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Russ Kiehne <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:22:46 -0700
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Dectalk is included with Window Eyes.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Colleen Roth" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 9:52 PM
Subject: Re: Of Top. Computerized Voices


> Hi All,
> The Dectalk Access Softwareused to cost $132 with several keys.
> You could get more keys if you had a Computer CrashddI think companies 
> that make product have a right to sell them. Maybe if we're lucky the cost 
> will go down someday.
> Colleen Roth
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Shaun Oliver <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: 2009/04/13 00:46:17
> Subject: Re: Of Top.  Computerized Voices
>
>>
>>
>> when the software is cost prohibitive in the first place, any moral
>> concerns on the part of the end user go straight out the window.
>> not all of us are in a position to have government assistance to
>> purchase the afforementioned nore do we earn enough to even consider the
>> possibility of buying it ourselves. sadly, ours is a rather specialised
>> market, and any software vendor can do as they please with reference to
>> pricing and the like, as evidenced by freedom science fiction and gw 
>> micro.
>> ok, enough of a rant from me. that's just my take on the whole idea.
>>
>>
>> On 13/04/2009 3:18 AM, Steve went skydiving, and on the way down,
>> shouted thus.:
>> > Hey Shaun,
>> >
>> > I don't know how your Department of Communication applies moral 
>> > standards to
>> > licenses down under, but offering cracks of Jaws or other software is a
>> > violation of copyright and international law.  There are former hams 
>> > here in
>> > the States who've not had their licenses renewed because of moral 
>> > terpitudes.
>> >
>> > Not only that, but the sharing of cracks doesn't help us because it 
>> > deprives
>> > the software developers of revenue that they could use to make further
>> > improvements to their product.
>> >
>> > Steve, K8SP
>> > ----- Original Message ----- 
>> > From: "Shaun Oliver" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 10:10 AM
>> > Subject: Re: Of Top. Computerized Voices
>> >
>> >
>> > I have a cracked version here if anyone wants it.
>> > I also have the realspeak solo voices here also.
>> >
>> >
>> > On 12/04/2009 9:58 PM, Walt Sebastian went skydiving, and on the way
>> > down, shouted thus.:
>> >ar Hi Phil,
>> >ar I use Deck Talk Access 32.  It is a software synthesizer and it used 
>> >to be
>> >ar available from Jaws or Window Eyes but am not sure if it can be 
>> >purchased
>> >ar any more.  I just know that I like it and will be totally lost if I 
>> >ever
>> >ar lose it,
>> >ar
>> >ar Walt
>> >ar WA4QXT
>> >ar New London CT
>> >ar [log in to unmask]
>> >ar
>> >
> 

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