[DECtalk] FW: decTalk sapi5 installer

Karen Lewellen klewellen at shellworld.net
Fri Jul 1 18:20:51 EDT 2022


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On Fri, 1 Jul 2022, Isaac wrote:

> If you guys need a place to host, I can give links to my google drive as I 
> pay for a subscription there.
>
> On 7/1/2022 7:52 AM, Blake Roberts via Dectalk wrote:
>>
>>  To clarify Mattias reply a bit: Jake Gross's site has been down for
>>  months. Some members of this list figured that out shortly after he took
>>  his site offline.
>>
>>  When his site is loaded, it still says:
>> 
>> 
>>
>>  "Important Notice
>>
>>  Since hosting large files impacts the survice of my hosting provider, I
>>  have taken all content offline."
>> 
>> 
>>
>>  It would not surprise me at all if Jake allows his domain to expire rather
>>  than pay for (renew) a domain which has no content.
>>
>>  Blake
>> 
>> 
>>
>>  On 7/1/2022 7:45 AM, mattias wrote:
>> > 
>> >  jakes site are down
>> > 
>> >  Den 2022-07-01 kl. 13:39, skrev joshknnd1982 at gmail.com:
>> > > 
>> > >  Yes I will be paying a few hundred dollars for this out of my own 
>> > >  pocket. I will be giving it away for free on this list and to anyone 
>> > >  who wants it, … and I also hope to do the same with the old 
>> > >  willowPond tts, soon. That is, to have them modify Jake’s IBM tts 
>> > >  sapi5 interface to load the old softVoice dlls. forever. I expect 
>> > >  nothing in return and I will also try to find a way to put the sapi5 
>> > >  decTalk 4.41, 4.45 and 4.60, on the internet archive’s vintage 
>> > >  software section. And I will definitely be giving it to Jake Gross for 
>> > >  his website.
>> > > 
>> > >  *From:* Dectalk <dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com> *On Behalf Of 
>> > >  *Blake Roberts via Dectalk
>> > >  *Sent:* Friday, July 1, 2022 3:57
>> > >  *To:* DECtalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>> > >  *Cc:* Blake Roberts <BEarlRoberts at aol.com>
>> > >  *Subject:* Re: [DECtalk] FW: decTalk sapi5 installer
>> > > 
>> > >  Josh,
>> > > 
>> > >  Since you "hired" a company or group of people to create a SAPI5 of 
>> > >  DECTalk, I am thinking you might have paid hundreds or thousands of 
>> > >  dollars. People/contracting companies are not hired for free. Will you 
>> > >  be offering the DECTalk SAPI5 to the DECTalk list, or is the installer 
>> > >  for your own private use only? If you plan to distribute the SAPI5 to 
>> > >  other DECTalk enthusiasts, will you charge individuals a set fee for 
>> > >  the installer?
>> > > 
>> > >  Blake
>> > > 
>> > >  On 6/30/2022 10:39 PM, joshknnd1982 at gmail.com wrote:
>> > > 
>> > >      Hi,
>> > > 
>> > >      I got the following message from the people I have hired to make
>> > >      the much older good-sounding decTalk 4.41, 4.51 and 4.60 dlls
>> > >      into a sapi5 version. I recommended they just modify Jake
>> > >      Gross’s IBM-tts sapi5 interface to accept, load, and use decTalk
>> > >      commands rather than eci.dll and IBM-tts and eloquence commands.
>> > >      And if this works I may be able to get the old WillowPond tts
>> > >      dlls as sapi5 also.
>> > > 
>> > >      *From:* Rory MICHIE <sightlesswolfentertainment at gmail.com>
>> > >      <mailto:sightlesswolfentertainment at gmail.com>
>> > >      *Sent:* Thursday, June 30, 2022 21:57
>> > >      *To:* joshknnd1982 at gmail.com
>> > >      *Subject:* RE: decTalk sapi5 installer
>> > > 
>> > >      Hello,
>> > > 
>> > >      This is certainly a possibility. We will look into this, as it
>> > >      seems the building blocks have already been built.
>> > > 
>> > >      Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986>
>> > >      for Windows
>> > > 
>> > >      *From: *joshknnd1982 at gmail.com
>> > >      *Sent: *Friday, July 1, 2022 8:56 AM
>> > >      *To: *Rory MICHIE <mailto:sightlesswolfentertainment at gmail.com>
>> > >      *Subject: *RE: decTalk sapi5 installer
>> > > 
>> > >      Hello,
>> > > 
>> > >      It may take you far less time if you just modify Jake’s IBM-tts
