This is the archive for speech synthesizer creations, especially those that use DECtalk. The archive is available either as a Resilio Sync folder, or as a website at dectalk.nu, either of which will allow anyone to download the archive. However, if new files are added to the Resilio Sync folder, they will not be shared automatically with everybody else. Read on to find out how you can contribute to the archive.
WARNING!
Some files in this archive contain content that might be deemed unsuitable by various people. Since this content is relevant to the topic of speech synthesizer creations, it has been added to the archive. You have been warned. If you find this offensive, you have my appologies, but the content will not be removed unless requested by it's creator. Listen and/or read at your own risk.
If you would like to contribute to the archive, contact Aksel Christoffersen by mail, or through the AudioGames.net Forum. If it's your first time contributing your own creation(s) to the archive, please specify which name you would like your content to be listed under. It could be your real name, or a selected username. If no name is specified, the content will be saved in the "Miscellaneous" folder.
If your content is in .wav format, I would recommend you convert it to .flac format instead. FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) is a so called "lossless" audio format, which compresses an audio file to a smaller size, about 60 percent of the original size, without losing any of the original audio. Since FLAC also preserves the timestamp of the original file, no data is lost at all, and virtually all operating systems can play FLAC at this time. If you would like to keep your content in .wav format, or if you do not know how to convert to .flac, please let me know, and I'll be happy to do it for you. All existing archive content in .wav format will remain unchanged.
If the size of your content is small, under 10 MB, you can send it as attachments to your e-mail. If not, you might want to use a file sharing site. My reccomendation would be Dropbox, where you can copy a link to a file or folder in your Dropbox folder, and send it in an e-mail for easy sharing. If you don't already have a Dropbox account, you can sign up for a free one here and get 2.5 GB of space for free.
The purpose of this archive is to get the content into the hands of anyone who wants it. As such, you are always permitted to distribute anything from this archive to anyone who might want it. If an individual intend to keep the content around for a longer period of time, I'd strongly adwise to connect to the Resilio Sync folder, to help keep the archive alive by automatically distributing it to other people through Resilio Sync. Alternatively, you can always give the url to the website, dectalk.nu, if the individual in question is simply looking to get a small number of files.
To my knowledge, the songs created with synthesizers are not violations of copyright. Certainly, the skits created with speech synthesizers do not violate anything. However, if something does violate copyright or gives information relevant to breaking copyright law, I reserve the right to remove it at any time. This would, for example, include links to pirated software or content, so please don't post anything like that.
In this archive you will find at least one type of every known official version of the DECtalk speech synthesizer, that being either as a speak window, software for DECtalk hardware units, or some other type of software. However, this archive will not contain any unofficial or modified version of DECtalk. If you're looking for ready-to-go modern builds of DECtalk, you can find them here, and you can find everything about the current DECtalk development here. Here is a list of every version of DECtalk currently in the archive, with links to the apropriate file(s) for each version.
Note: Some of these versions are also available as NVDA Add-ons. Check the NVDA Add-ons folder for more information.
Speak window for Alpha architecture
Speak window for Intel architecture
Speak window for Alpha architecture
Speak window for Intel architecture
Speak windows installer (original & multilingual)
Speak windows installer (original & multilingual)
Standalone multilingual speak window
Standalone speak window in US english, UK english, castilian spanish, latin american spanish, german and french
DECtalk PC2 software in US english, UK english, castilian spanish, latin american spanish and german
DECtalk Express software in US english, UK english, castilian spanish, latin american spanish and german
Standalone installable software
Speak windows installer (original & multilingual)
Speak windows installer (multilingual)
SAPI5 installer (included in DECtalk 4.61 standalone installable software)
This section contains virtually every change made to the archive since it's revival on march 3rd, 2025. Information about older changes can be found in Miscellaneous/Old ReadMe Files.
Added content by Aksel Christoffersen.
Added Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. - Computer Speech.flac to Artists/Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Added My first real Dectalk Song!.mp3 to Miscellaneous.
