<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">no, they are. The plain talk voices, which are made by Apple, but the technology they use is probably based on. DECTALK.<div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 1, 2022, at 14:29, mattias jonsson <mj@mjw.se> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Josh, are you sure the vintage apple voices dont are a modified dectalk</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">At least fred</p>
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<div class="PlainText">Apple doesn't really need a version of deck talk, because the vintage Apple voices such as Fred, they can already sing and do most of the things that deck talk. Already does.<br>
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> On Jul 1, 2022, at 09:42, Karen Lewellen <klewellen@shellworld.net> wrote:<br>
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> well, apple could use one as well.<br>
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>> On Fri, 1 Jul 2022, Brandon Misch wrote:<br>
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>> now all we need is a version for android at some point if possible<br>
>> <br>
>>> On 6/30/22, Isaac <bigikemusic@gmail.com> wrote:<br>
>>> Hi, where is the addon for nvda to use the non sapi 5 dectalk?<br>
>>> <br>
>>> On 6/30/2022 9:39 PM, joshknnd1982@gmail.com wrote:<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Hi,<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> I got the following message from the people I have hired to make the<br>
>>>> much older good-sounding decTalk 4.41, 4.51 and 4.60 dlls into a sapi5<br>
>>>> version. I recommended they just modify Jake Gross’s IBM-tts sapi5<br>
>>>> interface to accept, load, and use decTalk commands rather than<br>
>>>> eci.dll and IBM-tts and eloquence commands. And if this works I may be<br>
>>>> able to get the old WillowPond tts dlls as sapi5 also.<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> *From:* Rory MICHIE <sightlesswolfentertainment@gmail.com><br>
>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, June 30, 2022 21:57<br>
>>>> *To:* joshknnd1982@gmail.com<br>
>>>> *Subject:* RE: decTalk sapi5 installer<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Hello,<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> This is certainly a possibility. We will look into this, as it seems<br>
>>>> the building blocks have already been built.<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Sent from Mail <<a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986</a>> for<br>
>>>> Windows<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> *From: *joshknnd1982@gmail.com<br>
>>>> *Sent: *Friday, July 1, 2022 8:56 AM<br>
>>>> *To: *Rory MICHIE <<a href="mailto:sightlesswolfentertainment@gmail.com">mailto:sightlesswolfentertainment@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>>> *Subject: *RE: decTalk sapi5 installer<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Hello,<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> It may take you far less time if you just modify Jake’s IBM-tts sapi5<br>
>>>> interface to load and use decTalk dlls and commands? The github site<br>
>>>> and all its source code and his simple installer and directions is at:<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> <a href="https://github.com/datajake1999/SAPI5IBMTTS">https://github.com/datajake1999/SAPI5IBMTTS</a><br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> and to make things easier and less work for you guys, just follow and<br>
>>>> implement Jake’s directions for installation and uninstallation but<br>
>>>> just change them slightly for decTalk dlls. Would that help you guys<br>
>>>> out? And it would also let users adjust speech rate, pitch and other<br>
>>>> sapi5 characteristics. If modifying Jake’s scripts is much easier for<br>
>>>> you guys then just do that then. Lots less work for you.<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> *From:* Rory MICHIE <sightlesswolfentertainment@gmail.com><br>
>>>> *Sent:* Friday, June 24, 2022 13:23<br>
>>>> *To:* joshknnd1982@gmail.com<br>
>>>> *Subject:* RE: decTalk sapi5 installer<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Hello,<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Unfortunately we will not be able to implement speech rate and pitch<br>
>>>> changes.<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> However, there may be a workaround:<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> An advanced install wizard. It will automatically configure each time<br>
>>>> it’s run, and each time it will retain settings from the previous run<br>
>>>> which were not changed. The install wizard will handle rate and pitch<br>
>>>> changes. We can also create an optional script that users can run to<br>
>>>> nudge DecTalk’s rate and pitch<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> We will also need the documentation for the decTalk dll files, since<br>
>>>> we can’t link to them without the correct function names, parameters<br>
>>>> and calling conventions<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Regards,<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Sightless Wolf Entertainment team.<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Sent from Mail <<a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986</a>> for<br>
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>>>> <br>
>>>> *From: *joshknnd1982@gmail.com<br>
>>>> *Sent: *Friday, June 24, 2022 11:34 PM<br>
>>>> *To: *Rory MICHIE <<a href="mailto:sightlesswolfentertainment@gmail.com">mailto:sightlesswolfentertainment@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>>> *Subject: *RE: decTalk sapi5 installer<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> $500 sounds good that is what I paid about 16 years ago for another<br>
>>>> text-to-speech project I just forgot about that one up until now.<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Josh Kennedy<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> *From:* Rory MICHIE <sightlesswolfentertainment@gmail.com><br>
>>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, June 22, 2022 18:46<br>
>>>> *To:* joshknnd1982@gmailcom <<a href="mailto:joshknnd1982@gmail.com">mailto:joshknnd1982@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>>> *Subject:* RE: decTalk sapi5 installer<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Hello,<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Thank you for contacting us regarding your freelance work<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Please send the team the DLL files and we will proceed with research<br>
>>>> and programming.<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Note: the programming might take up to a month, depending on potential<br>
>>>> complexities. We will contact you regarding any further information.<br>
>>>> <br>
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>>>> Windows<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> *From: *joshknnd1982@gmail.com<br>
>>>> *Sent: *Thursday, June 23, 2022 4:50 AM<br>
>>>> *To: *sightlesswolfentertainment@gmail.com<br>
>>>> *Subject: *decTalk sapi5 installer<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> Hi,<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> If I send you three decTalk dll files, could you make a sapi5<br>
>>>> interface and package them into an installer that would let the user<br>
>>>> choose their favorite decTalk version during or before installation?<br>
>>>> Also with ability for all punctuation just to be sent directly to the<br>
>>>> synthesizer, ability to choose any decTalk voice in other words expose<br>
>>>> all decTalk voices to sapi5, ability to adjust pitch volume and speech<br>
>>>> rate according to the range of whatever decTalk’s parameters are. User<br>
>>>> would have to uninstall decTalk and run installer again to install<br>
>>>> another version of decTalk<br>
>>>> <br>
>>>> <br>
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