[DECtalk] something i heard

Brandon Misch bmisch2002 at gmail.com
Mon May 9 17:13:49 EDT 2011


good idea. that way everyone gets what they want instead of just one version. 

On May 9, 2011, at 4:07 PM, Raymond Grote wrote:

> And possibly make it more accessible. Hmm, I think we know what is ahead of 
> us. Sapi Dectalk for those who want it that way, Speak window for those who 
> are used to that instead.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jayson Smith" <ratguy at insightbb.com>
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 10:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] something i heard
> 
> 
>> 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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