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