[DECtalk] An interesting read, which puts the current state of DECtalk's ownership into question

[Derek Roberts]

Hi,

As the husband mentioned in the OP, I can confirm what was written there.
If anyone wants anything answered or clarified, feel free to write me/us
personally, or use any of the many forms of communication we have.
As for the question of the subject, ... Yeah. Human Voice LLC is nowhere to
be found, despite BT apparently having signed an agreement to license
DECTalk as a work of charity for the blind.
Also, if you have a BTSpeak, you can easily verify where they got their
DECTalk from. In case you don't, I'd be happy to record and verify, however
wanted, a BTSpeak saying the output of
[:version speak]
Spoiler warning:



4.99 Github

Thanks,
Derek


On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 9:52 PM Aksel Christoffersen <aksel at blindsigtmail.dk>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
>
> It was stated on this list earlier this year, that DECtalk was now owned
> by a company called Human Voice LLC, which was apparently information
> directly from Deane Blazie, who produces the BT Speak. However, I just
> found a post on the Audio Games forum, which calls all this into question.
>
> The post was written back in june by a person who has apparently worked
> for Blazie, and who has had some terrible experiences dealing and working
> with them.
>
> https://forum.audiogames.net/topic/53701/blazie-technologies-madness/
>
>
>
> In post 71 of this topic, the person writes the following:
>
> Start of quote.
>
> Human Voice LLC was said to be a company owned by the maker of DECtalk's
> granddaughter. It was said that it existed in MA. If you google it you find
> nothing. If you look on the state of MA's business directories, you find
> nothing. I've also checked every other state, in case there was a mistake.
> There is no company called Human Voice LLC in the US. Additionally if you
> look at the BTSpeak itself, Dectalk there is exactly the same as the
> version on the Dectalk GitHub. The version they're using is tracked in a
> git branch.
>
> End of quote.
>
>
>
> I would also recoment reading the entirity of post 1 in the topic, where
> the person details her entire terrible experiences with Blazie.
>
>
>
> I personally think it’s a horrible world we live in, if this is the norm
> for assistive technology companies.
>
>
>
> Kind regards:
>
> Aksel
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