[DECtalk] QUESTION
Michael Hansen
amtk62 at gmail.com
Fri Apr 8 12:30:43 EDT 2011
It's probably like Access 32: Fonix owns it but you can't get a
license to use it. That's just a guess, though...I have no
information whatsoever to back that up.
On 4/8/11, Dectalk at aol.com <Dectalk at aol.com> wrote:
> I'm throwing this question out because I'm totally confused. The Dectalk
> 4.40 speak window that comes with the Dic.en file and everything so it will
> talk. 6 years ago I was told it was public domain. I think a lot of
> people pass it out, I include it in my software, I give it out for free,
> I've
> seen it available for download on Dectalk sites, and it was my
> understanding
> that speak window versions of Dectalk were public domain.
>
> I was just told today that it's not public domain, Fonix owns those speak
> windows, yet in the same breathe you can't buy a license to sell it. What?
> I'm totally confused.
>
> Is the speak window Dectalk public Domain? I had mine since the early
> 90's and I thought it was public domain. Mine was free and I even still
> have
> the original demo it came with. It never expires, reads any size files,
> and I never even knew you could buy it, I thought it was free.
>
>
> SNOOPI BOTTEN
>
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