Chip, and the rest! I really do apologize for the inconveniences, that has arised in using the Extended Dictionary.
First of all, let me confirm to you all, that those of you who have reported trouble, should have been contacted off-list. I really don't see any reason for cluttering the list, in discussing with single users, why the app might not work on their particular computer. OK, so you don't see, all the activity going on behind the scene. But, Chip, to claim that I have no interest in fixing the issues, I don't understand where you get that from. A while ago, a user contacted me, telling that he had trouble with certain voices of his. I immediately worked out a solution, but due to the user having trouble only with quite localized voices, I did not publish the updated version. The main reason for this, was that I wanted to smoothen out a few other issues reported to me. In December - less than two months ago - GW released the new Vocalizer voices. These has caused further conflicts in conjunction with the Extended Dictionary. This was totally unintended. Due to the fact, that I am on a non-English version of WE, in which the WE8 has not yet been released, and the fact that the new voices only works with WE8, I am out of chance of doing the necessary testing myself. This is really nothing I can do anything much about, since the licensing of the voices and WE versions, solely sits with GW. I therefore, have been in contact with a couple of users, who has helped me out. Recently, I did post to the list, a message - informing you that a fix has been found, that will take care of the issue with the new voices. I am currently finalizing the newest version of the app, and will have it sent out for Beta testing with the persons who are already on my list. These persons have already been contacted. Hopefully, I will have the Beta out this weekend, and the public release will be quite shortly thereafter - once I have confirmed the fixes to be working as expected. Again, I really don't know, wherein you find that I am taking no interest in fixing the reported issues. This is a spare-time project of mine, and I don't have 30 hours aday, for sitting and playing with software development. BTW, I notice that you over and over again, have criticized the fact that the app is released in encrypted format. You want to know the reason, I do ask you please read the Copyright of the app. The anser sits there. Sorry, but this is the facts. And to everyone else, I am awefully sorry, that the app currently is not working optimal with all voices and systems. Let me, take this opportunity, to thank you all, for the many different feedbacks received. They have been useful, and I welcome any constructive feedback. I did develop the app, due to my own needs. Then, I realized that there was a call for such an app, from the general community. That is why, I decided to publicize the app; that as many as possible, would benefit from its powerfulness. Finally, for those of you, who do wonder what causes the trouble in having the Dictionary app co-working with certain voices. This is due to a techie detail, in the naming of the voices. Something that I did not foresee when releasing the first version of the Extended Dictionary. We are all but humans. :) Regards, David ----- Original Message ----- From: Chip Orange To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 1:22 AM Subject: RE: Extended Dictionary Issue Jim, You’ll need to post your message on the scripting mailing list, or write to the app’s author directly. He hasn’t released any updates since the original release of the app, so it looks to me like he has little interest in fixing its problems. It’s encrypted so no one else can look at it to suggest changes or take it over (which is too bad). Chip From: Jim in Detroit [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 4:17 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Extended Dictionary Issue Every time I load this app, it says “Sorry, something went wrong. The Extended Dictionary App Cannot be loaded.” Why? How can this be remedied? Jim in Detroit James A. Prather Central Michigan University: 1980 Michigan School for the Blind: 1974 "Fire Up Chips" "Ungh, ungowa, Raiders still Got the Power!" If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
