One Win7 X64 user here who'd appreciate the patch. Good work sir! Scott
On 7/17/12, Allan Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Tom, > Good idea. While I don't have the OS, eventually at some time in the future > I will, and that would be beneficial not only to me but others like myself. > Good job! > > al > > > "The truth will set you free" > Jesus Christ of Nazareth 33A.D. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Thomas Ward > To: Gamers Discussion list > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 12:45 PM > Subject: [Audyssey] Scansoft Realspeak Voices and 64-bit Windows > > > Hi everyone, > > I thought I would just send you a quick message on a very interesting > development that will effect Windows 7 64-bit users. As many of you > know the copy of the Sapi 5 compatible Realspeak voices that shipped > with Jaws 8, 9, and 10 will not install on Windows 7. The issue is > that Freedom Scientific set a launch condition in the setup installer > to fail if running a 64-bit computer, but the voices themselves work > fine on Windows 7 if you get passed that error message. So what I've > done is built a new Microsoft Setup Installer for the voices, > installed them on a 64-bit computer, and am able to use them with NVDA > as well as Jim Kitchens games. So the good news is it is possible to > use the Sapi 5 compatible version of Tom, Caren, Lee, Daniel, Emily, > etc on Windows 7. The bad news is redistributing my setup installer > would be technically illegal so I can't just casually redistribute my > copy. > > What I'm thinking of doing here is creating a patch so you could copy > your Realspeak disc to your computer, copy my patch over to the setup > installer, and run it to install the voices on your system. This would > legally cover my backside as I wouldn't redistribute the cab file with > the voice data but only the *.msi file which launches the setup. I was > wondering how many people would be interested in this patch so they > could continue to use the Scansoft Realspeak voices on more modern > Windows machines for games, screen readers, etc? > > Cheers! > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
