# DECtalk™ Licensed Products

Digital Equipment Corporation licenses the DECtalk text-to-speech technology in addition to providing their own hardware and software based products.

In the assistive products market, the technology has been licensed for four major application categories. They are:

- "Reading" Systems, scanner/OCR/TTS, applications for the blind and visually impaired.
- Voice Output Communication Aids (VOCA) for non-verbal individuals.
- File Readers for listening to ASCII text files.
- Learning Systems to provide audio feedback for reading.

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## Reading Systems

A reading machine is an electronic appliance that scans a printed page which records and translates the scanned words into text via an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) card or software. Then through an internal Text-To-Speech (TTS) synthesizer, the text is then converted to speech output.

### Reading products available with licensed DECtalk™ Text-To-Speech Synthesizer.

Product | Company | Address | Telephone
An Open Book | Arkenstone, Inc. | 555 Oakmead Parkway Sunnyvale, CA 94086 | 800-444-4443 408-245-5900 fax: 328-8484 Home Page
OsCar | TeleSensory | 455 N. Bernadino Ave. P.O. Box 7455 Mountain View, CA 94039 | 800-227-8418 415-960-0920
Personal Reader or Reading Edge™ | Xerox Imaging Systems KRM Division | 9 Centennial Drive Peabody, MA 01960 | 800-343-0311 508-977-2100
Rainbow | Robotron Pty. Ltd | 222 St. Kilda Road ST. Kilda 3182 Australia | (03) 525-5300 Fax (03) 525- 3560
ReadMan™ | Schamex | 19443 Superior St Northridge, CA 91324 | 818-772-6644 Fax 993-2946

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## Voice Output Communication Aides

DECtalk™ speech synthesis technology is licensed and integrated to third party products intended for use by people with disabilities. This licensing program facilitates the widespread availability and use of Digital's DECtalk™ speech synthesis technology in a manner that complements the DECtalk™ based assistive products developed internally. For example, it is licensed for integration in third party Voice Output Communication Aids, commonly known as 'VOCAs'. These devices are extremely useful tools for communicating with DECtalk™ speech output and a variety of forms of input, on behalf of non-verbal individuals or those with other forms of disability which affects communicate via speech.

## VOCAs and Augmentitive Communication Software

The following two tables provide information about VOCAs that incorporate the DECtalk text-to-speech synthesis technology and about VOCA software products that support DECTalk text-to-speech synthesizers like the DECtalk PC and DECtalk Express.

### VOCA's available with licensed DECtalk™ Speech Synthesis.

Product | Company | Address
LightWRITER SL35 | ZYGO Industries Inc. | P.O. Box 1008 Portland, OR 97207 800-234-6006
Multi-Voice | Institute on Applied Technology | Children'sHospital 300 Longwood Ave Boston, MA 02115 617-735-6998
Touch Talker | Prentke Romich Co. | 1022 Heyl Road Wooster, OH 44691 800-262-1984
DynaVox | Sentient Systems | 2100 Wharton Street Pittsburg, PA 15203 800-344-1778
Vois 160 | Phonic Ear Inc | 250 Camino Alto Mill Valley, CA 94941 800-227-0735
Say-It-All Say-It-Simply Scan-It-All | Innocomp | 26219 Emery Rd, Ste 302 Warrenville Heights, OH 44128 800-382-8622

### Augmentative Communication S/W which support DECtalk text-to-speech synthesizers.

Product | Company | Address
POPCOMM & ONEKEY | Pointer Systems Inc. | One Mill St. Burlinton, VT 05401 802-658-3260
E Z Keys | words +, inc. | 40015 N. Bernadino Ave. Palmdale, CA 93550 800-869-8521
Handichat Handikey | Microsystems Software Inc. | 600 Worcester Rd. Framingham, MA 01701 800-828-2600
WriteAway | Institute on Applied Technology | Children's Hospital 300 Longwood Ave Boston, MA 02115 617-735-6998

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# File Readers

Product | Company | Address
Sound Blaster™ 16 w/ ASP (Includes "Text Assist" application) | Creative Labs. Inc. | 1901 McCarthy Blvd Milpitas, CA 95035 408-428-6622
Advanced Wave Effects 32 w/ ASP (Includes "Text Assist" application) | Creative Labs, Inc. | 1901 McCarthy Blvd Milpitas, CA 95035 408-428-6622

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# Learning Systems

Product | Company | Address | Telephone
BookWise™ | Xerox Imaging Systems KRM Division | 9 Centennial Drive Peabody, MA 01960 | 800-343-0311 508-977-2100 Their Home

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