Here is a copy of DECtalk PC V4.1. I got this software along with a DTC07 card which looks quite different to the one you have. Hopefully the same software works with your card. Image files for the 3.5" and 5.25" versions are included:
http://www.9track.net/bits/dec/pc/dectalk_pc_v41.zip
The card I have is the same as the one Clint demonstrated in the video. I haven't seen the surface mount version before but I was hoping the software might still be compatible.
Here's a zip for the individual files:
I found a newer version of the software online (v4.2) which mentions Windows 95 so maybe that supports the newer cards:
https://allinaccess.com/happ/files/dectalk/pc/
I searched a bit more and found a reference to "www.ultranet.com/~rongemma/tips_upd.htm" from 1996 which was supposed to contain some DECtalk information and software. The Internet Archive has a copy of it here:
web.archive.org/web/19970413134225/http://www.ultranet.com/~rongemma/tips_upd.htm
Some of the files there might be the same as those available on the site you linked above.
Maybe the DTC07-B surface-mount version is the PC2 version. If you download this file from the Internet Archive copy it is a self-extracting .ZIP file (you can rename it to a .ZIP and extract the files that way if can't execute the self-extracting .ZIP file on a 64-bit OS).
DECtalk PC2 DECtalk PC2 V.2CC Install (self-extracting) pc2v42cc.exe (584KB 1/13/97)
In that .ZIP file there is a PLUGPLAY.TXT file which says "DECtalk PC2 (DTC07-BA) Plug and Play Configuration File." at the top of the file. So that leads me to believe that the PC2 version is indeed what you want for the DTC07-B surface-mount version.
I have been watching this listing on eBay for quite a while. I held off on buying one as I wasn't sure the software was easy to find. Might be interesting to buy one now. These don't seem to be all that common.
www.ebay.com/itm/264645699743
NOS Digital EBD07-AA ISA 8 Bit Board Only Version Speech Synthesizer Card
Hello,
I wonder if somebody managed to let the PC2 card work with software from the wayback machine.
Any feedback?
Thanks
Andrea
Gonna try them now will report back any success.
Any luck on the Dectalk DTC07 on getting it to work? I too have been watching a recent listing of the DTC07 on eBay but have been hoping someone here would figure out how to make it work before I get myself.
How big is the card length/width? I'm wondering if it will fit in a "Compact PC" that can only accept 17 cm wide ISA boards.
FWIW, I found this source of other Dectalk versions from this amazing guy "Snoopi" who not only uses Dectalk as his assisted voice due to his Cerebral Palsy, but has a whole course on how to make the Dectalk sing. He has a bunch of versions of Dectalk along with some samples and language specific files (not sure what they are):
Dectalk Versions:
http://www.theflameofhope.co/dectalk/
- 5.0
- 4.3
- 4.4
- 4.61
- 4.64
- 6.1
And his "course" on Dectalk:
http://www.theflameofhope.co/DECTALK.html