[DECtalk] DECTALK speak windows and screen readers

[joshknnd1982 at gmail.com]

Regarding decTalk and freedom scientific... Is there a company that we could
pay to write sapi5 interfaces for the decTalk versions we have? Or maybe
pick one or two most popular decTalk versions and pay a company to write a
sapi5 interface for it so it will just work with everything? I would gladly
pay for a sapi5 version of decTalk 4.41 for example.



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Sent: Monday, June 20, 2022 17:09
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Subject: Re: [DECtalk] DECTALK speak windows and screen readers

Hi Josh,

I consider it unlikely that Freedom Scientific/Vispero would begin selling
DECTalk Access32 after all these years of not doing so. I, too, would be
willing to pay for DECTalk Access32 for JAWS, but we are only two people.
FS/Vispero could understandably conclude, if they consider such suggestion
from you or someone else, that selling DECTalk Access32 for JAWS would not
be proffitable.


Regarding the DECTalk speak windows: I have not tried using the DECTalk
speak windows with NVDA because object navigation is currently over my head
in comprehension.

In 2013, I acquired a zip file containing various versions of the Speak
Window, JAWS scripts for it and a text file of instructions on script usage.
Such scripts might have been developed by a former list member. I don't
remember who created and/or modified DECTalk speak window JAWS scripts
because 9 years have elapsed. I have not tried using those DECTalk speak
window JAWS scripts for many years. As a result, I don't know if they would
even work/compile with current JAWS versions. If Josh or anyone else would
like the zip file which includes JAWS scripts, write to me off-list.



Blake



On 6/20/2022 10:34 AM, Josh Kennedy wrote:
> hi,
> what is the best screen reader to use with the? DecTalk speak window
applications, in order to successfully click the various graphics, and to
adjust the rate of the speech? and do you think that freedom scientific will
ever bring back DecTalk access32? because I would really like to be able to
use an older version of DecTalk4.1 or 4.6 with Jaws again.
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