[DECtalk] INtro and Question

Alex H. linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com
Tue Aug 2 18:11:48 EDT 2011


I found the Software Informer page:
http://dectalk-sapi.software.informer.com/
It's 4.63 which is the version most people on this list have heard
of/used. Not classic enough IMO, but works for the time being.

Alex

On 8/2/11, Doris and Chris <chipmunks at gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I do not remember this. Just do a "google" search for something like
> "dectalk" and "sapi" and you should be able to find it.
>
> hth
>
> Doris
>
>
>
> At 03:00 PM 8/2/2011, you wrote:
>>On 8/2/2011 2:48 PM, Doris and Chris wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I just subscribed to this list after finding a link to it during an
>> > online search.
>> >
>> > I enjoy different synthesizers and synthesthizer voices. I have a
>> > special affection for DECTalk as it was one of the first synthetic
>> > voices I came in contact with in the form of Text Assist, the
>> > original one) that came bundled with my creative Soundblaster card in
>> > the mid 90's even befoer I lost my sight.
>> >
>> > when I did lose my sight in 1998, I used Text Assist with jaws 3.0
>> > until we got my hardware synth shiped and until jaws 3.2
>> introduced eloquence.
>> >
>> > Recent versions of jaws , that is 11.0 and 12.0 are not able to use
>> > Access 32 anymore. Is there a solution to this, that is is there a
>> > driver update that I might be able to download somewhere?
>> >
>> > I recently came across a sapi 5 version of Software DECTalk speech.
>> > This works adequately with jaws 11 and 12. I stumbled across this
>> > sapi 5 version of dectalk while doing a google searchfor something
>> > entirley unrelated. I have since attempted to research the source of
>> > this sapi 5 version of dectalk. I was attempting to find out if this
>> > is an oficial version of dectalk or if it is similar to the eloquence
>> > driver for the free open source screenreader nvda. I would appreciate
>> > more information on this. I am trying to find out if it is safe to
>> > pass on this sapi 5 version of DECTAlk as I know several people who
>> > miss their dectalk and who would love to use this version.
>> >
>> > Thanks much.
>> >
>> > Doris
>> >
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>> site did you find this  dectalk?
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