[DECtalk] Access 32 Legality Questions

Alex H. linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com
Tue May 10 21:05:31 EDT 2011


I've download the old DT access32 from the FS website a few years ago,
no dice. It said I was on the wrong version of windows.
Suppose this was probably made for Win9x since that was when 3.x was
around for JAWS.

Alex



On 5/10/11, Blake Roberts <beroberts at hughes.net> wrote:
> 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-----
> From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
> [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Brandon Misch
> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 8:40 PM
> To: DECtalk Discussions
> 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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