[DECtalk] QUESTION

[Alex H.]

hi,

Well, we can find the buttons to play and stop, change voices etc, but
it would be nice if they had keys bound to them. We currently use the
mouse cursor to do it.

Alex

On 4/8/11, Dectalk at aol.com <Dectalk at aol.com> wrote:
> Thank you for the verification.  I thought it was free to use  and give
> out.  I've been doing it for 6 years.  It looks like it will  be the only
> form
> of 4.40 that will exist.  I only wish the play key could  have a control
> command because blind people can't find it.
>
>
> SNOOPI BOTTEN
>
>
> In a message dated 4/8/2011 1:27:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> edbruckert at gmail.com writes:
>
> Speak is  public domain and always has been. It was originally sent out in
> source code  as an example of how to interface with the synthesizer. So have
> no fears it is  not licensed.
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:13 PM, <_Dectalk at aol.com_
> (mailto: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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