[DECtalk] dectalk sapi5

[Miguel Villagomez]

The latest version of DECtalk 4.99 is compatible with NVDA 2025. If you
compile the DLL from source and copy the NVDA folder in the repo, it will
work.
Otherwise, the 4.99 add-on on Jake's site should work.

On Wed, Oct 8, 2025, 9:30 AM mattias <mjonsson1986 at gmail.com> wrote:

> That addon dont work with newer nvda
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> *From: *Aksel Christoffersen <aksel at dectalk.nu>
> *Sent: *den 8 oktober 2025 15:03
> *To: *mjonsson1986 at gmail.com
> *Subject: *Re: [DECtalk] dectalk sapi5
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> The NVDA add-on is right here:
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> https://datajake.braillescreen.net/tts/DECtalk%204.99/DECtalk%204.99.nvda-addon
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> Kind regards:
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> Aksel
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> *Fra:* Dectalk [mailto:dectalk-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] *På vegne af *mattias
> jonsson
> *Sendt:* 8. oktober 2025 14:59
> *Til:* Aksel Christoffersen
> *Emne:* Re: [DECtalk] dectalk sapi5
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> and where to find the nvda addon?
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> Den 8 oktober 2025 14:57:57 skrev "Aksel Christoffersen" <aksel at dectalk.nu
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> Well, that one appears to use Jake’s new interface as well. I haven’t
> personally tried any DECtalk stuff on Windows 11, but I guess you could try
> the old one then, DECtalk 4.99 SAPI5.exe
> <https://datajake.braillescreen.net/tts/DECtalk%204.99/DECtalk%204.99%20SAPI5.exe>,
> to see if it works. If not, I don’t think any other SAPI5 interface for
> DECtalk exists for Windows 11.
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> If you use NVDA, there’s an NVDA add-on for DECtalk 4.99
> <https://datajake.braillescreen.net/tts/DECtalk%204.99/DECtalk%204.99.nvda-addon>
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> Kind regards:
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> Aksel
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> mattias
> *Sendt:* 8. oktober 2025 14:49
> *Til:* Aksel Christoffersen
> *Emne:* Re: [DECtalk] dectalk sapi5
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> I run win 11
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> I tryed  this one
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> https://datajake.braillescreen.net/tts/sapi_voices/DECtalk%204.60%20SAPI5.exe
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> *From: *Aksel Christoffersen <aksel at dectalk.nu>
> *Sent: *den 8 oktober 2025 14:44
> *To: *mjonsson1986 at gmail.com
> *Subject: *Re: [DECtalk] dectalk sapi5
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> Hi Mattias,
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> Which version of Windows are you using, and which version of DECtalk from
> Jake’s site did you try to use?
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> If you’re looking for DECtalk 4.99, Jake has two different SAPI5 versions
> available, DECtalk 4.99 SAPI5.exe
> <https://datajake.braillescreen.net/tts/DECtalk%204.99/DECtalk%204.99%20SAPI5.exe>
> and DECtalk 4.99 SAPI5 New.exe
> <https://datajake.braillescreen.net/tts/DECtalk%204.99/DECtalk%204.99%20SAPI5%20New.exe>.
> The first one is multilingual, but is a quite old implementation from the
> early 2000s from what I understand, however the newer one is a SAPI5
> interface that Jake wrote himself, so I suggest you try that one, if you
> haven’t already.
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> Kind regards:
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> Aksel
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> mattias
> *Sendt:* 8. oktober 2025 14:38
> *Til:* Aksel Christoffersen
> *Emne:* [DECtalk] dectalk sapi5
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> For newer windows
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> Where to find
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> That one on datajakes site wont work
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