[DECtalk] something i heard

[Brandon Misch]

i third her efforts. and like i said even if it got released i would have still bought it so at least one coppy would have been sold. that's why i said a while back that even if it sounded bad, it could still be used as a screen reader voice. 

On May 8, 2011, at 12:44 PM, Blake Roberts wrote:

> I second everything Michael and Snoopi have said regarding Corine's efforts.
> Corine, thank you for caring about Dectalk preservation and spending a lot
> of  money to get  Dectalk code.
> Blake
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
> [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Michael Hansen
> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 12:33 PM
> To: DECtalk Discussions
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] something i heard
> 
> So basicly, if I understand this right, someone in essence took advantage of
> Corine's lack of DECtalk knowledge and sold her a code to Fonix Talk--or
> something very nearly like it--and said it was good?
> How aweful.
> 
> It's all starting to make sense now.  Corine, I for one am very sorry for
> contributing to your company's public humiliation on this mailing list.  It
> appears Fonix is the one to blame, and if they really did screw you guys
> over (I know you can never say that publicly) then that is a real shame.
> Thank you for trying, and thank you for withholding this release.
> 
> Best,
> Michael Hansen
> 
> On 5/8/11, Dectalk at aol.com <Dectalk at aol.com> wrote:
>> Yes but guys, can we be sensitive here for  Corine?  She cares so much 
>> that she put a lot of money into this.  She  was sold a bad code and 
>> has no way to get a refund.  This is both happy and  sad news.  We 
>> should all deeply thank her for trying.
>> 
>> 
>> SNOOPI BOTTEN
>> 
>> 
>> In a message dated 5/8/2011 11:37:11 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
>> beroberts at hughes.net writes:
>> 
>> Alex did  a fantastic job creating the Dectalk vs. FonixTalk file that 
>> Jayson shared.  Excellent job on production, Alex.
>> I agree with Jayson about Dectalk 86  sounding more like FonixTalk 
>> than Dectalk.  It is certainly good news  that Enable wil not be 
>> marketing Dectalk 86.
>> Blake
>> -----Original  Message-----
>> From:  dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com 
>> [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com]  On Behalf Of Jayson Smith
>> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 11:05 AM
>> To:  DECtalk Discussions
>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] something i heard
>> 
>> I have  to sort of agree with this, although Corine has stated that  
>> the so-nicknamed DECtalk 86 doesn't use FonixTalk. To hear a sample of 
>> the  real FonixTalk, listen to the following  file.
>> http://www.q-audio.net/d/18754
>> I think DECtalk 86 sounds more like  FonixTalk than it does any 
>> version of DECtalk including 4.64 or  5.0.
>> Jayson
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Brandon Misch"  <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
>> To: "DECtalk Discussions"  <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 7:26  PM
>> Subject: [DECtalk] something i heard
>> 
>> 
>>> Hey guys i let  someone hear a demo of the speak window for the sapi 
>>> dectalk that  enable is selling and that person said that this is 
>>> based
>> on
>>> fonix  talk. don't know if anyone came up with that yet.
>>> 
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