[DECtalk] dectalk.dll from dictool

[Brandon Tyson]

Hi,

I'd be interested in that (a SAPI5). I was talking to Jake about all
this off list a couple days ago and this is really interesting to me,
how this all works.

I'll have to take a look at those audio files.

Thanks,

B

On 6/25/20, Jake Gross <datajake at gmail.com> wrote:
> Since the DECtalk addon hasn't been updated to work with the latest
> NVDA, it won't work with NVDA. Since this version of dectalk.dll
> depends on a runtime DLL, the addon would have to also be modified so
> it can locate the runtime DLL.
> As for SAPI5, It might be possible to modify the SAPI5 interface to
> interface with dectalk.dll rather than have DECtalk staticly linked in
> sapi5.dll. This would make it possible to use a sapi5 version of any
> dectalk.dll.
>
>
>
> On 6/25/20, Isaac <bigikemusic at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi, is there any possibility to either make this work with a screen reader
>> through sapi or as an addon with nvda.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jake Gross" <datajake at gmail.com>
>> To: "DECtalk" <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2020 4:03 AM
>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] dectalk.dll from dictool
>>
>>
>> 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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