>> > >      sapi5 interface to load and use decTalk dlls and commands? The
>> > >      github site and all its source code and his simple installer and
>> > >      directions is at:
>> > > 
>> > >      https://github.com/datajake1999/SAPI5IBMTTS
>> > > 
>> > >      and to make things easier and less work for you guys, just
>> > >      follow and implement Jake’s directions for installation and
>> > >      uninstallation but just change them slightly for decTalk dlls.
>> > >      Would that help you guys out? And it would also let users adjust
>> > >      speech rate, pitch and other sapi5 characteristics. If modifying
>> > >      Jake’s scripts is much easier for you guys then just do that
>> > >      then. Lots less work for you.
>> > > 
>> > >      *From:* Rory MICHIE <sightlesswolfentertainment at gmail.com>
>> > >      *Sent:* Friday, June 24, 2022 13:23
>> > >      *To:* joshknnd1982 at gmail.com
>> > >      *Subject:* RE: decTalk sapi5 installer
>> > > 
>> > >      Hello,
>> > > 
>> > >      Unfortunately we will not be able to implement speech rate and
>> > >      pitch changes.
>> > > 
>> > >      However, there may be a workaround:
>> > > 
>> > >      An advanced install wizard. It will automatically configure each
>> > >      time it’s run, and each time it will retain settings from the
>> > >      previous run which were not changed. The install wizard will
>> > >      handle rate and pitch changes. We can also create an optional
>> > >      script that users can run to nudge DecTalk’s rate and pitch
>> > > 
>> > >      We will also need the documentation for the decTalk dll files,
>> > >      since we can’t link to them without the correct function names,
>> > >      parameters and calling conventions
>> > > 
>> > >      Regards,
>> > > 
>> > >      Sightless Wolf Entertainment team.
>> > > 
>> > >      Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986>
>> > >      for Windows
>> > > 
>> > >      *From: *joshknnd1982 at gmail.com
>> > >      *Sent: *Friday, June 24, 2022 11:34 PM
>> > >      *To: *Rory MICHIE <mailto:sightlesswolfentertainment at gmail.com>
>> > >      *Subject: *RE: decTalk sapi5 installer
>> > > 
>> > >      $500 sounds good that is what I paid about 16 years ago for
>> > >      another text-to-speech project I just forgot about that one up
>> > >      until now.
>> > > 
>> > >      Josh Kennedy
>> > > 
>> > >      *From:* Rory MICHIE <sightlesswolfentertainment at gmail.com>
>> > >      *Sent:* Wednesday, June 22, 2022 18:46
>> > >      *To:* joshknnd1982 at gmailcom <mailto:joshknnd1982 at gmail.com>
>> > >      *Subject:* RE: decTalk sapi5 installer
>> > > 
>> > >      Hello,
>> > > 
>> > >      Thank you for contacting us regarding your freelance work
>> > > 
>> > >      Please send the team the DLL files and we will proceed with
>> > >      research and programming.
>> > > 
>> > >      Note: the programming might take up to a month, depending on
>> > >      potential complexities. We will contact you regarding any
>> > >      further information.
>> > > 
>> > >      Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986>
>> > >      for Windows
>> > > 
>> > >      *From: *joshknnd1982 at gmail.com
>> > >      *Sent: *Thursday, June 23, 2022 4:50 AM
>> > >      *To: *sightlesswolfentertainment at gmail.com
>> > >      *Subject: *decTalk sapi5 installer
>> > > 
>> > >      Hi,
>> > > 
>> > >      If I send you three decTalk dll files, could you make a sapi5
>> > >      interface and package them into an installer that would let the
>> > >      user choose their favorite decTalk version during or before
>> > >      installation? Also with ability for all punctuation just to be
>> > >      sent directly to the synthesizer, ability to choose any decTalk
>> > >      voice in other words expose all decTalk voices to sapi5, ability
>> > >      to adjust pitch volume and speech rate according to the range of
>> > >      whatever decTalk’s parameters are. User would have to uninstall
>> > >      decTalk and run installer again to install another version of
>> > >      decTalk
>> > > 
>> > > 
>> > > 
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