[DECtalk] Dectalk USB longer, better demo?

[Brandon Misch]

that sounds great
i think he's talking about a fully functional demo like jaws or window-eyes wich lets you try it for a certain amount of time before a restart. 

On Jan 30, 2011, at 2:27 PM, Corine Bickley wrote:

> I agree - demos are essential for making a sensible decision. I'll see
> what options are (maybe as downloads from Enable with specified text,
> like ATT does for Natural Voices). what do you think?
> 
> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Pitermach <pitermach at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi, while I think 19 dollars is a nice price, I still think the synthesizer
>> should have some kind of demo mode. maybe some x day trial or unlimited but
>> with the synth saying something like this is a demonstration version of
>> dectalk once in a while so that we can actually test the quality under our
>> environment, see if it works for us, etc.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Corine Bickley" <corine.bickley at gallaudet.edu>
>> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 8:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Dectalk USB longer, better demo?
>> 
>> 
>>> well, no -- i worked on DECtalk for a couple of companies, but as an
>>> employee I never owned any code. DECtalk was sold from company to
>>> company. employees of companies are bound by work agreements to NOT
>>> keep any code.
>>> 
>>> recently Enable Rehab, my own company, bought the right to distribute
>>> one version of DECtalk, 4.6.4, from the current DECtalk owner, Fonix.
>>> my goal (Enable's goal) is to make a SAPI version of DECtalk available
>>> to persons who need it. i'll let users know the size of files needed
>>> and any other details once i'm sure the code works on my own laptop.
>>> that's the stage we're at now.
>>> 
>>> pls do keep questions coming as i want to know what users need to
>>> know, like file size - great question! i'll do my best to find answers
>>> to any questions. others on this email listserv may know answers that
>>> i don't. just keep asking!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> i guess since you helped keep dectalk alive then you have all the source
>>>> codes for earlier versions do you know how big the file will be?
>>>> 
>>>> On Jan 30, 2011, at 7:31 AM, Corine Bickley wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Great idea, Alex. I'll do that soon. I'm Corine, the person who worked
>>>>> with Dennis Klatt years ago when I was a student, and then later with
>>>>> Ed Bruckert who has kept DECtalk alive for many years. We have a
>>>>> programmer Peter who is getting the code ready for distribution. As
>>>>> soon as I have the version running on my own computer, I'll create
>>>>> some examples for comment. I agree - no one should send any money
>>>>> until you get a chance to hear what you're buying.
>>>>> corine
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Alex H. <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I know there's a few people on this list who have the dectalk USB, and
>>>>>> I'm considering getting one but I won't have the money for some
>>>>>> months. I have heard that it isn't the best compared to 4.3 etc, but
>>>>>> I'm still interested in hearing it. The Access Solutions demo is a
>>>>>> joke. It's very short, and their doubletalk USB demos are way better.
>>>>>> Could somebody post a demo or two of the DECTalk USB singing and
>>>>>> talking, maybe tweak a few of the voices? Thanks very much and have a
>>>>>> great day!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Alex
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