[DECtalk] some questions

[Alex H.]

Eek. Something worse than ENG FonixTalk? Wo.
I heard/messed with the other languages in Dectalk, and the UK one
especially seems to be terrible across the board. Like, just bad.

I find it interesting that we didn't see more languages until 4.61,
when there apparently was a huge internal change that made it sound
like a dehydrated frog. ;)

I guess there's no hope of a real 5.0 demo? It's something I'm curious
about, even though I've heard it's nothing special. It's that legacy
and collector in me that's wanting me to get it. Even a sample of it
saying something would be great!

Alex


On 7/22/15, Carlos Fernandez via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
> Given that Snoopi hasn't seen most of the list messages, I should inform
> him that the BTSync archive is still up and running and actually adding
> content. I will make a copy of this, attempt to remove objectionable
> material, and send it on to you if that's ok with you guys.
> Dectalk 4.6.4 also contains an Italian speak window, which I can
> separate from the all languages archive we've got in the BTSync and send
> on as well. If you include the fonixTalk speak window (which cannot be
> separated), there are also Chinese and Korean. I do not speak Korean,
> but trust me that the Chinese is the worst speech synthesis for that
> language I have ever heard. The pronunciation is appalling, and the
> speech quality is miles behind even the English fonixTalk (and that's
> saying something).
>
> Carlos
>
> On 7/22/2015 17:40, Blake Roberts via Dectalk wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone, this is Snoopi and Blake Roberts is writing this for me.
>> However I will be back on the listserv real soon so I am very happy
>> about that!
>>
>> Anyway I have a question. I am putting speak windows on my web site
>> that do other languages. The only ones I have are French, German,
>> Spanish and the United Kingdom english. I want to know if there are
>> any other languages? And if there are, how do I get them? I would love
>> to have every language!
>>
>> I am trying to have everything about Dectalk on my web site. Does
>> anyone have a copy of the old BlueGrassPals Dectalk archive with all
>> the Dectalk stuff? I have all the files but my problem is, you have to
>> put in a password whenever you want  to play the files. I don't know
>> how to remove the password. So if I can get a new copy without the
>> password, I want to put it on my site.
>>
>> If I am able to host the files on my site, I want to delete the sexual
>> and bad language audio content. My web host would be very upset with
>> me if those files were on my site. Besides, kids might visit! Would it
>> be ok with list members for me to do that?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Snoopi Botten
>>
>>
>>
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