[DECtalk] Dectalk/Text Assist jem

Wed Feb 1 23:40:05 EST 2012

He's referring to a program called text assist which was mentioned in 
another topic. Supposedly it had German as well as a few other languages.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Blake Roberts" <beroberts at hughes.net>
To: "'DECtalk Discussions'" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Dectalk/Text Assist jem

> What Dectalk/Text Assist jem are you referring to, Jake?
> Blake
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
> [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Jake McMahan
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 9:37 PM
> To: DECtalk Discussions
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] SubjectLines - Was:Re: DECTAlk 4.4 Public Domain?
>
>
>
> -I happen to still have that text assist jem if anyone's
> interested-------------------------------------------------
> From: "Doris and Chris" <chipmunks at gmx.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 7:11 PM
> To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] SubjectLines  - Was:Re:  DECTAlk 4.4 Public 
> Domain?
>
>> Thank you. Much apreciated!
>>
>> Doris
>>
>> At 06:41 PM 2/1/2012 -0500, you wrote:
>>>Hi,
>>>Thanks for the reminder, I sort of forgot about doing that. I will do
>>>it in future.
>>>It'd be better to post these things as little reminders that only take
>>>a few seconds to read, rather than have a repetitive paragraph about
>>>it, quote someone as if they didn't know what you were talking about,
>>>and ask why it's so difficult. I originally intended it to just be a
>>>little side path of discussion. It didn't sound that way, but I just
>>>wanted to see where it would go. Now that it's gone far past the
>>>original topic, I changed it.
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris and Chris"
>>><chipmunks at gmx.net>
>>>To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>>Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 10:31 AM
>>>Subject: [DECtalk] SubjectLines - Was:Re: DECTAlk 4.4 Public Domain?
>>>
>>>
>>>>If you introduce a new subject, why is it so difficult to either
>>>>start a new message thread or at least change the subject line to
>>>>reflect the question asked?
>>>>
>>>> From what I have read on this list, there is a lot of expertise on
>>>> here and I am sure you guys are pros in communicating. could you
>>>> please use subject lines that refer to what is actually being
>>>> discussed on here? I get a lot of messages from all kinds of lists I
>>>> am on and choose what messages to read by the subject lines. I do
>>>> not open messages that sound too technical in nature on here, for
>>>> example, but would have been intersted in the discussion on
>>>> different dectalk versions or what is available when and where.
>>>>
>>>>For the question below, something like
>>>>
>>>>"British DECTalk Voice"?
>>>>
>>>>should be an easy enough subject to formulate
>>>>
>>>>Thanks much.
>>>>
>>>>Doris
>>>>
>>>>  h
>>>>
>>>>At 10:15 AM 2/1/2012 -0500, you wrote:
>>>>>Well, the sonic thing wasn't a real big thing at least for me, nor
>>>>>anyone else I knew that used it. It sounded strange, and I never did
>>>>>like dectalk above rates of400 or so.
>>>>>Going off topic here, I wonder if a decent British dectalk was ever
>>>>>made?
>>>>>
>>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Pitermach" <pitermach at gmail.com>
>>>>>To: "DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>>>>Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 8:47 AM
>>>>>Subject: Re: [DECtalk] DECTAlk 4.4 Public Domain?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Actually yeah. The driver was written by Tyler and I sort of helped
>>>>>>him out with it. The first version only did Paul and had sonic to
>>>>>>speed the rate up even more. I asked him to add voices, and that's
>>>>>>the newer version where sonic had to be removed because it was
>>>>>>crashing things apparently.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>On 2012-02-01 13:52, Raymond Grote wrote:
>>>>>>>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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