[DECtalk] DECTAlk 4.4 Public Domain?

[Raymond Grote]

Hi,
I was under the impression that both Dectalks were the same engine, just 
different versions of the driver, and the newer one supported voices but the 
older one didn't?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pitermach" <pitermach at gmail.com>
To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 5:43 AM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] DECTAlk 4.4 Public Domain?


> About the issue with the second dectalk, what happens is almost every 
> parameter is actually changed, except the pitch and inflection, so after 
> you change voices you just need to manually raise the pitch or what ever 
> to set it straight.
>
> On 2012-02-01 03:18, Blake Roberts wrote:
>> Doris,
>> I discovered the other day that two Dectalks for NVDA exist. I was able 
>> to
>> try both out after obtaining them and reinstalling NVDA. Both 
>> NVDA-specific
>> Dectalks have issues. In the first one, only Paul is available as a 
>> voice.
>> To me, that version of Dectalk for NVDA sounds similar to 4.4, though I 
>> have
>> no idea what DT version it is based on. The second Dectalk for NVDA lists
>> all 9 voices, but apparently is based on another version of Dectalk. 
>> Some
>> of those voices sound, um, different. Example: Kipp sounds like he's 
>> going
>> through puberty or something similar. If anyone wants to experiment 
>> with/use
>> Dectalk for NVDA, write me off-list. As far as  I know, Dectalk for NVDA 
>> is
>> not officially supported by the NVDA developers and I don't know who 
>> created
>> Dectalks for NVDA.
>>
>> Regarding Dectalk for Jaws, there is Dectalk Access32. Problem: Freedom
>> Scientific broke Dectalk Access32 functionality in an earlier version of
>> Jaws. Since a Jaws-specific version of Dectalk Access32 is no longer sold 
>> or
>> supported by FS, I sort of understand why  Freedom Scientific won't fix 
>> the
>> problem. Another member of this list found a workaround to make Dectalk
>> Access32 work with Jaws which involves uninstalling Eloquence.
>> Blake
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
>> [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Doris and Chris
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:56 PM
>> To: DECtalk Discussions
>> Subject: [DECtalk] DECTAlk 4.4 Public Domain?
>>
>> with all the discussion of singing dectalks, it was a couple of times
>> mentioned that dectalk version 4.4 is in the public domain.
>>
>> Is there a version of this or can one be made available that works with
>> screenreaders?
>>
>> I enjoy the dectalk songs I have heard and am amazed at the creativity 
>> and
>> finesse and perfection that goes into those songs but this is nothing I 
>> have
>> any interst in persuing myself .
>>
>> I like dectalk for its clear speech and low footprint on older systems 
>> and I
>> would love to have a working version to use with my screenreaders, i.e. 
>> jaws
>> and nvda. For nvda especialy it would be nice to have a free dectalk
>> version. nvda comes with espeak, which is free and open source. espeak is
>> certainly usable and I like its responsibeness but dectalk has much 
>> clearer
>> speech and would be much easier to understand for those used to more 
>> human
>> sounding synths.
>>
>> With all the time and energy devoted to making dectalk sing and talking
>> about this, if there is a public domain version of dectalk available, 
>> could
>> some of the time and energy be devoted to giving us a free dectalk to 
>> just
>> use with screenreaders or a free sapi version?
>> I do not know what would go into this but I'd like to see something that 
>> is
>> usable for the broader masses and especialy for nvda users.
>> nvda is coming of age and a decent free synth with it would be such a
>> blessing!
>>
>> Doris
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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