Added various other files.
Restored timestamps on various files in the archive.
Sorted all files from Artists/VocalWriter into artist folders.
Replaced mp3 files in Artists/Kae Labs with flac versions.
Replaced cristo the Australian Cow.mp3 in Artists/Patrick Perdue with uncorrupted version.
Added flac files to Red Dwarf folder with only DECtalk speech, and sorted files into categories.
Replaced MANUAL.ZIP in software and manuals with ref_man.zip, which contains the entire DECtalk PC manual, not just a few chapters.
Sorted most files in Synthesizers into folders by synthesizer.
Added Danish Speech Synthesizers folder to Synthesizers containing a collection of samples of danish speech synthesizers.
Added the following files to Artists/Vocaloid:
Moved kimi_no_uwasa.mp3 from Miscellaneous to Artists/Vocaloid.
Restored timestamps on all mp2 files in Artists/Kae Labs.
Restored timestamps on the following files in Artists/Flint Million:
Restored timestamp on decdemo.mp3 in Synthesizers/DECtalk.
Added the following files to Software and Manuals/Hardware Firmware and Tools:
Renamed lh folder in Software and Manuals to Lernout & Hauspie, and restored filenames and timestamps on all files in the folder.
Added l&h sapi5.exe to Software and Manuals/Lernout & Hauspie.
Removed command.txt from Software and Manuals, since this file can already be found in every DECtalk Express firmware archive.
Sorted files in Software and Manuals into subfolders.
Moved Lee, meet... lee.mp3 from Miscellaneous to Artists/Pitermach.
Restored timestamps on the following files in Synthesizers/TrippleTalk:
Added Arrogant_Eloquence.mp3 to Artists/Damien Garwood.
Replaced daisy.mp3 in Artists/Bell Telephone Laboratories with daisy.wav.
Renamed Bell Telephone Laboratories folder in Artists to Bell Labs.
Removed the following files from Artists/Patrick Perdue, since they contain redundant data:
Removed Monty Python's Argument Sketch performed with two vintage speech synthesizers.mp3 from Miscellaneous.
Added the following files to Artists/Per Kristian Risvik:
Added Happy Birthday Amanda.flac to Artists/Aksel Christoffersen/Songs/English.
Renamed NVDA Add-ons folder in Software and Manuals to include note about compatible NVDA versions.
Added ALPHADT.ZIP to Software and Manuals/DECtalk.
Restructured DECtalk content in Software and Manuals/DECtalk.
Added DECtalk Speak Windows.exe to Software and Manuals/DECtalk/Speak Windows, and moved all the individual speak windows to a separate folder.
Sorted files in Software and Manuals/DECtalk/Hardware Firmware and Tools into folders by hardware type.
Sorted files in Software and Manuals/DECtalk/Speak Windows/Individual into folders by company.
Added and restored timestamps on a lot of files in Software and Manuals/DECtalk/Hardware Firmware and Tools and it's subfolders.
Replaced the following files in Software and Manuals/DECtalk/Speak Windows/Individual and it's subfolders:
Added content from this archive to Synthesizers, replacing some of the existing files.
Removed everything.au from Miscellaneous.
Removed the following files from Artists/Bell Labs:
Added SAPI5 folder to Software and Manuals/DECtalk containing various DECtalk versions for SAPI5.
Added dtc01.zip to Software and Manuals/DECtalk/Miscellaneous.
Added the following files to Software and Manuals/DECtalk/Manuals:
Restored timestamp on ex_gr.exe in Software and Manuals/DECtalk/Hardware Firmware and Tools.
Added DECtalk samples from Speech FX to Synthesizers/DECtalk.
Moved bns-twinkle.mp3 from Artists/Jeff Rutkowski to Artists/Flint Million.
Removed several duplicates in Synthesizers.
Moved softvoice.mp3 from Synthesizers/Miscellaneous to Synthesizers/SoftVoice.
