[DECtalk] legality of dectalk, II

[Brandon Tyson]

Hello,

There used to be a DecTalk 4.6.1 SAPI5, if memory serves.
Is it still possible to purchase it?

I like that one, particularly because of how certain things are read.
It's a nice cross between the old and new DecTalk.

Thanks,

Brandon

On 7/31/19, Blake Roberts <beroberts at hughes.net> wrote:
> Brandon,
> Yes, I am the Blake referenced in that article. The "beta" SAPI referenced
> is the Dectalk 4.64 SAPI which I shared with this list many years ago. It
> was called Beta by myself and Snoopi primarily because the singing function
> did not work very well in that SAPI. The 4.64 SAPI remains today as it was
> then. Long-time members of list I'm sure can recall that I got it from
> someone when I was part of a Dectalk SAPI project. I do not want to
> revisit/remember that period again because it's old history now.
> Blake
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brandon Tyson <brandongold98 at gmail.com>
> To: DECtalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
> Sent: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 20:41:57 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] legality of dectalk, II
>
> Hello,
>
> I saw a page pertaining to the archive I posted awhile back.
> Is the Blake this article refers to Blake Roberts?
>
> http://www.theflameofhope.co/DECTALK%20READER%201.html
>
> What would the status of this DecTalk SAPI be?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brandon
>
> On 7/18/19, Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Copyright law is just plain broken and it needs a serious overhaul!
>> Speech-fx has to know about the decTalk stuff, floating around the
>> internet
>> for free. Anyone who google searches it can find it easy enough several
>> places. Unless speech-fx only cares about you if you have a big company
>> behind you and can fork over $20000 or so.
>>
>> Josh
>>
>>
>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>>
>> From: Jayson Smith
>> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2019 17:57
>> To: DECtalk Discussions
>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] legality of dectalk, II
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Much as I'd like to say this is true, that's just his thoughts on the
>> matter. I assume the DECtalk intellectual property is owned by Speech-FX,
>> and if that's the case, only they can legally make such a declaration, no
>> one else.
>>
>> Jayson
>>
>> On 7/18/2019 5:41 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I found this interesting post back in the archives of this list.
>>
>> http://bluegrasspals.com/pipermail/dectalk/2014-July/003897.html
>>
>> so is this true? DecTalk is open for all? As long as its an older version
>> not licensed by speech-fx inc or fonixTalk?
>>
>> Josh
>>
>>
>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>>
>>
>>
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