[DECtalk] why can dectalk sing?

[Alex H.]

Rest in peace, Dennis. When I hear Dectalk, it's like looking at a
painting of someone's legacy. It was advanced for the time, and still
does really cool stuff. I'm glad it was modernized for NVDA and the
like. Dectalk lives on!

Alex

On 5/21/15, Blake Roberts via Dectalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
> Dennis passed away in 1988.  I became interested in Dectalk about 15 years
> after that and would have enjoyed meeting him in-person if it had been
> possible.
> Blake
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of
> Mohamed via Dectalk
> Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2015 6:34 PM
> To: DECtalk
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] why can dectalk sing?
>
> Out of curiosity, is he still alive?
>
> On 05/21/15 06:29 PM, Edward Bruckert via Dectalk wrote:
>> because dennis wanted it to. Ir first sang happy birthday to his
>> daughter.
>>
>>
>> On Jan 1, 2009, at 7:08 AM, Mohamed via Dectalk
> <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi guys, so, I have another question.  Why can dectalk sing to begin
> with? I know it was mentioned in DT documentation, so I don't think it's an
> easter egg.  So, my question is, why was singing added in dectalk, and how
> exactly does it work?
>>> I'm very interested in this.
>>> Thanks.
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