[DECtalk] dectalk external question

[hank smith]

it isn't speaking when I try it with window eyes using the dectalk express
am using window eyes demo

haven't tried linux
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Baechler" <tony at baechler.net>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 12:15 AM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] dectalk external question


> Jayson, you're wrong on this.  Please try checking on things like
> this first since your response is misleading.  Yes, I know you had no
> way of knowing but it implies the thing is useless when in fact it
> isn't.  I know for sure that Window-Eyes and Vocal-Eyes will support
> it.  They still both support the Echo PC.  I have no idea on JFW
> obviously.  Also, if it comes with drivers, it's possible to trick it
> into being a DEC-Talk PC.  For example, if I load the factory
> supplied Express drivers, I can use the Vocal-Eyes DEC PC driver.  I
> prefer that driver because speech flows better.  You can do a similar
> method with Windows but you'll probably get warnings about memory
> management and DOS compatibility mode.  Also, there is Linux Speakup
> as you mentioned which could use it and possibly Emacspeak.
>
> At 10:12 PM 3/1/2006, you wrote:
>>Hi,
>>As for it working with Jaws, if you mean JFW, you're probably out of luck
>>there.  I'd certainly bet that this old dinosaur wouldn't be supported in
>>any way by JFW or any other modern Windows screen reader.  That sounds 
>>like
>>a very, very old version of DECtalk, probably from the mid 80's.  That was
>>probably before SSIL was even thought of, and if Windows even existed it
>>couldn't have been very popular.  We have an old Kurzweil reading machine
>>with DECtalk speech and modern screen readers can't interface with it. 
>>ASAP
>>for DOS can interface with the Kurzweil so could probably also work with 
>>the
>>old DECtalk dinosaur you have.  My first suggestion would be for you to 
>>get
>
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