[DECtalk] Interesting message about version of DECtalk used inUSB

[Jayson Smith]

I'm pretty sure it was around $1200 or so.

On a related subject, we bought a DECtalk Express from Ferguson Enterprises 
once. Along with the standard software disk, they threw in another disk with 
a bunch of song files. It had ones like "Do You Know the Way To San Jose," 
"Do-Re-Mi," "On a Boardwalk in Atlantic City," "Oklahoma," etc. I appear to 
have lost those files somewhere along the way. Does anyone have them, know 
who wrote them, know where I might get them, etc?
Thanks.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex H." <linuxx64.bashsh at gmail.com>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Interesting message about version of DECtalk used 
inUSB


> 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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