[DECtalk] Best way to record sound from a DECtalk Express

[tony at baechler.net]

Hi, 

I'm sure others will have ideas, but here is what I did. You need what
Radio Shack called a patch cord. Of course Radio Shack is mostly gone,
so try Amazon. Basically, it has plugs on both ends. One end goes into
the earphone jack of the DECtalk Express or other device. The other end
goes into the line-in on your sound card. You just record from line-in
as you would normally. It shouldn't pick up any other noise. I suggest
getting a mono cord, but a stereo one works fine. It shouldn't be very
expensive if they still make them anymore. They're good to have and have
all kinds of uses. It doesn't matter what end goes into what jack. I
used them to transfer audio from cassette. As you found out, you can't
use an external recorder. 

Another, probably far easier, option is to use speak.exe and have it
output a .wav of what you want. There are two issues though. First, it's
a demo and has limitations on text size. The second is that, in my
opinion, the output it generates doesn't sound very good. It uses a
different version of the software than the Express and the .wav files
are at a very low sample rate. Recording from hardware definitely gives
you better quality.

On 2018-09-07 09:16, Aksel Leo Christoffersen wrote:

> Hi, 
> 
> I am interested in recording sound from my DECtalk Express, so I can save various things as wave files, but what is the best way to record from it? 
> 
> I've found a recording in the DECtalk Archive of a DECtalk Express turning on, and there's no background noice or anything. So I first tried to use a Olympus recorder with a audio-cable to record the sound, but there was some background noice. I then tried to use the microphone line-in on my computer, but that created even more background noice. 
> 
> Here are links to the recordings, so you can hear what I mean. 
> 
> Recording from the DECtalk Archive: 
> 
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/hmz8h445fsgk49n/DTOnAC1.wav?dl=1 
> 
> Recording with my Olympus recorder: 
> 
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/pxyx7uign0jofqf/DTOnAC2.wav?dl=1 
> 
> Recording from line-in on my computer: 
> 
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/6d9aab5l6mth433/DTOnAC3.wav?dl=1 
> 
> So do anyone know, how the recording from the Archive was made, or simply what is the best way to record the sound? 
> 
> Thanks in advance, and sorry for my bad english. 
> 
> Best regards: 
> 
> Aksel Christoffersen 
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