s own modified espeak-klatt voices. </li></ol><p class=MsoNormal>The makers of decTalk or owners rather, speech-fx-inc are not very helpful at all as far as procuring legal versions of decTalk 4.3 or 4.5 that sing, have a speak-window, and do not have bugs, and work with narrator as well. </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:Text_to_Speech@GMX.com">Don</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, July 23, 2019 11:16<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [DECtalk] decTalk and speech-fx-inc</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On 7/23/2019 5:53 AM, Josh Kennedy wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal>> well that probably wouldn't work, because by the time we have matter</p><p class=MsoNormal>> replication technology, I'm sure that everybody in the world will have a</p><p class=MsoNormal>> replication machine. So again if everybody has a replication machine and if</p><p class=MsoNormal>> everybody from the richest person to the poorest homeless person can</p><p class=MsoNormal>> manufacture copies of whatever they want, then manufacturing products won't</p><p class=MsoNormal>> really matter anymore matter replication technology would probably</p><p class=MsoNormal>> completely change the way society itself works.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Everybody has audio replication technology. And, video replication technology.</p><p class=MsoNormal>We call them tape recorders and video recorders. You can even get both in</p><p class=MsoNormal>a single device! <grin></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wander down to the opening of the latest block-buster movie, this weekend.</p><p class=MsoNormal>Get there early so you can set up your tripod with a clear view of the screen.</p><p class=MsoNormal>And, position the microphones so you get the best quality sound from the</p><p class=MsoNormal>individual speaker sources located in the hall.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hopefully, none of the other folks -- who also will have paid the same</p><p class=MsoNormal>price of admission as you -- will set up THEIR tripods and microphones</p><p class=MsoNormal>in a way that interferes with yours. After all, you've PAID for this</p><p class=MsoNormal>viewing so you should be ENTITLED to COPY it, right?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Then, when the show is over, take the COPY that you've made next door</p><p class=MsoNormal>to your business -- perhaps a bar, restaurant or maybe you're a hotelier?</p><p class=MsoNormal>Then, replay the recording -- the COPY -- for the entertainment of your</p><p class=MsoNormal>customers.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Maybe you'll provide that service for free!</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Or, maybe you'll charge something for it -- to cover the costs of</p><p class=MsoNormal>the equipment you've had to buy (the audio-video replicator) or the</p><p class=MsoNormal>time you spent capturing the original performance. And, as no one</p><p class=MsoNormal>should be forced to do anything without profit, you can justify</p><p class=MsoNormal>inflating your price for that service to make it worth your while!</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I'm sure there's a nearby theater where you live. Let us know which</p><p class=MsoNormal>of these approaches actually WORKS when you try it, right? Make</p><p class=MsoNormal>sure you've got the name and phone number of a bail bondsman</p><p class=MsoNormal>handy before you head out, though... <grin></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>