Hi, Yes, I've heard of the Reading Edge. I was aware of the fact that it used DECtalk, but I didn't know it could act as an external synthesizer. TextAssist doesn't require dosbox, it just needs a SoundBlaster. I meant that the talking dosbox package included the synthesizer. You can probably get the files out.
> On 19 Feb 2016, at 02:50, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> wrote: > > Hi, > I do not use dosbox. my dos setup is strictly dos, so if the textaccess > thing requires dosbox it will not work. > My tie to dec is in a reading edge a stand alone scanner built by xerox that > also has the synthesizer option. > I have never required emulation as I expressed before. > I will ask on some other survival pc lists about spain. If you are > reasonably urban, there might be a freecycle.org group for the hardware. > will write off list too as I am now wondering about the Spanish. > Kare > > > On Fri, 19 Feb 2016, Guillem León wrote: > >> TextAssist is not too hard to find. You can get a pre-built dosbox with Win >> 3.1 and TextAssist somewhere in grossgang.com. He has a lot of old DOS >> access software. >> I'm in Spain, so that would probably be kind of a problem. :) >> I'm guessing you're using an external DECtalk synthesizer >> (card/stand-alone)? Have you had it for a long time or did you get it from >> any place in particular? I've been collecting these things for a while now >> and I'd love to get hold of a few more. >> I don't know if this might be getting a bit off-topic. Feel free to E-Mail >> me offlist if that's the case. I don't usually post on here so I don't know >> what's really acceptable. :D >> >>> On 19 Feb 2016, at 02:34, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> wrote: >>> >>> I use dectalk every day smiles. >>> where are you located? Somewhere I have contact information for a person >>> stateside who can build the machine for you, port included. >>> Is it still possible to find textaccess anywhere? >>> might be a fun laptop option. >>> Kare >>> >>> >>> On Fri, 19 Feb 2016, Guillem León wrote: >>> >>>> Yeah, ever since I realized DOSUSB wasn't going to help me and VSB would >>>> not run any tts software I've been thinking of getting a dedicated machine >>>> for DOS but I don't really know where to look. Does anyone know of >>>> something not too expensive that has at least one RS232 port and a >>>> SoundBlaster-compatible card? >>>> The quality is pretty OK. SBTalker has a low sampling rate but doesn't >>>> sound too bad, TextAssist sounds just like DECtalk if you've ever heard >>>> that one, and Monologue sounds terrible to me but it's usable although I >>>> never got it to load under DOS. >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 18 Feb 2016, at 23:53, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Oh okay. >>>>> I have no idea, it might I believe someone suggested asking on the >>>>> source list for it. >>>>> I have always gotten my machines custom built, one can still find those >>>>> with cereal ports. as I use dos exclusively It has been worth it to me >>>>> to keep the door open. >>>>> I did not know all those sound card options existed might be fun to play >>>>> with them, assuming the sound quality is clear enough. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, 18 Feb 2016, Guillem León wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I do, but none of the computers that I have have a serial port. I was >>>>>> hoping that this would be an alternative but I guess not. >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 18 Feb 2016, at 23:43, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Understood, >>>>>>> May I ask what the problem is then? Do you not have an external >>>>>>> synthesizer? >>>>>>> I do not use freedos, but a later package of ms dos 7.1 I have no >>>>>>> issues, but I am not using a sound card. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, 18 Feb 2016, Guillem León wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I have heard about talking dosbox, in fact I helped with the project >>>>>>>> and I made one of the speech synthesis helper applications, but I was >>>>>>>> hoping to be able to have dos running natively without emulation. I >>>>>>>> have no sight whatsoever so I need speech output, and the only ways of >>>>>>>> speech output available are through serial with an external speech >>>>>>>> synthesizer or via a SoundBlaster or compatible with SBTalker, >>>>>>>> Monologue, TextAssist etc. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 18 Feb 2016, at 21:49, Karen Lewellen <klewel...@shellworld.net> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi Guillem, >>>>>>>>> granted I am unsure what your goals may be, but have you tried a >>>>>>>>> relatively new project talking dosbox? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://batsupport.com/unsupported/dosbox/00_README.html >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I can tell you nothing about it save that it is supposed to allow >>>>>>>>> for speech via dosbox using the sound card etc. >>>>>>>>> hope this presents a solution for you. >>>>>>>>> karen >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Thu, 18 Feb 2016, Guillem León wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Hi. >>>>>>>>>> Yeah, only reason I asked is because right now my only way of >>>>>>>>>> running DOS is actually through dosbox, which would make testing it >>>>>>>>>> kind of impossible. Before I dualboot my PC I want to be sure I'll >>>>>>>>>> be able to use it. If I don't have speech synthesis I can't use the >>>>>>>>>> computer. I would run the screenreaders through HX but the problem >>>>>>>>>> is that all the DOS screenreaders that I know of are 16-bit, and I'm >>>>>>>>>> not sure if they'd even be able to access all the data they need to. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On 17 Feb 2016, at 12:09, Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Just for clarification, does this only work with programs loaded >>>>>>>>>>>> inside dosbox inside HX, or is there any way to get it to work >>>>>>>>>>>> under >>>>>>>>>>>> DOS directly, with HX loaded but without DOSbox? 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