[DECtalk] dectalk.dll from dictool

[Jake Gross]

Hi,
I am attaching a WAV file of your text file through this version of DECtalk.
I will look into finding a way to include the Visual Studio 2008 Debug
runtime in a zip file with the other things.
Jake

On 6/25/20, Aksel Leo Christoffersen <aksel at blindsigtmail.dk> wrote:
> Hi Jake,
>
> I'm very interested in trying this version of DECtalk, but I don't know
> anything about visual studio. How can I get this up and running?
>
> Otherwise, if this isn't possible, then could you maybe convert the attached
> textfile to a wave-file with this version. It's just a test-file I made to
> test the various DECtalk voices.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Best regards:
> Aksel Christoffersen
>
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] På vegne af Jake
> Gross
> Sendt: 25. juni 2020 10:01
> Til: dectalk at bluegrasspals.com
> Emne: [DECtalk] dectalk.dll from dictool
>
> Hi,
> I noticed their was a version of dectalk.dll that came with the dictool
> program that was included with DECtalk Reader 1.
> I couldn't get it to work initially, because it Required the Microsoft
> Visual Studio 2008 Debug runtime. I copied the dll, a dictionary, and
> speak.exe to my Windows XP virtual machine with Visual Studio 2008, and I
> rendered the classic vermont.txt with this version of DECtalk.
> I was quite surprised with the output. the dll  identifies itself as version
> 5.0, but it sounds more like version 4.3. That is interesting.
> Jake
>
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