[DECtalk] INtro and Question

Alex H. linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com
Tue Aug 2 21:25:28 EDT 2011


Klango has dectalk in it?

Alex

On 8/2/2011 9:08 PM, jake mcmahan wrote:
> On 8/2/2011 8:29 PM, Doris and Chris wrote:
>> 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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>        O, ignore my pm dorris, I see what you're talking about.  does
> klango ring a bell?  If so, most of us have this version which is 5.0.
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