[DECtalk] something i heard

[Raymond Grote]

I know what you mean. I can't stand the newer Dectalk, anything above 4.61. 
4.4 and earlier is what I really like.
Dectalk was never my most favorite synth, I remember hating it. But now I 
have come to like it, especially at faster rates like 200 to 250 wpm. Faster 
rates like 500 or so I think, just sound all garbled, Eloquence is crisper 
and sharper in my opinion. But I still like dectalk a lot, especially since 
it offers tons of peramitors. I wish it wasn't the only synth to have them 
though. That's why it is so special, and its sound alone, especially the 
older versions we mentioned,  is very distinct.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at insightbb.com>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] something i heard


> Hi,
>
> I, for one, would love to see a SAPI version of a classic DECtalk. What 
> I'd
> probably say is 4.4 or earlier. As I've said before, if I could choose any
> version at all, 4.2CD would get my vote.
>
> For one thing, the 5.0 SAPI which was posted to this list a few days ago
> seems to me to be a bit sluggish, especially when speaking several
> sentences. It speaks the sentence, then it seems like it waits a bit long 
> to
> me. Hopefully a different DECtalk would address this problem. I never had 
> a
> copy of the SAPI Enable was working on, so I have zero knowledge of how it
> did in this regard.
>
> Another thing is, for people who know what DECtalk used to be, going back 
> to
> the classic DECtalk would recreate that. I never will forget a few years 
> ago
> my dad got a new cell phone with MobileSpeak. When selecting which speech
> synthesizer we wanted, one of the choices was DECtalk. I don't know if
> Eloquence was among the choices or not. But anyway, we both thought 
> DECtalk
> was the best choice. We were familiar with what DECtalk used to be, and I 
> at
> least thought Fonix was trying to revive the classic DECtalk sound. I was
> horribly disappointed when MobileSpeak ran for the first time. Actually I
> think that version sounded almost identical to the DECtalk 5.0 SAPI that 
> was
> posted to this list, so they were probably using 5.0 or something very 
> close
> to it.
> Jayson
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Corine Bickley" <corine.bickley at gallaudet.edu>
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 8:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] something i heard
>
>
>> yes, but i haven't heard of anyone being interested as many have found
>> ways to get a DECtalk SAPI from friends. i'll watch the responses to
>> see if anyone still needs DECtalk SAPI and if so, i'll notify this
>> list when we have tested all the voices and resolved whatever issues
>> we find. do you know why it would be useful for Enable to make a SAPI
>> DECtalk available? if there's no reason to, we'll just stop working on
>> it as it would be a big waste of time and money to continue.
>>
>> On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 8:18 PM, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> o ok. glad that's the case. is work still being done on the sapi 
>>> dectalk?
>>>
>>> On May 7, 2011, at 7:39 PM, Corine Bickley wrote:
>>>
>>>> Enable products do NOT use Fonix talk.
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, May 7, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 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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