[DECtalk] dectalk for XP

Sun Mar 1 17:51:35 EST 2009

I wonder, how you would click the graphics play, Etc. with system access?
On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 17:48:09 -0500, Alex Hall wrote:

>They have never worked for me either, with xp, vista, jaws9 and 
>jaws10, on two different AMD computers.  No clue why.
>
>Have a great day,
>Alex
>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Blake Roberts" <beroberts at hughes.net
>>To: "'DECtalk Discussions'" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
>>Date sent: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 17:29:55 -0500
>>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] dectalk for XP
>
>>Graphic 1 is play, graphic 2 is pause and graphic 3 is stop.  I'm 
>refering to
>>the three graphics after the speaking rate icon.
>
>>I have not used the Jaws scripts for years, so I don't know why 
>they are not
>>working with your copy of Jaws.  Have you tried recompiling the 
>scripts with
>>the Jaws script manager?
>>Blake
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
>>[mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of piotr 
>machacz
>>Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2009 5:15 PM
>>To: DECtalk Discussions
>>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] dectalk for XP
>
>>Speaking of all the dectalk apps, I could use some help.  Back in 
>the days
>>when I was using window-eyes I was able to focus, with the mouse, 
>the button
>>to play and then I would be able to preview everything as I was 
>working
>>rather than working in notepad and then loading the file in 
>speak43 to play
>>it.  well I'll be backing back to wineyes, but for now I use 
>jaws, and the
>>scripts I have don't work properly, pressing the keystrokes 
>causes opening
>>of some unwanted things and, of course, the desired action is not 
>performed.
>>I do, however have hot spot clicker which can click wen I press a 
>certain
>>keystroke.  so my question is, what graphics are play, pause and 
>stop?
>
>>On 3/1/09, Blake Roberts <beroberts at hughes.net> wrote:
>>>As Jayson said, the file to open with Dectalk 4.3 needs to be 
>called
>>>demo.txt.  I agree with Jayson that 4.3 is the only version that 
>lets
>>>you save Dectalk speech/singing as a .wav file without having to 
>use a
>>>recording application.
>
>>>To convert demo.txt to a wav file using Dectalk 4.3:
>>>1.  Open demo.txt in speak43.exe.
>>>2.  Press alt-f to enter the file menu.
>>>3.  Press c to enter the "convert the wave" menu.  Accept the 
>default,
>>>"11025khz 16-bit, mono" by pressing enter.
>>>4.  Give the wave file a name.
>>>5.  Tab to the save button and press enter.  Dectalk converts 
>the file
>>>to .wav for you.
>>>Blake
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
>>>[mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Jahmal 
>Lovato
>>>Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 8:22 PM
>>>To: DECtalk Discussions
>>>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] dectalk for XP
>
>>>How do you make, or not make, load an other text file?
>>>I've never had the hang of loading different songs, accept the 
>demo
>>>file in 4.3.
>>>And, how do you record a wav file in the application?
>>>Thank you,
>>>Jahmal
>>>On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:12:34 -0500, Jayson Smith wrote:
>
>
>>>>Unzip the file into a new folder, the name doesn't matter.  Run 
>the
>>>>speak43.exe application in that folder, and it will open up a 
>file
>>>>called demo.txt.  That is a hardwired filename in that 
>application and
>>>>cannot be changed.
>>>>One reason a lot of folks use 4.3 is that, as far as I know, it's 
>the
>>>>only version out there which allows saving of its synthesized 
>speech
>>>>output directly as .wav files without using something like Total 
>Recorder.
>>>>Jayson
>
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "Jahmal Lovato" <jahmallovato1 at gmail.com
>>>>To: <beroberts at hughes.net>; "DECtalk Discussions"
>>>><dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>; "'DECtalk Discussions'"
>>>><dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
>>>>Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 6:44 PM
>>>>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] dectalk for XP
>
>
>>>>Hi, will there be dectalk for vista and 7?
>>>>If not, I am not upgrading.
>>>>I just downloaded the dectalk 4.3.
>>>>Where do you recommend extracting it, and how do you run the 
>program?
>>>>Is there a dot exe file, or do I go to run and type something?
>>>>It was kind of different with windows me On Sat, 28 Feb 2009 
>18:38:45
>>>>-0500, Blake Roberts wrote:
>
>
>>>>>Alex,
>>>>>Having used both Dectalk 4.3 and 4.4, I think the voice quality 
>for
>>>>>both versions is identical.  Dectalk started sounding awful when
>>>>>Dectalk 4.6 first came out (version 4.61).  Although Phonix  has
>>>>>attempted to improve voice quality in recent versions of Dectalk 
>4.6,
>>>>>I think 4.3 and 4.4 sound the best.
>>>>>Blake
>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
>>>>>[mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall
>>>>>Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 6:33 PM
>>>>>To: DECtalk Discussions
>>>>>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] dectalk for XP
>
>>>>>How is 4.4's quality? Many people say that 4.3 is good and all 
>other
>>>>>versions sound horrible.  Not needing to have demo.txt as my only
>>>>>file would be really great (playdec.exe never worked for me).
>
>>>>>Have a great day,
>>>>>Alex
>
>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>From: "Blake Roberts" <beroberts at hughes.net
>>>>>>To: "'DECtalk Discussions'" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com Date sent:
>>>>>>Sat,
>>>>>>28 Feb 2009 18:18:44 -0500
>>>>>>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] dectalk for XP
>
>>>>>>Jahmal,
>>>>>>You can get two versions of Dectalk that work great on Windows XP
>>>>>from
>>>>>>www.bluegrasspals.com/dectalk/software
>>>>>>On that page, you can  get either Dectalk 4.4 or 4.3.  I prefer
>>>>>Dectalk 4.4
>>>>>>because you can load any file with a .en extension into the
>>>>>software.  Lots
>>>>>>of people prefer version 4.3, however.  Dectalk 4.3's limitation
>>>>>is the file
>>>>>>to be loaded has to be called demo.txt.  Both versions I
>>>>>mentioned do not
>>>>>>require installation.  Just extract the zip file into a folder
>>>>>and run the
>>>>>>program.
>>>>>>Blake
>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
>>>>>>[mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Jahmal
>>>>>Lovato
>>>>>>Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 5:50 PM
>>>>>>To: dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
>>>>>>Subject: [DECtalk] dectalk for XP
>
>>>>>>Hi, my computer was just replaced with one with windows XP on it.
>>>>>>Where can I download dectalk for windows XP?
>>>>>>Thank you,
>>>>>>Jahmal
>
>
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