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<p>Josh,</p>
<p>Thank you for the URL to Jake's site which is currently being
hosted on another domain. We (other members of this list) were not
previously aware of it.<br>
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<p>Blake</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/1/2022 9:09 AM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:joshknnd1982@gmail.com">joshknnd1982@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">No its back up.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="https://keybase.pub/datajake1999/Grossgang/"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://keybase.pub/datajake1999/Grossgang/</a></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>mattias jonsson<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 1, 2022 8:55<br>
<b>To:</b> DECtalk <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com"><dectalk@bluegrasspals.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DECtalk] FW: decTalk sapi5 installer</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That was exactly What i meen</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Skickades från <a
href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986"
moz-do-not-send="true">E-post</a> för Windows</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Från: </b><a
href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">Blake Roberts via Dectalk</a><br>
<b>Skickat: </b>den 1 juli 2022 14:53<br>
<b>Till: </b><a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">DECtalk</a><br>
<b>Kopia: </b><a href="mailto:BEarlRoberts@aol.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">Blake Roberts</a><br>
<b>Ämne: </b>Re: [DECtalk] FW: decTalk sapi5 installer</p>
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<p>To clarify Mattias reply a bit: Jake Gross's site has been
down for months. Some members of this list figured that out
shortly after he took his site offline.</p>
<p>When his site is loaded, it still says:</p>
<p> </p>
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<p>"Important Notice<br>
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Since hosting large files impacts the survice of my hosting
provider, I have taken all content offline."</p>
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<p> </p>
<p>It would not surprise me at all if Jake allows his domain
to expire rather than pay for (renew) a domain which has no
content.</p>
<p>Blake</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 7/1/2022 7:45 AM, mattias wrote:</p>
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<p>jakes site are down</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Den 2022-07-01 kl. 13:39, skrev <a
href="mailto:joshknnd1982@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">joshknnd1982@gmail.com</a>:</p>
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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. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Dectalk <a
href="mailto:dectalk-bounces@bluegrasspals.com"
moz-do-not-send="true"><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
href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com"
moz-do-not-send="true"><dectalk@bluegrasspals.com></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Blake Roberts <a
href="mailto:BEarlRoberts@aol.com"
moz-do-not-send="true"><BEarlRoberts@aol.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [DECtalk] FW: decTalk sapi5
installer</p>
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<p>Josh,</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?</p>
<p>Blake</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>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is certainly a possibility.
We will look into this, as it seems the building
blocks have already been built.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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: </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a
href="https://github.com/datajake1999/SAPI5IBMTTS"
moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://github.com/datajake1999/SAPI5IBMTTS</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately we will not be able
to implement speech rate and pitch changes.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">However, there may be a
workaround:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sightless Wolf Entertainment
team.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">$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. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Josh Kennedy</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for contacting us
regarding your freelance work</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please send the team the DLL
files and we will proceed with research and
programming.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Note: the programming might take
up to a month, depending on potential complexities.
We will contact you regarding any further
information.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><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</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">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 </p>
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