[DECtalk] some decTalk multilingual questions

[Brandon Tyson]

Hi,

Keynote was never SAPI based, though, and used a 16 bit driver, hence
why it only worked on Windows 9x. Or does that not matter?

Thanks,

Brandon

On 7/12/19, Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sure they could make a sapi5 doubleTalk. They first made a keynote gold
> hardware box, then made software versions of it. All they have to do is use
> an eProm reader a special chip reader to extract the rom then once the
> doubletalk rom is in the computer make it software tts speech.
>
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>
> From: Brandon Tyson
> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2019 14:41
> To: DECtalk
> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] some decTalk multilingual questions
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a feeling that it's not possible for them to make a SAPI5
> DoubleTalk as that's an actual chip in the device.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brandon
>
> On 7/12/19, Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I just emailed rc-systems, makers of doubletalk and requested a sapi5
>> doubleTalk, and also requested a doubletalk speak window. Not sure if
>> they
>> will do it but it was worth a try.
>>
>>
>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>>
>> From: Brandon Tyson
>> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2019 14:29
>> To: DECtalk
>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] some decTalk multilingual questions
>>
>> On 7/12/19, Josh Kennedy <joshknnd1982 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> hi
>>> I obtained and installed the various decTalk multilingual addons version
>>> 4.6.1 from grossgang.com website. but they will not load in the latest
>>> NVDA.
>>> How do I get them to load? other decTalk versions load fine. To do that,
>>> you need to install the Windows SDK of DecTalk from
>>> http://theflameofhope.co/dectalkreader1
>> also, how do I
>>> raise the volume? DecTalk seems a bit quiet and there is no volume
>>> control
>>> in the voices dialog. Lastly, is there a good reliable sapi5 decTalk
>>> that
>>> works good and does not crash? I am using windows 10 32bit on RCA cambio
>>> tablet, intel atom z8350 processor, 2gigs ram, windows10 32bit home
>>> version. Unfortunately I haven't found a way to change the volume.
>> In that same package that you downloaded, when you run setup.exe from
>> the main directory, there's a checkbox that says SAPI 5.0 SDK.
>>
>> To find it:
>> 1. Extract the zip file.
>> 2. Run setup.exe from the main directory.
>>> I want to play around with decTalk multilingual and a sapi5 decTalk if
>>> possible.
>>> Also where can I get the decTalk speak windows? I believe these are on
>>> http://bluegrasspals.com/decsoftware and there might be more on
>>> http://grossgang.com
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Brandon
>>
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