[DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK
shaun everiss
shaun.e at xtra.co.nz
Tue Feb 28 22:35:22 EST 2006
well I am sending decaccess to jayson.
He can upload that if he so chooses.
acording to the readme its 4.41
At 12:31 p.m. 1/03/2006, you wrote:
>would you mind sharing that server info with us or something?
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "shaun everiss" <shaun.e at xtra.co.nz>
>To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 3:18 PM
>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK
>
>
>> Well I have v 4.41 here thaniks to the private passworded server I have
>> got onto.
>> At 06:46 p.m. 28/02/2006, you wrote:
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>No, unfortunately not. The current version sold by GW Micro is version
>>>4.6.1, which doesn't sound too good. I have an old 4.4 ACCESS32 with no
>>>unlock mechanism here, so if someone wants it I could send that along.
>>>
>>>---
>>>
>>>Matthew F. Horspool
>>>
>>>E-mail:
>>>matthew at thehorspools.com
>>>
>>>Microsoft .net Messenger:
>>>drjaws at blueyonder.co.uk
>>>
>>>Skype:
>>>matthewhorspool
>>>
>>>Web:
>>>www.thehorspools.com
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Brent Harding" <bharding at doorpi.net>
>>>To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>>Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 5:07 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK
>>>
>>>
>>>Can 4.3 access 32 still be bought to be used with jaws and the like?
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Matthew Horspool" <drjaws at blueyonder.co.uk>
>>>To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>>Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 10:48 AM
>>>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> It's up on the DECtalk archive, and a direct URL is
>>>> http://www.bluegrasspals.com/dectalk/Miscellaneous/dectalk4.3.zip
>>>>
>>>> Note that that's a Sean Randall distribution and so it might not have
>>>> exactly the same files as the DEC distribution all that time ago.
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>>
>>>> Matthew F. Horspool
>>>>
>>>> E-mail:
>>>> matthew at thehorspools.com
>>>>
>>>> Microsoft .net Messenger:
>>>> drjaws at blueyonder.co.uk
>>>>
>>>> Skype:
>>>> matthewhorspool
>>>>
>>>> Web:
>>>> www.thehorspools.com
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Corine Bickley" <corine.bickley at gallaudet.edu>
>>>> To: "'DECtalk Discussions'" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>>> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 3:48 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is the 4.3 version available to anyone interested? How could I get a
>>>> copy? I
>>>> work in research and teaching, and often have things I'd like to try
>>>> out
>>>> (I
>>>> need wav files generated) by having subjects listen and evaluate.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
>>>> [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Jayson Smith
>>>> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 4:00 AM
>>>> To: DECtalk Discussions
>>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> As I understand it, the demo programs are produced so that potential
>>>> clients
>>>> can evaluate DECtalk to see if it meets their needs, from a quality of
>>>> speech etc. prospective. I assume that a full version would maybe be
>>>> a
>>>> Speak window but also contain libraries and other files so that
>>>> DECtalk
>>>> could be interfaced directly with other programs. The demo, at least
>>>> version 4.3, will read a file up to about 60K in size. Also, version
>>>> 4.3
>>>> lets you convert the text into a wav file which is very nice! Version
>>>> 4.6.1
>>>> or is it 4.61 won't let you do that, and I happen to have a copy of
>>>> the
>>>> 4.6.4 demo and it also won't convert to wav.
>>>> Jayson.
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: <Dectalk at aol.com>
>>>> To: <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>>> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 3:00 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks so much! My colleague Corine is now on this list and so I
>>>>> thought
>>>> it
>>>>> was a good question to ask. I just have my communication device,
>>>>> plus
>>>> I've
>>>>> never heard or seen a Dectalk Express, so that was a treat for me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Say, my friend Dave reminded me that the Dectalk on my CD is just a
>>>>> demo.
>>>>> What is a full software version like? All I ever get for my work is
>>>>> the
>>>> demo
>>>>> speak windows. To me, they are like a full version because they
>>>>> never
>>>> expire
>>>>> and they read any size file. So I forget that they are demos. So
>>>>> what
>>>> does
>>>>> a full version do that the demo won't?
>>>>>
>>>>> I probably could get a full version but I really have no need for
>>>>> one.
>>>> I'm
>>>>> just curious as to what it is and why you would need it when the
>>>>> demo
>>>> does it
>>>>> all?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> SNOOPI
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> In a message dated 2/26/2006 11:23:32 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>>>>> ratguy at bellsouth.net writes:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> I've reached the following conclusions. I experimented with DECtalk
>>>>> 4.3
>>>>> demo, creating a wav file. I used your four questions and invented
>>>> twelve
>>>>> more. Questions starting with How, Where, Why, what and when had a
>>>> downward
>>>>> inflection, like a sentence. Others had an upward inflection like a
>>>>> question. My DECtalk Express using version 4.2CD of the firmware
>>>>> handles
>>>>> these questions in the same way. To hear DECtalk 4.3 asking these
>>>>> questions, get the following file.
>>>>> http://www.bluegrasspals.com/questions.wav
>>>>> Here are the questions. Note that in the fourteenth question there
>>>>> is a
>>>>> comma, which makes it still sound like a question. The fifteenth
>>>> question
>>>>> is just the second part of the fourteenth question but is still
>>>>> spoken
>>>> like
>>>>> a sentence.
>>>>> Have you eaten yet?
>>>>> How many of your brothers still live at home?
>>>>> How many years of school did it take to become a nurse?
>>>>> Where can I get my suit cleaned?
>>>>> How do you want your hair cut?
>>>>> Would you like to keep asking me questions?
>>>>> Should I go to the doctor?
>>>>> How much wood should I bring home?
>>>>> Isn't she beautiful?
>>>>> Where is Dennis sitting?
>>>>> Why does this computer keep crashing?
>>>>> When will I get to see that movie?
>>>>> Who's on First?
>>>>> If I go to sleep tonight, when will I wake up?
>>>>> When will I wake up?
>>>>> What is the square root of two?
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: <Dectalk at aol.com>
>>>>> To: <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>>>> Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 12:12 AM
>>>>> Subject: [DECtalk] THE QUESTION MARK
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> >
>>>>> > 1. Have you eaten yet?
>>>>> > 2. How many of your brothers still live at home?
>>>>> > 3. How many years of school did it take to become a nurse?
>>>>> > 4. Where can I get my suit cleaned?
>>>>> > Part of my work promted me to ask you all a Dectalk question. My
>>>>> Colleague
>>>>> > wanted to know how my Dectalk handled the above questions. For
>>>>> > the
>>>> most
>>>>> part
>>>>> > the inflections went up in the middle of these questions rather
>>>>> > than
>>>> the
>>>>> > end. I have two questions for the group.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > 1. How does Dectalk Express handle these questions?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > 2. In the manual it says something about the "^" changing how
>>>>> > things
>>>> are
>>>>> > emphosized. I think it's the ^ anyway. How do you use it and
>>>>> > would
>>>> it
>>>>> change
>>>>> > how questions come out?
>>>>> >
>>>>> > I think there are other symbos that change how things are said,
>>>>> > Does
>>>>> anyone
>>>>> > know what they are? I used this stuff twice in my life but I
>>>>> > forget
>>>> what
>>>>> > they are. I just remember not being impressed enough to use
>>>>> > them.
>>>> But
>>>>> now I'm
>>>>> > trying to remember what they were and what they did.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> > SNOOPI
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>>
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