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What's New in DECtalk Software V4.3?

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:

DECtalk00090000.gif Support for operation on the Windows Operating System

DECtalk00090000.gif Support for the Microsoft Application Programmer’s Interface (SAPI)

DECtalk00090000.gif Support for OLE (Object Linking, and Embedding)

DECtalk00090000.gif Support for multithreaded and multi-instance operation

DECtalk00090000.gif Expanded main dictionary

DECtalk00090000.gif 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.

DECtalk00090000.gif Added user-dictionary suffix processing to help locate words in the user dictionary

DECtalk00090000.gif Expanded pronunciation rules and improved pronunciation

DECtalk00090000.gif Homograph processing

DECtalk00090000.gif Improved in-line index-mark processing

DECtalk00090000.gif Added the following inline commands:

DECtalk00090000.gif Play WAVE Files command to play wave audio files in line with text

DECtalk00090007.gif Tone command to generate tones

DECtalk00090007.gif Dial Tones command to generate DTMF tones used to dial telephone numbers

DECtalk00090007.gif Stereo volume control commands

DECtalk00090000.gif 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

DECtalk00090000.gif A speech-to-memory sample program

DECtalk00090000.gif An enhanced User Dictionary builder that automatically translates text strings into phonemes

DECtalk00090000.gif A new command-line applet named Say that is used to run DECtalk Software from the Windows command line