[DECtalk] DECTALK STORE
Dectalk at aol.com
Dectalk at aol.com
Thu Jul 19 16:45:37 EDT 2012
Let me try to clarify something. The SAPI, and the DT Sample, are two
different programs within the same zip file on my site.
I personally can't test the SAPI because for some strange reason I can't
get any SAPI to work on my computer. So, I need to go by what Blake Roberts
tells me. According to Blake, the SAPI talks fine, but the singing is
unstable. I only made the beta SAPI available to prove that it could be made
to sing, but Corine had it disabled before the final release.
The DT Sample program is way cool! It has keyboard shortcuts for the
blind, multiple languages, it sings, and this program alone would be worth the
$24.95 at the Enable Rehab site. BUT, this cool program is deeply hidden,
it doesn't put an icon for it on the desktop, it has no instructions, and
Enable Rehab won't support this because it was meant as a free bonus.
I believe the DT Sample program uses the very same phonetics as 4.40
because I tested a few songs and it worked perfectly. I rate this thing 5 out
of 5 stars, I 100 percent love this thing! I was told that Corine didn't
even know this was included in the zip file. To me, that's sad when you
don't even know what you are selling.
So being I was fired, I'm basically providing instructions and support and
not charging. I charge for songs, but not for the zip file.
SNOOPI BOTTEN
In a message dated 7/19/2012 3:20:26 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
r.d.t.prater at gmail.com writes:
Yes, I did set up the file associations, but I would like to be able to
just test by going over to the play button and clicking it. But if this isn't
possible, assuming that the new singing beta of sapi dectalk will work, I
can just use it, assuming that the phonemes are the same as in 4.40
----- Original Message -----
From: _Blake Roberts_ (mailto:beroberts at hughes.net)
To: _'DECtalk Discussions'_ (mailto:dectalk at bluegrasspals.com)
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] DECTALK STORE
In my experience, the easiest way to have text read in the speak window is
to write text in notepad and save with a .en extension. DT 4.4 should open
and play the file automatically.
Blake
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From: _dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com_
(mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com) [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Roger
devin Prater
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 12:30 PM
To: DECtalk Discussions
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] DECTALK STORE
Hmm, well I now have the 4.40 speak Window, oh and if anyone ever needs
it, I will post a tutorial about how to use it well with NVDA, the buttons I
mean. I don't know how to get it to actually read the text in the edit box
of the window though. Perhaps someone could, or already has, worked on that?
----- Original Message -----
From: _Dectalk at aol.com_ (mailto:Dectalk at aol.com)
To: _dectalk at bluegrasspals.com_ (mailto:dectalk at bluegrasspals.com)
Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 6:55 AM
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] DECTALK STORE
I use Dectalk 4.40 Speak Window. Because I do CDs and concerts, I really
don't want to switch because I can make it sound really human. On July
30th I might be singing with Peter Yarrow again, and it would be too weird to
be using 2 different versions of Dectalk. And live on stage I need to be
very fast, if I switch versions, how do I know a command won't create
feedback.
And let me make another point. If you look on youtube, you will find that
I'm not the only disabled entertainer. None of us would be able to do
what we do without the fancy features of Dectalk. I would rather use Dectalk
4.40 because it is the closest I can get to Dennis Klatt. I never met him,
but his work gave my life meaning. I have to believe that he would never
want the singing feature removed from Dectalk. I had too many kids light
up when they learned that they can sing with Dectalk. It's a gift from
Dennis and I love to pass it on.
SNOOPI BOTTEN
In a message dated 7/19/2012 9:28:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
r.d.t.prater at gmail.com writes:
So I'm wondering, do you use the older speak window of 4.3 or whatever it
is? Yeah I think its 4.3 which is the popular ones, but now that this new
one has come out, will you start using this one, or still use the more
popular one?
Sent from my iPod
On Jul 19, 2012, at 8:23 AM, _Dectalk at aol.com_ (mailto:Dectalk at aol.com)
wrote:
_http://theflameofhope.co/STORE.html_ (http://theflameofhope.co/STORE.html)
Hi, I don't think I ever mentioned this on the listserv because I didn't
know I could. As some of you know, I have a website, and for the longest
time almost everything was free with hopes for donations. Well, people were
getting free files but never donating. So sadly I made some changes. I
only say sadly because kids who can't talk can only sing by using Dectalk, so
I badly wanted kids to have free access to any song they wanted so they
could sing just like any other child. It got totally abused, so I made some
changes.
I have one announcement that I'm still pinching myself over because I
can't believe I'm being allowed to do this without a fight. When Blake and I
were working for Enable Rehab, we were given a beta Dectalk SAPI that could
sing. Well, I decided to release it for free because I was tired of Corine
publicly saying she didn't have the source code to make it sing.
Internally, she alone decided to remove the singing feature and tell that lie.
Corine got wind that I was releasing the beta Dectalk SAPI, and she relayed a
message to me saying she didn't care and wished me well. It slightly
takes the fun out of releasing it, but ok.
I'm not charging for the SAPI because the singing part is unstable, plus I
want it free anyway. So, you get the SAPI, the Speak Window, a new blind
friendly Speak Window, dictionary tools, instructions that Blake Roberts
wrote, and help support. So, you can get the beta from me for free with
instructions and support, or you can pay $24.95 to Enable Rehab and get no
instructions or support. And remember, if you buy "DECTALK READER 1" from
Enable Rehab, you don't get what you pay for, you get Dectalk 4.61.
Anyway, my songs are all $1.50. I've been sick for a month so I haven't
been doing new songs for a while. I'm still recovering, but by mid August
I'm hoping to be doing songs again. I plan on doing top 40 songs.
So I hope you all check out my store and share it with others.
SNOOPI BOTTEN
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