[DECtalk] SAPI questions

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Well, seeing it'll be  a sapi synth you could juse use any generic tts app 
like d-speech or text aloud since they don't mess with the synth's 
punctuation rules.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex H." <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 2:57 AM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] SAPI questions


> Yep, but how does one pipe the text into the synth? Most screen
> readers hav punctuation rules which override DECTalk's default
> behavior. If you use DECTalk Access32 with JAWS for instance and type
> [:phone on], it will just say colon phone on.
> Then there are spacing issues I've experienced. I've tried to make
> access32 play nice with JFW to sing stuff, but it hates spaces! Even
> modifying the .jcf file to speak all punctuation and turning the
> actual words to symbals did very little.
>
> Would we just use ttsapp.exe or some other direct piping method and
> feed DT that way?
>
> Thanks.
> Alex
>
> On 4/2/11, ebruckert Bruckert <edbruckert at gmail.com> wrote:
>> There is no SAPI issue here at all. The singing mode is a subset of 
>> phonemic
>> mode and use functional in all versions of DECtalk.
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Alex H. <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I also would like to know what sort of things are included with the
>>> synth. My assumption is that it can sing rather easily, so how would
>>> one go about doing that with the new SAPI version?
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
>>> On 3/31/11, Jayson Smith <ratguy at insightbb.com> wrote:
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > If the downloadable version is ready, hopefully some questions can be
>>> > answered. I'm wanting to know some info.
>>> >
>>> > What all is included? Just the synth itself? Or is a reader/converter
>>> > program also included?
>>> >
>>> > Is there a pronunciation dictionary included?
>>> >
>>> > Can the end user change speech parameters using traditional DECtalk
>>> inline
>>> > commands?
>>> > Thanks.
>>> >
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