[DECtalk] something i heard

Mon May 9 11:20:46 EDT 2011

not really 

On May 9, 2011, at 10:49 AM, Dectalk at aol.com wrote:

> Actually, does anyone have or know how to create a 4.40 installer that will do the file association?
>  
>  
> SNOOPI BOTTEN
>  
> In a message dated 5/9/2011 10:40:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, ratguy at insightbb.com writes:
> Hi,
> 
> Probably what really needs to happen when it comes right down to it is that 
> the Speak window needs to be rewritten from scratch. That program, in one 
> form or another, has been around for quite some time. Technology changes, 
> and Speak probably hasn't kept up. Unfortunately, the only Speak window I 
> know of which actually uses a dectalk.dll is the most recent one, for the 
> so-nicknamed DECtalk 86. All the others I've seen appear to have the actual 
> DECtalk code included within the Speak executable. My thought is that, if 
> you had a dectalk.dll and knew how it worked, you could write a replica 
> Speak window from scratch, in a language of your choice.
> Jayson
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <Dectalk at aol.com>
> To: <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 7:34 AM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] something i heard
> 
> 
> > it needs the commands.  Let me emplane why.   Most of you on this list 
> > just
> > make Dectalk sing for fun.  People who can't  talk, have no other way of
> > singing, Dectalk is the only way they have to  sing.  I'm one of them, but
> > only one of many.  Today I'm trying to  finish "THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS" in 
> > 4
> > part harmony so 4 people with Dectalk can  all sing together.  I wanted 
> > more
> > parts but I can't find a version of sheet  music that has more than 4 
> > parts.
> >
> > In any event, there is a serious problem coming  up.  I have no idea why,
> > but the 4.40 speak window will not install in the  latest update of 
> > Windows
> > 7, the en files will not associate with the speak  window.  I now have 3
> > known computers that the speak window will not run  on.
> >
> > Blake and I have posted about this several times but  it keeps getting
> > ignored.  Guys, if we don't solve this problem, and if any  of you ever 
> > switch
> > computers, you might not be able to run  Dectalk.
> >
> >
> > SNOOPI BOTTEN
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 5/8/2011 11:58:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > bmisch2002 at gmail.com writes:
> >
> > thanks  both of you for this project. maybe when you guys get the code
> > compiled  wright, or the wright code at all, you can make a sapi version 
> > of
> > dectalk that  is better than the stuff already put out there. maybe a sapi
> > dectalk with not  just voices but commands and everything.
> >
> > On May 8, 2011, at 12:46 PM,  Blake Roberts wrote:
> >
> >> Ed,
> >> Thanks for the clarification and  your dedication to, like Corine, not
> > give
> >> up on Dectalk.
> >> Blake
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From:  dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
> >>  [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of ebruckert
> > Bruckert
> >> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 12:42 PM
> >> To: DECtalk  Discussions
> >> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] something i heard
> >>
> >>  I'm sorry I have to set the record straight. I am the one that  supplied
> >> Kareem with code and there was confusion because they hadn't  been
> > compiled
> >> in a while and I knew they needed fixing and I don't  think that was 
> >> truly
> >> understood and no I didn't get a single penny.  Neither am I giving up I
> > need
> >> a decent DECtalk as well this went down  the rat hole for various reasons
> > and
> >> I'm not giving up I want one I  don't want to play a blame game however.
> > But
> >> nobody intentionally did  anything wrong period.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 12:33  PM, Michael Hansen <amtk62 at gmail.com> 
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>   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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