[DECtalk] DECTalk USB Demo2

Brandon Misch bmisch2002 at gmail.com
Sun May 15 16:22:57 EDT 2011


yeah that's how i recorded that earlier sample. 

On May 15, 2011, at 4:17 PM, Blake Roberts wrote:

> Thanks Brandon for the quick response. I had no idea before hearing your
> Dectalk USB recording that a utility is included that sends text andsinging
> phonetics directly to the synth. Wow!
> Blake
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
> [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Brandon Misch
> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 4:07 PM
> To: DECtalk Discussions
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] DECTalk USB Demo2
> 
> it's on the cd but you can download it freely from access solutions. nvda
> only works with internal synthesizers so no dectalk usb support. 
> 
> On May 15, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Blake Roberts wrote:
> 
>> Does the Dectalk USB work with NVDA? Is the utility that sends text 
>> directly to the synth on the CD, or is it an extra purchase?
>> Blake
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com 
>> [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Alex H.
>> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 1:16 PM
>> To: DECtalk Discussions
>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] DECTalk USB Demo2
>> 
>> Hi Blake,
>> 
>>> From what I've seen, the DECTalk USB is still being sold at GW 
>>> Micro's
>> catalog, as well as on irti.net, an assistive tech site. It used to be 
>> sold from chirpingbat.com for 50 bucks less, but when I sent an email 
>> to inquire about it last summer, the message got rejected.
>> 
>> I'm mildly upset because about three years ago on Ebay, somebody sold 
>> a DT USB slightly used for $400 in great condition, but at the time I 
>> didn't even know the device existed, so had no idea to look for it.
>> 
>> Alex
>> 
>> On 5/15/11, Alex H. <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Hart,
>>> 
>>> I'm not sure about speakup, but I do know that you should be able to 
>>> send text to the DECTalk USB as you would with the express. I don't 
>>> have an express or USB, but when I do, I'm going to do some 
>>> experiments with this.
>>> 
>>> Apparently, Emacspeak and the DECTalk USB had some issues with 
>>> command errors from what I read on the Emacspeak list, but they seem 
>>> to have been resolved.
>>> 
>>> Well, to add some intonation in the voice, you'd just use [:dv pr 200 
>>> as 70 qu 70] That should be a bit better. Now only to have this stuff 
>>> remembered on uppercase letters with speakup, and then have the pitch 
>>> drop to normal after the uppercase letter. I think there's a way to 
>>> get it working from what I read in the DECTalk USB manual from the 
>>> Axsol website, but don't know how to go implementing that into a 
>>> speakup driver.
>>> 
>>> Alex
>>> 
>>> On 5/15/11, Hart Larry <chime at hubert-humphrey.com> wrote:
>>>> Well, yes, while I really like that demo, I wish I knew more about 
>>>> how to get similar results here.
>>>> Back when I first got this unit, I had a dule-boot system.  While I 
>>>> was listening in JAWS, but eventually, I think in 2006 I completely 
>>>> got rid of windows.  Now I am enjoying Debian Testing.  As one of 
>>>> the skits says, "in the good old DOS days" at least all the DecTalk 
>>>> files, including dictionaries were on the local machine.  So now 
>>>> with this USB unit, can I get to these items?
>>>> I
>>>> remember I could just copy text or songs to com4.
>>>> I
>>>> would `love to add lots of intonation, if I only knew how?  Yes, I 
>>>> know EmacSpeak has lots of support, but so far I am in Speakup, 
>>>> where I am having lots of what I would call them, frustrations.  No 
>>>> matter what I set caps-start and stop, I cannot get the pitch 
>>>> ajustment on capitalization.  While arrowing through text, `many 
>>>> times pitch, volume, and rate all drop considerably.
>>>> I
>>>> must ajust each back-and-forth for my settings to resume.
>>>> So Alex, if your last name is simbolicly Linux, then that makes at 
>>>> least
>>>> 3
>>>> of
>>>> us on this list enjoying Linux.
>>>> Thanks so much in advance for any suggestions, tips, and trix.  O, 
>>>> yes, this unit is from Axsol Solutions.  Only time we upgraded 
>>>> firmware was while I was in windows.
>>>> Hart
>>>> 
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