[DECtalk] non-dectalk question

[shaun everiss]

it does if the programs were not programmed for faster systems.
In most cases not.
At 12:03 p.m. 7/03/2006, you wrote:
>How can a system run too fast? I thought the faster we can get a processor 
>the better everything is. I can't believe that when I was young I thought 
>getting a Pentium versus a 486 would actually make speech have to be faster 
>in rate, which does not really happen.
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "hank smith" <hanksmith4 at earthlink.net>
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>> frankly they should make it free ware or at least give out the 
>> authorzation
>> disk for those who want to use it
>> anyways
>> I have no idea
>> sorry
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Missy Hoppe" <melissah at fuse.net>
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>> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 2:49 AM
>> Subject: [DECtalk] non-dectalk question
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>>
>>> Good morning, group. I realize that this question is slightly off topic,
>>> but I figured that if there is an answer out there, one of you might know
>>> it.
>>> I'm using JFW, and while I've grown used to Eloquence speech, my all time
>>> favorite has always been keynote. I purchased the Keynote Gold multimedia
>>> speech software when it first became available, and it used to work 
>>> great.
>>> Then, when I got my new computer, I was no longer able to use it:
>>> something
>>> about the system running too fast to allow the authorization scheme to
>>> work
>>> properly. When I first got this computer, I tried contacting Humanware
>>> about the problem and the only thing they suggested was some sort of dos
>>> program that was supposed to temporarily slow down the system to allow 
>>> the
>>> authorization to install itself. Unfortunately, it didn't work, so I just
>>> set Eloquence as my default speech and went on with life.
>>> For now, I'm still running Windows 98, and JFW still supports Keynote
>>> Multimedia, so is there any workaround that any of you might know of that
>>> will allow me to install and use Keynote Gold multimedia speech again?
>>> They
>>> haven't sold it for years, so a part of me is wondering why it isn't
>>> available as freeware at this point. I have paid for it though, and even
>>> had the newest version: version 1.15 or whatever it was. If not, as I
>>> said,
>>> I'm used to the eloquence speech, but even though it's been over 3 years,
>>> I
>>> still occasionally find myself missing the Keynote. Any thoughts you may
>>> have would be greatly appreciated.
>>> Thank you very much for your time, and I hope everyone is having a great
>>> day!
>>> Missy
>>>
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