# DECtalk Express Emulator
This program uses DECtalk Software and a virtual serial port driver to emulate the functionality of a DECtalk Express speech synthesizer. The virtual serial port driver I recommend is com0com, which is included in this archive.

# Configuring com0com.
After installing, open the setup utility and create a new virtual serial port pair, or edit the default pair. In the first edit box, enter the port that the emulator will listen on, such as COM8. In the second edit box, enter the port that applications will use for sending text, such as COM9. Press apply to save the changes.

# Using the emulator
I have included a batch file that starts the emulator listening on COM8, and you can edit this if you are using a different port number. As of this writing, you can't configure anything else, and I hope to resolve this in a future version. For now, have fun!