[DECtalk] Access 32 Legality Questions

Blake Roberts beroberts at hughes.net
Wed May 11 16:39:14 EDT 2011


I also agree a synthesis FAQ list would be helpful.
Blake 

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Alex H.
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 11:03 AM
To: DECtalk Discussions
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Access 32 Legality Questions

Hi Corine,

A list of FAQs would be a really helpful resource I think. This would help
ensure that we get what we want and everybody is happy.

Alex

On 5/11/11, Corine Bickley <corine.bickley at gallaudet.edu> wrote:
> Your questions and experiences concerning using various synthesizers 
> are a great resource for us all. I think it would be useful if Enable 
> starts a FAQ list based on your insights. What do you all think? Would 
> that be ok? Later this summer, I'll review the questions and formulate 
> a list and then post it and ask you all to supply answers based on 
> your experience. Let me know if you think this would be useful.
> corine
>
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Brent Harding <bharding at doorpi.net>
wrote:
>> Not only to mention, if you switch your synth to something like this 
>> and it plain doesn't work, one has no speech to switch it back.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Brandon Misch" <bmisch2002 at gmail.com>
>> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 9:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Access 32 Legality Questions
>>
>>
>>> i'm sure there are all kinds of versions of that synth. one version 
>>> had me coppying files and stuff like that.
>>>
>>> On May 10, 2011, at 9:02 PM, Blake Roberts 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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