[DECtalk] Access 32 On Windows 7

Mon May 9 17:02:22 EDT 2011

He'd probably be so frustrated that he'd go on this list and develop
KlattTalk from scratch and be a very active member in helping port
this awesome synth to as many platforms as humanly possible. DECTalk
on the iPhone anyone?

Fonix and Force made some big no-nos in my opinion but they do make
for some funny skits! :D
Alex

On 5/9/11, Raymond Grote <musicalman1 at comcast.net> wrote:
> Well,, to be fair, Force destroyed it to begin with. I heard that the
> original Dectalk code was lost so Fonix had to work with what Force gave
> them or something. But still. I wonder what Dennis Klatt would say or do if
> he was around to see that. Maybe I don't want to know.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alex H." <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com>
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 4:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Access 32 On Windows 7
>
>
>> Well, FonixTalk was a pretty big insult to DECTalk; I'm glad they at
>> least renamed it before slaughtering it.  I bet I'd like FonixTalk if
>> I hadn't heard the awesomeness of DECTAlk, but I did, so FTalk is
>> pretty lame compared to it.
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On 5/9/11, Raymond Grote <musicalman1 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>> Dont bother with support unless you need to confirm  something you
>>> already
>>> expected. Some of the people there are very helpful but some of them, as
>>> you
>>> say, are just awful.
>>> I wish Fonix would get involved. I don't see how they can let Dectalk
>>> just
>>> die out. It's old, yes, but if we have to do something that Fonix isn't
>>> doing, then something is not quite right.
>>> What is Fonix doing now anyway? Maybe they are working on something else
>>> that will make as big of a mark on speech synthesis?
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Alex H." <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com>
>>> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 12:39 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Access 32 On Windows 7
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hmm. Sounds like FS is being more jerky than before. I tried with JAWS
>>>> 11 back in the day, and it worked just fine considering the
>>>> circumstances. I mean, nobody should have to uninstall a synth to get
>>>> another one working. I wish I could be more help, but I've not used
>>>> JAWS in forever (except an old Windows 2000 machine that has JAWS 8).
>>>> I guess the only thing to do is bug FS to death about it until they
>>>> actually do something. Oh, and that's not an easy task given my past
>>>> experiences with a PAC Mate. Ever been told how to propperly write
>>>> Braille by an FS official? Pretty over the line.
>>>>
>>>> Alex
>>>>
>>>> On 5/9/11, Michael Hansen <amtk62 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> When I tried starting JAWS after uninstalling Eloquence with the
>>>>> latest DECtalk drivers installed, I got an error saying shared
>>>>> components were missing.  Am I not doing something correctly?
>>>>>
>>>>> On 5/9/11, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> with the original release of jaws 10 you don't need to do that since
>>>>>> it
>>>>>> worked then. however, if it's a later version you probably need to
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On May 9, 2011, at 7:55 AM, Michael Hansen wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I tried uninstalling Eloquence, with the JAWS 12 Access 32 driver
>>>>>>> back
>>>>>>> in, and I am still getting the shared components error.  I'll perhaps
>>>>>>> try this with JAWS 10 and see what happens.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 5/9/11, Michael Hansen <amtk62 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>> Thanks for that, Brandon...I didn't try going back to the JAWS 12
>>>>>>>> Access 32 driver.  I'll try that and let you guys know.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 5/9/11, Brandon Misch <bmisch2002 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> well, before you did that did you replace the access 32 jaws driver
>>>>>>>>> or
>>>>>>>>> was
>>>>>>>>> the one you got out of jaws 10 still there? think you have to go
>>>>>>>>> back
>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>> driver that is in with jaws 12 to get this to work. me personally,
>>>>>>>>> i
>>>>>>>>> am
>>>>>>>>> glad
>>>>>>>>> i have a dectalk u s b otherwise, i would still be sending fs
>>>>>>>>> emails
>>>>>>>>> about
>>>>>>>>> broken access 32 support.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On May 9, 2011, at 1:25 AM, Michael Hansen wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Well, I got an error from JAWS 12 when I tried starting JAWS after
>>>>>>>>>> uninstalling Eloquence.  What version did you try this with, and
>>>>>>>>>> did
>>>>>>>>>> you have this problem?  Thanks, Michael
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 5/8/11, Michael Hansen <amtk62 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks, Alex!  I'll give that a shot!  If I have trouble, I'll
>>>>>>>>>>> reinstall JAWS--I also have NVDA.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 5/8/11, Alex H. <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> try uninstalling Eloquence. It's a dirty rotten hack, but it
>>>>>>>>>>>> works.
>>>>>>>>>>>> Also, it's perminent, so DT only gets used.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> When I did this when I still used JAWS, there was some wierd
>>>>>>>>>>>> parameter
>>>>>>>>>>>> values and I had to play with the rate and pitch sliders for
>>>>>>>>>>>> them
>>>>>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>>>>>> snap back into action.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> HTH,
>>>>>>>>>>>> Alex
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On 5/7/11, Michael Hansen <amtk62 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I just recently obtained a copy of DECtalk Access 32 from
>>>>>>>>>>>>> school.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> This is the version of DECtalk distributed with Kurzweil 1000.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Is
>>>>>>>>>>>>> there any way of making it work with JAWS on Windows 7?  The
>>>>>>>>>>>>> program
>>>>>>>>>>>>> runs--it shows as running in task manager--but it is still not
>>>>>>>>>>>>> working
>>>>>>>>>>>>> with JAWS.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Michael
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