[DECtalk] User dictionaries for Speak windows

[Brandon Misch]

i noticed that sound when hearing the file 

On May 16, 2011, at 1:01 PM, Jayson Smith wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I've listened to this short sample. I think it could probably be made to 
> sound okay, however, in its current state there's some sort of whistly sound 
> throughout most of it which is probably a result of your modifications. If I 
> didn't know better, I'd say it was some type of artifact from audio 
> compression, but I know that's not true.
> Jayson
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "ebruckert Bruckert" <edbruckert at gmail.com>
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 12:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] User dictionaries for Speak windows
> 
> 
>>   I'm busy today but I will send versions of the user Dic. T
>> On in all honesty I can't remember if there were different versions, but
>> there certainly weren't many.
>> One of the main differences in the know of version was I tuned the 
>> frication
>> or high-frequency noise is stronger because of signal loss going to the
>> transmitters through regular telephone lines. I am slowly working on a new
>> version I want your feedback but understand this is a stepwise process so 
>> I
>> need feedback on both what you like and what you don't like. Attached is a
>> very short piece of Paul. The way the gains of the vocal track have to be
>> tuned I'm only going to focus on Paul or perhaps a different voice if 
>> you'd
>> prefer until we get closer to what we want. I'm almost afraid to mention
>> something, but I have archived the last research DECtalk version that 
>> Dennis
>> was working on when he died, I may try to get it running obviously it was
>> never finished. In that regard does anybody know of a utility that can
>> convert an old 16 bit sound file into a wave file?
>> 
>> Mon, May 16, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Jayson Smith <ratguy at insightbb.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I downloaded that but it doesn't seem to work for the Speak43 window. I
>>> assume that means each version of DECtalk has its own dictionary format. 
>>> To
>>> me, that seems a bit weird and breaks forward and backward compatibility.
>>> But whatever.
>>> Jayson
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Alex H." <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com>
>>> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2011 6:22 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] User dictionaries for Speak windows
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Hi Jayson,
>>>> 
>>>> I know there's a utility to make user dictionaries for the DECTalk
>>>> USB, and you can download the files on Access Solutions' website. I
>>>> don't know if they'd work on the demo Speak windows though.
>>>> 
>>>> Alex
>>>> 
>>>> On 5/15/11, Jayson Smith <ratguy at insightbb.com> wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Does anyone know how to create/generate/compile user dictionaries for
>>> the
>>>>> Speak windows? I know back in the days of the DECtalk PC, it shipped
>>> with
>>>>> software to take a properly-formatted text file and compile it into a
>>>>> binary
>>>>> dictionary file. I still have one of those files, and it doesn't work 
>>>>> as
>>>>> a
>>>>> user dictionary in Speak43. Are there tools out there to generate user
>>>>> dictionaries, or are they pretty much just internal tools which should
>>>>> have
>>>>> been distributed but weren't? Snoopi, Ed, Corine, can anyone help 
>>>>> here?
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>> 
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