[DECtalk] Access 32 Legality Questions

Blake Roberts beroberts at hughes.net
Tue May 10 21:02:46 EDT 2011


I know that the version of Dectalk Access32 on Freedom Scientific's site was
designed for Jaws 3 or 4. This was back in the days of Jaws authorization
diskettes.  I wonder if FS's copy of Dectalk Access32 will install for use
with a modern version of Jaws.

In the past, I've tried using a couple different versions of Dectalk
Access32 that I got from various sources. With one version, I could never
get past "please insert authorization disk to continue". The other
(stand-alone) version simply would not talk when I tried using it with Jaws
11.
Blake
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Brandon Misch
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 8:40 PM
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Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Access 32 Legality Questions

one thing to note is the version of access 32 for jaws is still on fs's site
and may still work. i don't know if it does though. that uses dectalk 4.41. 

On May 10, 2011, at 6:57 PM, Jayson Smith wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Unfortunately, as far as I know there is no way to make a copy of the
> Access32 protected disk. Certain versions of Jaws used a protection 
> system called Quella. Those disks could be copied if you knew what you
were doing.
> However, the only copy of Access32 I ever saw used a protection 
> product called Everlock. I never found any way to make a faithful copy 
> of an Everlock disk.
> 
> As for getting your authorization off the old laptop, have you checked 
> that the floppy is not write protected? If so, the floppy could be 
> bad, in which case that copy is no good any more. Please note, just 
> copying the actual authorization files from the old hard drive to one 
> on any other computer will *not* work. If you can figure out a way to 
> get the uninstall process to complete successfully, there may be a way 
> for you to, shall we say, regain your two lost authorizations. This 
> would need to be done in DOS, since I think most if not all Everlock 
> disks I saw included DOS tools as well as Windows ones. There's a 
> program I have called Unlimited Installer. The way it works is, it 
> diverts all hard drive writes to a RAM buffer. So you have the 
> authorization installed, run the program, then uninstall the 
> authorization. Now you reboot. Since the hard drive never got written, 
> the authorization is still there, as well as on the floppy. But none of
that will be worth a hill of beans if you can't get the uninstall to work.
> Jayson
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Hansen" <amtk62 at gmail.com>
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 6:00 PM
> Subject: [DECtalk] Access 32 Legality Questions
> 
> 
>> Hi guys,
>> 
>> I have a couple questions regarding legal use of Access 32:
>> 
>> Is it legal to install Access 32 from a Kurzweil 1000 CD without an 
>> authorization disc, since it pretty much installs regardless of 
>> whether there is one present or not?  I have access to a Kurzweil 
>> disc from school (that kind of software is distributed to students 
>> for
>> free) but there is no DECtalk authorization disc.  DECtalk Access 32 
>> is there on the disc, and it installs regardless of whether there is 
>> an authorization disc or not.
>> 
>> Also, I have a copy of Access 32 from GW Micro that my parents 
>> obtained in 2002.  I have one authorization left (the others were 
>> lost due to computer crashes) and it is on an old HP laptop.  For 
>> some reason, when I go to transfer the data back to the copy 
>> protection disc, it will not work.  I haven't tried it in several 
>> months, but I recall a write error of some kind.  Assuming I am 
>> unable to find a way to get that copy protection off that laptop, is 
>> there a legal way I can get around the authorization since I *do* own 
>> the product?  I've tried contacting GW Micro, and they were no help.
Thoughts?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Michael
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