Moved Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. - Computer Speech.flac from Artists/Bell Labs to Synthesizers/Bell Labs.
Moved happy_birthday.mp3 from Artists/Digital Equipment Corporation to Synthesizers/DECtalk.
Removed Daisy.mp3 from Artists/Ulysses Garcia, since the same file already exists in Artists/Vocaloid in better quality.
Added the following files to Software and Manuals/DECtalk/Speak Windows/Individual/Digital Equipment Corporation:
Added a lot more NVDA Add-ons for DECtalk and sorted them into folders by compatibility.
Added Microsoft_SAM_sings_about_Windows_XP.mp3 to Miscellaneous.
Added Software and Manuals/Microsoft containing various TTS voices from Microsoft.
Added balabolka.zip to Software and Manuals/SAPI Software.
Renamed SAPI5App.exe in Software and Manuals/SAPI Software to TTSApp.exe.
Added short-example.mp3 to Artists/Jake McMahan.
Added the following files to Miscellaneous:
Moved some DECtalk NVDA Add-ons to the correct folder.
Replaced god_is_in_control.mp3 in Artists/Blake Roberts with god_is_in_control.flac, since the original file was corrupted.
Added c-minor.txt to Artists/Sabahattin Gucukoglu.
Restored original content and timestamps of all files in Miscellaneous/Old ReadMe Files (For historical interest only).
Added DECtalk_demo.flac to Synthesizers/DECtalk.
Replaced Happy Birthday Surround.wav in Artists/Aksel Christoffersen/Songs/English with Happy Birthday Surround.flac.
Replaced all .wav files in Synthesizers/Danish Speech Synthesizers with .flac versions.
Replaced the following .wav files in Synthesizers/DECtalk with .flac versions:
Added DECtalk DTC-01 roms for MAME (dectalk.zip) to Software and Manuals/DECtalk/Miscellaneous.
Added the following files to Software and Manuals/DECtalk/Manuals:
Restored timestamps on the following files in Software and Manuals/DECtalk/Manuals:
Added Synthesizers/Emic 2 folder containing samples of the Emic 2 module.
Sorted software for DECtalk PC1 and PC2 hardware into individual folders.
Added the following files to Synthesizers/DECtalk:
Restored timestamp on dectalk4.6.4.zip in Software and Manuals/DECtalk/Speak Windows/Individual/Fonix.
Moved Vocaloid folder from Artists to Synthesizers.
Restored timestamp on LOLA_Demo_2_Bach_Vowels.mp1 in Synthesizers/Vocaloid.
Added dec42.zip to Software and Manuals/DECtalk/Speak Windows/Individual/Digital Equipment Corporation.
Added You've Got New Post.flac to Artists/Aksel Christoffersen/Ringtones.
Restored timestamps on the following files in Artists/Hue Emerson:
Restored timestamp on the clock is mine.mp3 in Artists/Stephen Clower.
Restored timestamps on the following files in Artists/Patrick Perdue:
Restored timestamps on the following files in Synthesizers and it's subfolders:
Moved Kae Labs folder from Artists to Synthesizers, and renamed it to VocalWriter.
Moved Microsoft folder from Artists to Synthesizers.
Added two subfolders to Artists/Jayson Smith:
Sorted files in Synthesizers/DECtalk into folders by creator.
Added a section to Info.html containing a list of every DECtalk version currently in the archive.
Added JAWS vs NVDA, harry potter style!.mp3 to Miscellaneous.
The DECtalk Archive is now available as a website at dectalk.nu.
Sorted files for DECtalk hardware into more subfolders by type, and added some more drivers and tools for DECtalk PC and DECtalk Express.
Added DECtalk Express driver for Speakup (speakup_dectlk.c) to Software and Manuals/DECtalk/Hardware Firmware and Tools/Express/Software/Drivers.
Added songs.zip to Software and Manuals/DECtalk/Miscellaneous.
Updated balabolka.zip in Software and Manuals/SAPI Software.
I sincerely hope you'll enjoy the content of this archive.