[DECtalk] DECtalk source compiled

[Don]

On 6/22/2020 4:49 AM, Jake Gross wrote:
> Hi,
> I took another crack at building the DECtalk source code, and after
> fixing a compiler and linker error, I got the code building on Windows
> using Visual Studio 6.

I was unaware that the sources had been made available to the public (?)

> It seems that I built a Beta version of DECtalk 5.0. I was also
> looking at some of the code, and I found many interesting comments
> about some of the code history.

The text _From Text to Speech: The MITalk System_ goes a long way towards
explaining the algorithms used in the various stages of the synthesizer
though it focuses on the actual DECtalk hardware version (actually, on the
PRE-DECtalk implementation).

Additionally, sources for several of Klatt's earlier synthesizer versions
are floating around the web.

Additionally, many wannabe projects that have tried to mimic/enhance the
original algorithms (with varying degrees of success).

I'm still waiting for a double-blind comparison of DECtalk to the more
modern synthesizers available, today.  Some are truly amazing in their
degree of naturalness and intelligibility!