[DECtalk] INtro and Question

[jake mcmahan]

On 8/2/2011 9:25 PM, Alex H. wrote:
> 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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> Klango
>
  there is a page where someone posted a link to his dropbox with d 
dectalk 5.0 sapi on the klango forun