[DECtalk] some decTalk multilingual questions

[Josh Kennedy]

Keynote was certainly not sapi based. It worked on windows 3.1 on up through windows98. And it required stuff that is not available in modern windows. But that does not matter really. The point is, they made a software version of keynote gold. That it was not sapi5 does not matter. Point is if they can make software keynote gold and decTalk software out of their original hardware boxes, then a software sapi5 doubleTalk is certainly doable! Just rip out the rom with an eProm reader, probably have to do some recompiling and write a sapi5 interface. And there you go. 

Josh


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From: Brandon Tyson
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2019 14:58
To: DECtalk
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] some decTalk multilingual questions

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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