[DECtalk] INtro and Question

[Doris and Chris]

I do not remember as this was a a little while ago and before I even 
knew of the existence of this list. I am sorry but I did not take 
notes on my search. I sometimes come across stuff while searching and 
will follow some links I find and sometimes  find surprises and goodies.

Mr. Alex already found something. I have no idea if this is what i 
have as my version  of sapi dectalk did not give a version number. 
I'm definitley not the expert on dectalk - nor on other synths. i 
just use and enjoy them.

Doris




At 07:27 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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>   Do this if you will.  Either provide a sample, or tell us what the
>file name of the dectalk you found is.  If that can't happen, please
>tell what you searched for so I can see if the version you have is the
>same as mine.  I am interested
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