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

[joshknnd1982 at gmail.com]

No of course not. I have better things to do than record my whole entire
life for a lawyer.


-----Original Message-----
From: Dectalk <dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com> On Behalf Of Karen
Lewellen
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 14:41
To: DECtalk <dectalk at bluegrasspals.com>
Subject: Re: [DECtalk] Report of a successful use of dectalk with graphical
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On Wed, 22 Feb 2023, joshknnd1982 at gmail.com wrote:

> 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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