@rommix0 @MutedTrampet @TheQuinbox @BTyson @samtupy @Tamasg @AlexSpectrum93 @datajake1999 the only thing I think preventing the sapi4 infovox230 from running on modern windows is its 16-bit license scheme? would it be possible for someone here to crack the needed dll files to bypass the license so it will run on modern windows under sapi4? same for infovox 330?
@joshknnd1982 @rommix0 @MutedTrampet @TheQuinbox @BTyson @samtupy @Tamasg @AlexSpectrum93 @datajake1999 this should not be done. Licenses are in place for a reason.
@Dennislong82 @joshknnd1982 @rommix0 @MutedTrampet @TheQuinbox @BTyson @samtupy @AlexSpectrum93 @datajake1999 it depends on a bit whether it can be considered abandonware and vintage. Some things like the Keynote Demo got cracked to remove the time limit, because nobody is ever going to hunt down the makers (BestSpeech folks) to get a licensed one, since it's not a company that's around and although the tech was passed down to Lernout and Hauspi, then I think to Scansoft and Nuance, those companies don't support, sell, or resell it. So then it's in the abandonware category. I have no idea where Infovox stands. If it got passed down and the engine, even parts of it, are re-used in a newer product, then most certainly doing this type of cracking is highly unethical. It's why I'm not touching SoftVoice, again. Joseph Cats is around and the company is not deceased. So I can't condone cracking it until that full lineage is traced in an honest way, personally.
@Tamasg @Dennislong82 @rommix0 @MutedTrampet @TheQuinbox @BTyson @samtupy @AlexSpectrum93 @datajake1999 last time I asked acapela group about infovox230, they ignored my email. so maybe it is abandoned? I really don't know though.
@joshknnd1982 @Tamasg @rommix0 @MutedTrampet @TheQuinbox @BTyson @samtupy @AlexSpectrum93 @datajake1999 without proof it is abandoned you are on a slippery slope.
@Dennislong82 @Tamasg @rommix0 @MutedTrampet @TheQuinbox @BTyson @samtupy @AlexSpectrum93 @datajake1999 Hi there,
That is correct. This product has been discontinued.
Best Regards.
Nicolas Mazars
Head of Inclusive Market
Acapela Group
@Dennislong82 @Tamasg @rommix0 @MutedTrampet @TheQuinbox @BTyson @samtupy @AlexSpectrum93 @datajake1999 that was in response to me asking "is it abandonware?" so it looks like we can crack infovox230-330! yay!