[DECtalk] File association problem

Blake Roberts beroberts at hughes.net
Mon Feb 7 15:55:02 EST 2011


Alex,
Congratulations, you answered Ed's Dectalk trivia question correctly!

 I still have not fixed my Dectalk 4.4 file association issue. Yes, Jayson
Smith created a program years ago that converted files with a .dec extension
to demo.txt so dectalk 4.3 could play files in that format. However, I don't
have any programming knowledge. I have no idea how to edit Jayson's code to
have playdec force Windows to play .en files with the Dectalk 4.4 speak
window. I am open to any further suggestions list members may have.
Blake
-----Original Message-----
From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
[mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Alex H.
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 7:51 PM
To: DECtalk Discussions
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] File association problem

Happy birthday from Dennis Klatt. He introduced singing into DT because he
wanted to say happy birthday to his daughter in a special way. That's what
I've heard.

I really can't comment on setting speak to open .en files with win7 as I
just use the builtin open function in speak directly. However, wasnt there a
playdec program written some years ago for the 4.3 program that would dump a
txt or .dec file into speak by copying the file and runnig speak? I think
with a few lines of code changed, it should work for .en files too.

HTH.
alex

On 2/6/11, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com> wrote:
> isn't it that song about poisoning pigions in the park? that was on an 
> issue of playback magazine from 1991.
>
> On Feb 6, 2011, at 7:03 PM, Flint Million (iPod) wrote:
>
>> The dos tools came with "moonlight in Vermont" in the demo app. 
>> That's the first song I ever heard.
>>
>> Sent from my iPod
>>
>> On Feb 6, 2011, at 5:46 PM, "Blake Roberts" <beroberts at hughes.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I know the answer to Ed's trivia question. I'll let you guys keep 
>>> guessing for a bit. No reason I should spoil this fun triviagame.
>>> Blake
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com 
>>> [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of ebruckert 
>>> Bruckert
>>> Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2011 3:47 PM
>>> To: DECtalk Discussions
>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] File association problem
>>>
>>> Hello, I can't help you very well with changing file associations, 
>>> but speak should be very happy with the.txt file that just tells it 
>>> to you now treated as normal ASCII text.
>>>
>>> Trivia question for you all;
>>>
>>>
>>> What was the first song DECtalk saying and why.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 2:56 PM, Blake Roberts <beroberts at hughes.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>   All,
>>>   I wrote about this problem before. I am writing again because no 
>>> response
>>>   has been received.
>>>
>>>   I use the Dectalk 4.40 speak window to program songs. This version 
>>> of the
>>>   speak window plays files with an .en extension. On my new Windows 7
>>>   computer, I am having problems setting up the EN file association.
>>>
>>>   Whenever I tell Windows to use speak.exe to launch EN files 
>>> (either via
>>>   properties, change or the "Open With" dialog], Windows 
>>> automatically assumes
>>>   I want to use Windows Media Center for this file association. I 
>>> remember in
>>>   Windows XP, there was a way to edit a file type manually. I have 
>>> not yet
>>>   found a similar tool in Windows 7.
>>>
>>>   I hope someone on-list has a suggestion for modifying the Dectalk 
>>> EN file
>>>   association in Windows 7. I need help!
>>>   Blake
>>>
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