[DECtalk] new to the list

shaun everiss shaun.e at xtra.co.nz
Thu Mar 2 14:13:05 EST 2006


I think jfw always re initualises the synth every time it finnishes speaking.
Pitty.
I have access32, so if I could interface it with a prog that did cool things like make it sing and other things, that would be cool.
At 02:36 a.m. 3/03/2006, you wrote:
>Tony,
>
>I use a DecTalk PC on my DOS-based system (sorry for the confusion on
>my previous post).  I am also using JAWS 2.31.  The dictionary manager
>for that program allows you to enter pretty much anything in the replace
>window, E.G., I can enter a hard carriage return and tell it to "say"
>[tone: freq. duration.].  The DecTalk PC recognizes this string as a
>command instead of a string of letters to pronounce, so it works like a
>champ.  I find that very brief tones--clicks of the speaker really--are
>much less intrusive than, say, "RETURN" or "HRT" or something.  I am an
>engineer and do quite a bit of technical writing and need to be able to
>clearly know what my documents look like.  That is why I still work in
>WP 5.1 on my DOS based system.
>
>I have tried and tried to create dictionary definitions in JFW's
>dictionary manager to accomplish the same thing in MS Word or even WP
>10, but have been unsuccessful.  I don't know what the problem is.  The
>express just repeats the command string or it  is not receiving the
>command in its correct format.  I have even asked Freedom Scientific
>about it, and they don't even know what I'm talking about!  Typical!
>
>Darrin
>
>
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