[DECtalk] Report of a successful use of dectalk with graphical Linux.

[joshknnd1982 at gmail.com]

My source is:   Eduard Sánchez.   CEO of codeFactory. He told me himself
when I called him.


-----Original Message-----
From: Dectalk <dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com> On Behalf Of Karen
Lewellen
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 11:12
To: DECtalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Report of a successful use of dectalk with graphical
Linux.

Your source?



On Wed, 22 Feb 2023, Josh Kennedy wrote:

> No they're not the same company I can assure you of that  .
>
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2023, 10:58 Karen Lewellen <klewellen at shellworld.net>
wrote:
>
>> And  you have likewise reached out to code factory?
>> It is possible they may be the same company?
>> Nothing personal, but given your question about how public licenses 
>> work, can we be assured that those you have contacted will take this 
>> matter seriously?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 22 Feb 2023, joshknnd1982 at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> No sorry. Jake is quite busy this time of year so I reached out to 
>>> others who may know the fonix employees who gave the code to us. If 
>>> there is any progress I'll let you know.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Dectalk <dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com> On Behalf Of Karen 
>>> Lewellen
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 10:00
>>> To: DECtalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Report of a successful use of dectalk with
>> graphical
>>> Linux.
>>>
>>> And, it is not likely to join android until the legal barriers are
>> removed.
>>> Any progress on that front?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 22 Feb 2023, Josh Kennedy wrote:
>>>
>>>> Too bad it doesn't run on Android yet. Well at least we have espeak 
>>>> with all of its new variants such as Glenn and wave and many others
now.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Feb 22, 2023, 00:01 Karen Lewellen 
>>>> <klewellen at shellworld.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> because that requires permission.
>>>>> why not get that permission from the individuals providing the 
>>>>> source code?
>>>>> Anyone adding a general public license must have the right to do 
>>>>> as
>> much.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 21 Feb 2023, Josh Kennedy wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Well why not just go on to its GitHub page and remove all the 
>>>>>> licenses
>>>>> and
>>>>>> just replace them with the general public license?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Feb 21, 2023, 23:17 Karen Lewellen 
>>>>>> <klewellen at shellworld.net>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi members,
>>>>>>> Sharing this post from the blind Linux users group.  Hope it
>> generates
>>> a
>>>>>>> smile.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>>>> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2023 22:59:35 -0500
>>>>>>> From: Linux for blind general discussion 
>>>>>>> <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>>>>>> To: Linux for blind general discussion <blinux-list at redhat.com>
>>>>>>> Subject: What a find! DECTalk!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm happy to be in the fediverse right now. Looking through my
>>>>> timeline, I
>>>>>>> just
>>>>>>> found a link to a Github repository that has DECTalk source 
>>>>>>> code, apparently released by some of the original DECTalk 
>>>>>>> developers.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://github.com/dectalk/dectalk
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The LICENSE file still has scary words like "proprietary" and 
>>>>>>> "confidential"
>>>>>>> and "all rights reserved," but the source builds and works. I 
>>>>>>> have it working in speech-dispatcher with Orca as I write this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Note that this is the DECTalk software version 4.x, the one that
>> sounds
>>>>>>> just
>>>>>>> like the DECTalk Express from the 1990's, so anyone who needs
>> hardware
>>>>>>> speech
>>>>>>> should feel right at home with this. No, this is not the 5.x 
>>>>>>> DECTalk
>>>>> that
>>>>>>> really sounds like crap. Have fun and enjoy, and I do hope they 
>>>>>>> fix
>>> this
>>>>>>> license soon. It would be good to have another truly free speech 
>>>>>>> synthesizer to play with, and this is definitely a huge step in 
>>>>>>> that direction.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ~ Kyle
>>>>>>>
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