[DECtalk] Using hardware synth with NVDA

Blake Roberts beroberts at hughes.net
Mon Jun 29 08:11:07 EDT 2015


If I remember correctly, Alex created the Dectalk Express add-on several
years ago. I don't know how well it works with NVDA as I don't have a
hardware synth.
Blake

-----Original Message-----
From: Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of
Mohamed via Dectalk
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2015 7:10 AM
To: DECtalk
Cc: Mohamed
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Using hardware synth with NVDA

Hi, there is a DECtalk express add on, I'm not sure how well it works as 
I haven't tried it myself, but the link is 
http://jeff.tdrealms.com/Add-Ons/DECTalkExpress%20working%20version.nvda-add
on

On 06/29/15 04:20 AM, Tony Baechler via Dectalk wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The message below about an NVDA addon for MBrola reminded me of something
> I've been meaning to ask for a while.  Would it be possible to use my
> DECtalk Express with NVDA?  I know NVDA has at least some serial support
> because it supports serial Braille displays.  I am not a Python
programmer,
> but in the worst case, it looks like a Braille display driver could be
> modified to support speech.  A better solution would be an addon which
> actually supports all of the DECtalk Express features.  Would someone here
> mind writing such a thing?  I would be very happy to host it for download.
> One of the main reasons why I haven't switched is because I don't like
> software speech and it's hard for me to understand.  Thanks!
>
> On 6/28/2015 11:46 PM, Jake Gross via Dectalk wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I created an addon that allows you to use the mbrola voices with nvda.
>> Espeak is used to do the text to phoneme conversion.
>> Please note that you must have mbrola tools installed for  this addon
>> to work properly.
>> The download link for the addon is:
>>
http://grossgang.com/tts/synthesizers%20for%20nvda/mbrola%20in%20espeak.nvda
-addon
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