[DECtalk] question about Kurzweil 1000 voices

[Blake Roberts]

I also concur with what Jake McMahan wrote. I would like to point out 
that the DecTalk list archives are publicly accesible, so anything 
posted here could realistically be visible to anyone on the Internet for 
decades to come.


Regarding Kurzweil 1000: I currently plan to use James and Kurzweil 
until shortly before the Kurzweil 1000 trial expires. I do not intend to 
ever install illegal copies of NeoSpeech voices on my computer. That's 
my choice. I know those voices are *not* free. The Kurzweil trial period 
enables me to legally use James, Kate and Paul during the trial's 
duration period.


Since Kurzweil costs as much as OpenBook (a competing optical character 
recognition product which does not have NeoSpeech voices), I might not 
buy Kurzweil 1000 for $995. But I definitely like all three NeoSpeech 
voices.


Blake



On 6/15/2021 8:35 PM, Don wrote:
> On 6/15/2021 5:29 PM, Jake McMahan wrote:
>> Greetings:
>>
>> I would really be mindful about posting this kind of thing on the 
>> list.  No
>> meanness intended, but the wrong person could see this and could take 
>> issue as
>> this is technically illegal.  This maybe the data to keep it working, 
>> but that
>> in itself is still getting around a limitation put in place by the 
>> software
>> manufacturer.
>
> Exactly.  It also can place the list owner in some legal jeopardy.
>
> A simple "Contact me offlist" is more appropriate.  Or, contact HIM 
> offlist
> so there isn't even a (public) record of your interaction!
>
>
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