[DECtalk] using decTalk speak windows with screen readers

joshknnd1982 at gmail.com joshknnd1982 at gmail.com
Fri Aug 12 15:36:15 EDT 2022


I haven’t tried it yet, so not sure if it will work for me or not. Back 25
years ago I could use the jaws cursor and click on graphics and scroll bars
in the decTalk speak window program.

 

 

From: Dectalk <dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com> On Behalf Of Aksel Leo
Christoffersen
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2022 15:15
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Subject: Re: [DECtalk] using decTalk speak windows with screen readers

 

Yes, I think object navigation will work as well, but I haven’t tried it. I
don’t how you change the speaking rate with the buttons.

 

I’ve tried the 4.2 speaking window, but it doesn’t work for me, claiming
that it is not a valid win32 program. But it seems to be corect that it’s
4.2, giving the tie stamp on the files are from october 1994. Does it work
for you?

 

 

 

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And I imagine object navigation with NVDA will do the same thing?

 

 

 

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<mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com> > On Behalf Of Aksel Leo
Christoffersen
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Subject: Re: [DECtalk] using decTalk speak windows with screen readers

 

Hello Josh,

 

First of, would you mind sending a link to that DECtalk 4.2 speak window,
because I’m quite sure that version doesn’t exist as software.

 

Secondly, you can use the touch-cursor in JAWS to use the various buttons in
the speak windows, but I would recoment just entering the appropriate voice
commands to change the parameter you  want,, for example change to Betty by
using the command [:nb ]. The touch-cursor is very useful though, when you
want to play the text you’ve entered. When you activate the touch-cursor,
and use the right arrow to go through the objects in the window, you will at
some point come across several unlabelled buttons, right after an object,
where JAWS just says speaking rate. The first three buttons are play, pause
and stop, and I think the next nine are for the voices, but I can’t remember
which order they’re in.

 

Kind regards:

Aksel Christoffersen

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