<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div>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. </div><div>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</div><div>[:version speak]</div><div>Spoiler warning:<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>4.99 Github<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Derek</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 9:52 PM Aksel Christoffersen <<a href="mailto:aksel@blindsigtmail.dk">aksel@blindsigtmail.dk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg5053214082481956719"><div lang="DA"><div class="m_5053214082481956719WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://forum.audiogames.net/topic/53701/blazie-technologies-madness/" target="_blank">https://forum.audiogames.net/topic/53701/blazie-technologies-madness/</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">In post 71 of this topic, the person writes the following:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Start of quote.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">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.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">End of quote.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I would also recoment reading the entirity of post 1 in the topic, where the person details her entire terrible experiences with Blazie.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I personally think it’s a horrible world we live in, if this is the norm for assistive technology companies.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Kind regards:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Aksel<u></u><u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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