[DECtalk] Multiple Languages and DECtalk

shaun everiss shaun.e at xtra.co.nz
Sun Mar 12 16:48:59 EST 2006


the dectalk pc1 and I think 2 have the multilanguage ability.
At 09:12 p.m. 12/03/2006, you wrote:
>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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