[DECtalk] Interesting message about version of DECtalk used in USB

[Alex H.]

Hi,
I'm glad they're still selling the DECTalk USB. Hope is not lost! :)

Just an off-hand question, anybody know what the DECTalk Express cost
when it was new?


Alex

On 5/21/11, Blake Roberts <beroberts at hughes.net> wrote:
> Wow. Very interesting old message about Dectalk USB. I had an email
> correspondence with Mike at Access Solutions the other day. He assured me
> that the Dectalk USB is still being sold by his company. I'm thinking of
> buying a Dectalk USB when I have the funds.
> Blake
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
> [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Jayson Smith
> Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 6:46 PM
> To: DECtalk Discussions
> Subject: [DECtalk] Interesting message about version of DECtalk used in USB
>
> Hi,
>
> While going through old sent mail last night, I found a forward about the at
> the time brand new DECtalk USB. This message is from March or April of 2004.
>
> I've excerpted a bit of it I thought might be interesting.
>
>     Naturally, I was curious, and called Access solutions themselves to ask
> about this thing.  I had a lengthy conversation with Mike and talked about
> dectalks, doubletalks, and Trippletalks.  Yes, the Death of the dectalk was
> sent out a year ago last October.  Dectalk Express, and PC2, despite what
> fonix says, are all dead.  Naturally the Dectalk USB, as it will be called,
> waa made.  The first thing I asked was about compatibility with the old
> Dectalks.  He said that was esential to this prodects sails.  All oDectalk
> USB's can run as expresses using the serial moad.  The next thing I asked
> was about sound quality, and he told me that Dectalk 5.0 was originally to
> be used, but he raised a hole bunch of hell reguarding that.  They switched
> him over to dectalk 4.62's sound quality, and Still hell was raised.  He
> wants this to sound as otrue to the Dectalk 4.1and 4.2CD Versions, the
> Dextalk expresses we all know.  A few bugs were found in the coad, so this
> will be a dectalk 5.0, but with Dectalk 4.2CD sound.  This wouldn't have
> gone forword without that.  I also asked about responsiveness.  He said that
> this has 7-times more processign power, which means that it is more
> responsive than Dectalk ever was, and of corse, at less of a price.  The
> name of the PCI version is still up in the air, but I suggested Dectalk PC3.
> A PCI version will happen very soon.  Keep checking thw access solutions web
> sight at www.axsol.com for more details, and he assured me that demos of
> this speach system will be coming along.
>
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