In addition to the new features in DECtalk Software V4.4, the following DECtalk V4.3 features are new to users of DECtalk Software V4.2:

Support for operation on the Windows Operating System

Support for the Microsoft Application Programmer’s Interface (SAPI)

Support for OLE (Object Linking, and Embedding)

Support for multithreaded and multi-instance operation

Expanded main dictionary

A new document, the DECtalk Software Reference Guide has been added. This guide provides an overview and reference listings of the DECtalk in-line commands.

Added user-dictionary suffix processing to help locate words in the user dictionary

Expanded pronunciation rules and improved pronunciation

Homograph processing

Improved in-line index-mark processing

Added the following inline commands:

Play WAVE Files command to play wave audio files in line with text

Tone command to generate tones

Dial Tones command to generate DTMF tones used to dial telephone numbers

Stereo volume control commands

A new Text-to-Speech DDE (Dynamic Data Exchange) server that can be used to run DECtalk software from within an application, such as Microsoft Word

A speech-to-memory sample program

An enhanced User Dictionary builder that automatically translates text strings into phonemes

A new command-line applet named Say that is used to run DECtalk Software from the Windows command line