[DECtalk] Multiple Languages and DECtalk

[hank smith]

what is the dectalk archive site?
I have one that is running firmware 1.8
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From: "Arnaud de Bonald" <arnaudb at netcava.net>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2006 3:18 AM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Multiple Languages and DECtalk


>I own ha venerable DTC-01 dectalk synth from 1982 or 83.
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> it says, Dectalk version 2.0 is ready
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> But I have seen other similar dectalk on ebay with even older versions of 
> the software inside.
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> It works pretty well for its age. I would say it's even better built by 
> far than the dec express, but unfortunatly, for a dayly use with a DOS 
> screen reader, it's absolutly awful to use because it's quite slow to 
> respond and the stop command do not work!
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> but it's an interesting piece of hardware.
> I bought it on Ebay from a guy that works from the University of Dundee.
> I was glad to find some work they hmade with it on the dectalk on the 
> dectalk archive site.
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> On 12/03/2006 at 00:12 Tony Baechler wrote:
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>>I have the Express 4.2CD drivers here and there is no such
>>program.  I think it must have been around 4.3 or 4.4.  I think I saw
>>a multilanguage demo before 4.61 somewhere but I don't know.  Also
>>it's possible they were using a custom dictionary.  I saw that the
>>4.3 demo had a special dictionary which had to be loaded when the demo is
>>run.
>>
>>On a different note, The original DEC-Talk must be very old.  I was
>>reading the developer's manual on the archive and at the end of
>>chapter 6 it has a demo to use to show off the voices.  It was dated
>>1984.  The original would have to be older than that since it only
>>supports six voices and the demo used at least seven.
>>
>>At 03:50 PM 3/11/2006, you wrote:
>>>I believe DEC went to multiple language support somewhere around DECtalk
>>>software 4.2.  The 4.2 software for the DECtalk PC came with a new 
>>>program
>>>called usa.exe which was loaded onto the DECtalk PC board.  I think that
>>had
>>>something to do with multi-language support.  Unfortunately I don't have 
>>>a
>>>foreign version, or even know if there ever was such a thing, they may
>>have
>>>just been thinking about the future.
>>>Jayson.
>>
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