[DECtalk] some decTalk multilingual questions

Josh Kennedy joshknnd1982 at gmail.com
Fri Jul 12 15:14:45 EDT 2019


Also, keynote software was SSIL-based. But again that does not matter. Oh it also ran on windows CE on the old brailleNote noteTakers. Humanware has since abandoned keynote on android, opting to go with modern acapela voices instead and whatever other android voices you install from the play store. But lets not get into that here! A software sapi5 doubleTalk would be doable, certainly. 



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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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