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<p>jakes site are down<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Den 2022-07-01 kl. 13:39, skrev
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:joshknnd1982@gmail.com">joshknnd1982@gmail.com</a>:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yes I will be paying a few hundred dollars
for this out of my own pocket. I will be giving it away for
free on this list and to anyone who wants it, … and I also
hope to do the same with the old willowPond tts, soon. That
is, to have them modify Jake’s IBM tts sapi5 interface to load
the old softVoice dlls. forever. I expect nothing in return
and I will also try to find a way to put the sapi5 decTalk
4.41, 4.45 and 4.60, on the internet archive’s vintage
software section. And I will definitely be giving it to Jake
Gross for his website. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Dectalk
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com"><dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com></a> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Blake Roberts via Dectalk<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 1, 2022 3:57<br>
<b>To:</b> DECtalk <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com"><dectalk@bluegrasspals.com></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Blake Roberts <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:BEarlRoberts@aol.com"><BEarlRoberts@aol.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DECtalk] FW: decTalk sapi5 installer<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Josh,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Since you "hired" a company or group of people to create a
SAPI5 of DECTalk, I am thinking you might have paid hundreds
or thousands of dollars. People/contracting companies are not
hired for free. Will you be offering the DECTalk SAPI5 to the
DECTalk list, or is the installer for your own private use
only? If you plan to distribute the SAPI5 to other DECTalk
enthusiasts, will you charge individuals a set fee for the
installer?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Blake<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 6/30/2022 10:39 PM, <a href="mailto:joshknnd1982@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">joshknnd1982@gmail.com</a>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I
got the following message from the people I have hired to
make the much older good-sounding decTalk 4.41, 4.51 and
4.60 dlls into a sapi5 version. I recommended they just
modify Jake Gross’s IBM-tts sapi5 interface to accept,
load, and use decTalk commands rather than eci.dll and
IBM-tts and eloquence commands. And if this works I may be
able to get the old WillowPond tts dlls as sapi5 also. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>From:</b>
Rory MICHIE <a href="mailto:sightlesswolfentertainment@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true"><sightlesswolfentertainment@gmail.com></a>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 30, 2022 21:57<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:joshknnd1982@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">joshknnd1982@gmail.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: decTalk sapi5 installer<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">This
is certainly a possibility. We will look into this, as it
seems the building blocks have already been built.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Sent
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>From:
</b><a href="mailto:joshknnd1982@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">joshknnd1982@gmail.com</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Friday, July 1, 2022 8:56 AM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:sightlesswolfentertainment@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true">Rory MICHIE</a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>RE: decTalk sapi5 installer<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">It
may take you far less time if you just modify Jake’s
IBM-tts sapi5 interface to load and use decTalk dlls and
commands? The github site and all its source code and his
simple installer and directions is at: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="https://github.com/datajake1999/SAPI5IBMTTS" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://github.com/datajake1999/SAPI5IBMTTS</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">and
to make things easier and less work for you guys, just
follow and implement Jake’s directions for installation
and uninstallation but just change them slightly for
decTalk dlls. Would that help you guys out? And it would
also let users adjust speech rate, pitch and other sapi5
characteristics. If modifying Jake’s scripts is much
easier for you guys then just do that then. Lots less work
for you. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>From:</b>
Rory MICHIE <<a href="mailto:sightlesswolfentertainment@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">sightlesswolfentertainment@gmail.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 24, 2022 13:23<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:joshknnd1982@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">joshknnd1982@gmail.com</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: decTalk sapi5 installer<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Unfortunately
we will not be able to implement speech rate and pitch
changes.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">However,
there may be a workaround:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">An
advanced install wizard. It will automatically configure
each time it’s run, and each time it will retain settings
from the previous run which were not changed. The install
wizard will handle rate and pitch changes. We can also
create an optional script that users can run to nudge
DecTalk’s rate and pitch<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">We
will also need the documentation for the decTalk dll
files, since we can’t link to them without the correct
function names, parameters and calling conventions<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Sightless
Wolf Entertainment team.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Sent
from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986" moz-do-not-send="true">Mail</a> for Windows<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>From:
</b><a href="mailto:joshknnd1982@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">joshknnd1982@gmail.com</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Friday, June 24, 2022 11:34 PM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:sightlesswolfentertainment@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true">Rory MICHIE</a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>RE: decTalk sapi5 installer<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">$500
sounds good that is what I paid about 16 years ago for
another text-to-speech project I just forgot about that
one up until now. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Josh
Kennedy<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>From:</b>
Rory MICHIE <<a href="mailto:sightlesswolfentertainment@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">sightlesswolfentertainment@gmail.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 22, 2022 18:46<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:joshknnd1982@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true">joshknnd1982@gmailcom</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: decTalk sapi5 installer<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thank
you for contacting us regarding your freelance work<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Please
send the team the DLL files and we will proceed with
research and programming.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Note:
the programming might take up to a month, depending on
potential complexities. We will contact you regarding any
further information.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Sent
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>From:
</b><a href="mailto:joshknnd1982@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">joshknnd1982@gmail.com</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Thursday, June 23, 2022 4:50 AM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:sightlesswolfentertainment@gmail.com" moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">sightlesswolfentertainment@gmail.com</a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>decTalk sapi5 installer<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">If
I send you three decTalk dll files, could you make a sapi5
interface and package them into an installer that would
let the user choose their favorite decTalk version during
or before installation? Also with ability for all
punctuation just to be sent directly to the synthesizer,
ability to choose any decTalk voice in other words expose
all decTalk voices to sapi5, ability to adjust pitch
volume and speech rate according to the range of whatever
decTalk’s parameters are. User would have to uninstall
decTalk and run installer again to install another version
of decTalk <o:p></o:p></p>
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