[DECtalk] dectalk for XP

Mon Mar 2 11:26:25 EST 2009

honestly that's easy, when you're writing you press modifier plus m to
enter the virtual mouse, and then you press tab. SA will move between
controls, I think play is the second button from the "speaking rate"
scroll bar.

On 1/1/70, Jahmal Lovato <jahmallovato1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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