[DECtalk] Access 32 On Windows 7

Mon May 9 17:46:05 EDT 2011

i'm sure he would if he was around. 

On May 9, 2011, at 5:41 PM, Raymond Grote wrote:

> True. he'd have a directory in the archive!
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alex H." <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com>
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 5:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Access 32 On Windows 7
> 
> 
>> 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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